An upstate auction

We headed upstate to Syracuse today to visit my brother for the July 4th weekend and to hit an auction in nearby Bernhard's Bay. This was a great auction. NO buyer's premium and lots of stuff going for good prices.

Here's my loot.

I haven't even had a chance to check out everything in that box on the right. I bought it for the rubber stamp holder....but I think there's some other good stuff there. And I really need that watering can for my garden!

Auction fever

I finally got to fill my need for an auction. Last Saturday I traveled upstate to Freehold, NY to an estate sale auction. The estate belonged to a man who collected bottles.....boy did he ever!

Actually that's why I went, to see if I could take home a few of those green glass canning jars or small bottles. That didn't work out, but here is what I did take home!
A lovely 'side-by-side' ....and a map chest.
This is what I DIDN'T get.....and I really wanted that chicken. But it went for a lot of moolah!

Hot weather, cool salad

I've had a busy weekend. Went to an estate auction upstate Friday night to Saturday. Got some great buys...more about that after I unpack the truck!

It's way too hot to cook....just last week I was making soup to take the chill off!

I've been wanting to try buttermilk dressing like we had at The Farm on Adderly a couple of weeks ago. Sarah made some and posted a photo on her blog on June 4th...it looked great.

Here is my version. Dressing: Whisk together mayonnaise and buttermilk add a small garlic clove crushed with salt then season with pepper and snipped chives.

I used Boston lettuce, peas, (not fresh....I cooked frozen just a minute or two and quick chilled in ice water.) I added shrimp to make it a main dish and radishes fresh from the farm market.
Perfect on a 90 degree day!

Going, Going...GONE!

It's gone. I'm heartbroken!

I was first introduced to this country auction in Fleischmanns, NY by my daughter, Sarah, about 2 years ago. I became an auction addict and though it was a 2 hour drive my friend Judy and I often traveled up and back on a Saturday to sit for 4-5 hours and see if anything caught our fancy.

Sometimes a trinket for a mere 'dollar bill' was more than we could withstand and we'd pack up my Prius with a carload of stuff to bring home.

We hadn't been for awhile, we were busy, the weather didn't cooperate, but tonight we had a plan. It had been on my calendar for a month....we were going to the auction!

We always leave at 4 PM. Drive two hours to get there by 6 so we can preview the goodies and have a bite to eat before the auction starts at 7.

But as we arrived at the auction house, we found a For Sale sign with a large SOLD on top.

I knew that it was up for sale. It had been for more than a year....but gone! Just like that??

What ever will we do to for a good auction? And more importantly, what are the folks in Fleischmanns doing for Saturday night entertainment, now!!??
For a more descriptive analysis of what I'm mourning see this NYTimes article from 1993. It really captures the spirit of the Saturday night auctions.....