Yesterday started out early with a trip to Burlington to a Smith Auction.  It was at the Port and was packed with glassware, which was a delight for me.  The regulars weren't there so I thought that I would be able to pick up some Carnival Glass cheap, since there was a lot of it.  Wrong!  Geez, the newbies had no idea what Carnival Glass sells for (or they wanted it for their own collection, which means they can pay more than those of us that buy to resell.)  Anyway, pieces that only RETAIL for $30 - $50 were selling for $70 and $80.  Now, the auctioneer loved it, kept looking at me and grinning….knows that I wouldn't pay that if it was for myself!  Then they had some antique furniture, about 5 pieces, that had been left to the Historical Society with the instructions that it was to be sold and the money given to the Society.  The pieces went dirt cheap, they hadn't been advertised and so the furniture dealers weren't there.  They had a Secretary that was absolutely beautiful, huge but great detail, it should have brought a small fortune, appraised at $2400 and sold for under $1000, the other pieces went for around $200.  Course, they were HUGE and therefore it would take a big house with high ceilings (like ours) to hold the pieces and display them properly.  Although they were beautiful, they weren't pieces that fit with our lifestyle so didn't feel bad about them not coming home with me.

There were two Pillan vases, they sold for over $800 for the big one and $500 for the smaller one.  They were really neat, wasn't familiar with that artist before so enjoyed seeing something new that was quality.

I came home with a lot, all of it is now listed and ready to sell, have bids on some of it already which is what the whole thing is about.

Today I went to Salem to the Glover auction.  It didn't have anything that I wanted but did get to see Michelle and visit for a bit.  Chris Glover was there, he's the guy that put in our elevator at the hotel, super nice guy.  We visited for quite awhile.  I got to meet his wife, mom and grandma as well as his daughter.  That was fun.  He said that he has quit his job and is now going to work for the city of MP.  He will start out mowing and all that, but he hopes to move into other areas.  He's tired of being away from his family all the time.  He had been working in Dubuque for the past 5 weeks, even though the company has work closer he said he seemed to always be shipped off to the furtherest locations and it just got old.

Decided that it was time to leave when the auctioneers went out to sell tractors and it would be a couple of hours before they got back to the small selection of glassware they had to sell.

Need to start getting ready to go back to DM, 7:30 will come early to be on the road, usually am on the road by 7 just to be safe.

I have put an ad on Craig's list so we'll see if there are any applicants from that along with Job Service and the net.