This is from an upcoming auction near here.

Sometimes we forget about the mirror when taking photos.



I might go to this auction. Everything looks very clean in the pictures, and the furniture all looks like new. It is an estate sale and the former owner was an aviator in World War II, then had a car dealership before retiring. Looking at the photos, it looks like he bought all the furniture at one time, and although things are arranged nicely, it seems to lack that lived in feel it would have if he'd had a wife. It reminds me of my dad's condo in Sun City, Arizona that he barely used before he died. It was well set up with matching furniture and even a manual typewriter that matched the one he had in Colorado. He didn't use a computer, he typed all his checks and letters.

Don't be alarmed by the gun lying on the pass-through there. I'm sure the auctioneers got it out so they could photograph it. But see how new the furniture is, and neatly things are arranged around the phone?



But hey. The guy knew what mattered - lots of tools and fishing equipment and a 55 inch HD TV. I don't know what exactly I need but that's the fun of auctions.

Here's the description of the lawn & garden and tools:

LAWN AND GARDEN: lots of various yard decorations, porch swing, cast iron patio table and chairs, charcoal broiler grill with 2 bottles, plastic patio furniture, ceramic patio table, hand garden tools, electric weed eaters, Toro recycler self propelled lawn mower with key ignition, metal patio set with umbrella, yard art wind mill 12 ft tall, cement squirrel bird bath, metal and wood park bench, Toro snow blower 2 cycle 141cc engine 21 inch width (like new), electric edger’s, leaf blowers, shovels, rakes, hand edger’s, 10x20 king canopy, digging bars, snow shovels, and lots more.

GUN: Remington model 700 30-06 with weaver scope.

TOOLS & EQUIPMENT: Colman power washer 2500 psi variable speed with a Honda motor, craftsman 5 drawer tool box on wheels, ridged pipe wrenches, craftsman hand tools, drill bits, Allen wrench sets, screw drivers, tap and die sets, cordless and corded drills, misc. buckets of bolts, nuts, screws and nails, skill saw, bench vises, hand saws, wood working clamps, hammers, floor jacks, crow bars, plumping and electrical equipment, extension cords, extension ladder 13 to 16 ft, 8 ft heavy duty Stanley ladder, painters step ladders, aluminum 6 ft ladder, gas cans, gi cans, cum-alongs, handy man jacks, chop saw, scrap aluminum and metal, custom made aluminum fans, welding equipment, slip roller 50inches long 16 inches high 3 inch rollers grizzly brand and lots more.

Good lawn mowers usually go pretty high at auctions around here, but I might get the cement squirrel bird bath at a good price.