2 AUCTIONS: APRIL 18 & 25, 2009

COLLECTIBLES & HOUSEHOLD

Saturday, April 25^th - 10:00 AM

Hawley Auction Center

2669 Hwy P, MT. Horeb, WI

For pix, return to HawleyAuctions.com & click on "Current Auction Photos"

DIRECTIONS: 15 miles West of Madison on Hwy 18-151 - Exit 70

........ OR 1 mile East of Mt. Horeb. Watch for Auction Arrows.

AUCTIONEERS NOTE: Bernadine Karls & others

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES: Oak Mission style dresser, Madison ceramic Art candle holder w/2 figures, crock jugs, Gilbert’s Erector set – complete, Bronze ornate lamps, Royal Winton candy dish, Depression glass – royal red, H & O scale train set-12 cars, steam engine, track, buildings, Mantle clock – German mad

older toys,brass elephant, antique chair ornate made in1912, leather animals,Brass soup kettle, globe on walnut stand, Bamboo/walnut privacy screen, Vermont store coffee grinder, 2 drop leaf tables, ornate dressers,

HOUSEHOLD ITEMS: Whirlpool Cabrio washer/dryer –hi efficiency, Pfaltzgraffe dinnerware set for 8, 2 bedroom sets, elevated rack for over washer/dryer, bar stools, cookware, boom box, cookbooks, cupboards, toaster oven, games, puzzles, couch, baskets, New luxury Queen sheet sets, dressers, queen size comforter, assorted modern books, Jimmy Hendrix

TOOLS/CAMPING EQUIPMENT: shop vac, finishing sander, lawn chairs,

4 Kumbo aluminum wheels - 18 x 8.5, down sleeping bag, hiking gear, camp stove, shot gun 30 gauge

Will try to ADD MORE TO LIST AS WE GET UNPACKED,

TERMS: Cash, Check, Credit cards + $3.00 charge, 10% buyers fee, 5.5% sales tax, no guarantees/warranties, Not responsible for losses/accidents. Absentee phone bids ADD handling/shipping fee. 608-712-6100

WI REG. Auctioneer: A. G. Hawley # 256

2669 Hwy P, Mt. Horeb, WI 608-437-4650

Taking your quality consignments by appointment!

AUCTION 4/18: COLLECTIBLES, ANTIQUES, HOUSEHOLD

Next auction Sat., April 18.2009 starting at 10:00 AM Hawleyauctions.com

SO MANY ITEMS CANNOT LIST ALL, We received over 175 boxes from one seller

GLASSWARE: mosaic glass vases, bar glasses, odd interesting bottles, stemware

TOYS: dolls including Barbie, collectible toys, stuffed animals, antique toy farm vehicles

COLLECTIBLES: Wooden rocker, Lots of books, children's books, price guides, lots of knick-knacks, Craftsman compound mitre saw, Sequine purses, shelving,Collectible bottles, decanters, 50 pieces of mosaic glass vases, John Deere plates and bowls, binoculars, collectible plates,wash bench,silver plate sets,crocks, blue Mason jars, Norman Rockwell plates, knee desks, step cupboard, 6 guitars, 100's of beanie babies TOOLS: Poulan Chain saw, (used once with 16 inch cut), portable mitre buck saw, chain binder, hand tools, HOUSEHOLD: Love seats, Pine wardrobe, 3 piece bedroom set (modern), round kitchen tables, kitchen table with matching chairs.

TERMS: Cash,check or credit cards, 10% Buyers Fee plus 5.5% sales tax, no guarantees or warranties, will take absentee bids call 608-712-6100 

Auctioneer License Information: 256

GOT LAND OR SMALL FARM?

If you have been reading my blog, you will understand the reason for this posting. Karen and I would like to do some rotational grazing of pasture. So if you have land or know of someone that is selling land or a small farm around Madison or near my auction center, let us know. 608-712-6100 a.g.hawley

A WEEKEND WITH GRAZIERS

February is one of those months when Farmers can sneak away for a bit if they have very good neighbors. That's when we went up to Stevens Point to attend the 17th Annual Wisconsin Grazing Conference. (See http://grassworks.org/.) Wow! Would you believe that when some people say "conventional farming," what they really mean is a kind of food production that has only existed for about 50 years? What happened to the family farm? Some of you who have tried it already know, but heart. The family farm is starting to make a name for itself as the wave of the future.

The factory farms that are now called "traditional" have little resemblance to what you or I might remember. Little resemblance to the Fisher Price layout with a variety of animals, and the feed for those animals growing on peaceful fields in the background. If we want that postcard back in real life, we'll have to have to work for it, and perhaps learn a thing or two in the process. MANAGED GRAZING is more like "what we grew up with," with the difference that we (with the help of researchers) have much more info about the benefits of crop rotation, knowing your animals, your land, and your customers personally; and paying attention to local foods.

So.... Watch for local foods at Hawley Auztions! Also watch our little
garden grow. Karen is determined to disguise some of the clutter
around here with some pretty stuff. We're both into the tasty stuff
too. Bring your garden overruns to the auction house, and we'll all
take home healthy loot!

Packing up before the snow

Dec. 2, 2008
It's hardly been a quiet week in Mount Horeb. OK, it's not my home town, but I live here. I've been busy hauling a variety of items to the auction center, and after the last auction of the year, coming up Dec 14, we will have lots more in January and February of '09.

The day after Thanksgiving, hired help was in short supply, and I had at least a truck and trailer load of household goods to pack and haul. Turns out I made the drive with Karen Zethmayr, the lady I will marry this coming summer. I think we were brought together by mutual passions for dancing, thoughtful living, and the conservation of our planet. She says she always wanted a part time dock loading job for the exercise. Little did she know.

Our Thanksgiving Friday trip had started days before with a call from Bill Holman, of Holman Realty, Highland, Wisconsin. He was selling a house for an elderly lady who needed help packing up things that would never fit into the place she was moving into. That's how it starts. Once more I'd said yes, and I was making the time to pack and haul and find new homes for things that had surrounded someone before a turning point.

We pulled up to the isolated ranch house in rural Iowa/Grant County territory, and the note on the door read: "Please bang on the door loud. I'm hard of hearing." Bill greeted us at the door and introduced us to a trim, perky lady in a red sweat suit. We carried out a big blue plastic hand for sitting on, and other less striking furniture. We stuffed boxes with lamps, tools, sound equipment, camping gear, and knick knacks. She grinned gamely at the idea of putting old fashioned lamps into huge decorative tin cans for protection. As we packed, we learned that she and her husband had moved here 5 years ago from Chicago. They didn't know anyone in the area, but they liked the house.

Then this past summer, her husband was killed in a car accident. No longer able to drive, she needed a smaller place close to town. I know what it is to be alone in a house where the one you love has been taken away. She'll make it. Though hard of hearing, she uses her bright eyes and lively expression to assure you that she wants to connect. Handing us a pile of newspapers to wrap a collection of little lighthouses, she mused, "well, it's not snowing yet! That's a real good thing."

I was happy to help her, though the cost of moving will surely be more than what money today's market will bring for these things. Sometimes at Hawley Auctions we run across top of the line antiques and collectibles, even big ticket items. Other times we just manage to match up folks who want decent things for a reasonable price with those who hope for some return on what they can no longer fit into their lives.

Have a safe and happy holiday.