MIDDLEBURG — More than 100 people, some browsers, some on a mission, attended an auction Wednesday at the Middleburg Elementary School that featured such items as metal lathes, welding machines, yearbooks, sheet music and a 1923 ladies class ring.
A good portion of the items up for bid came from the high school, while others came from the elementary school, said Gary Thomas, Midd-West’s supervisor of buildings and grounds.
Both buildings are undergoing multi-million dollar additions and renovations.
Hassinger & Courtney Auctioneers donated its services for the evening.
Beginning at noon, people began perusing, Thomas said.
Many of the items had been accumulated over many years, such as antique survey equipment, scales and a very old microscope in a wooden box.
Stuff no one even knew was there.
There was also plenty of furniture, including lockers, desks and bookshelves that seemed to be a big hit.
Having attended the auction at the high school last year, Wes Wagner, who lives near Penns Creek, was returning to see what other good deals he could find.
With last year’s purchases, he said: “I outfitted by garage with cabinetry.”
He also bought an oak desk, oak shelving and chairs.
Michelle Nipple, of Mount Pleasant Mills, said she was looking for a teacher’s desk and a student’s desk for her son, Gavin, 6, who loves school.
Other bidders came from farther away, like Kevin Rimmey, of Bradford County, who was seeking tools and shop equipment for use on his farm.
A couple of Northumberland residents were hoping to buy some metal working equipment for their machine shop.
Not everybody found what they wanted, though.
“I was looking for some chairs and tables for my Sunday school class,” said Carl Fisher, of Selinsgrove, who teaches a dozen kindergarten through second-grade students at Victory Baptist Church in Hummels Wharf. Unfortunately, he couldn’t find chairs small enough for the pupils.
Several school board members and administrators also came to bid on items they didn’t disclose before the auction began.
The stuff that doesn’t sell, Thomas said before the auction, will be scrapped or given away.
The money raised from the auction will go into the district’s general fund, Thomas said.
Contents from the high school were also auctioned off last July, and another auction was held in October at West Snyder Middle School.
Most of the new high school, except for six science classrooms, will be ready in time for the start of the 2011-12 school year. According to Thomas, there is a Plan B to accommodate the students until those classrooms are ready, likely a month after classes begin.
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Michelle Nipple and her son, Gavin, 6, of Mount Pleasant Mills, look at a teacher's desk during an auction at Middleburg Elementary School on Wednesday. Matthew Harris/The Daily Item
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Neil Courtney auctions off bookshelves during a school auction at Middleburg Elementary School on Wednesday. Matthew Harris/The Daily Item
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A crowd gathers around the auctioneer at Middleburg Elementary School's auction on Wednesday. Matthew Harris/The Daily Item
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