An Auction Any Junker Would Love..... Especially Me!

The Sunday before the Junk Bonanza was the annual Miller, Creamer, Heimes and Janssen vintage consignment auction at the fairgrounds in Hartington, Nebraska. Wowzer! what a BONANZA of great stuff. We went to look the day before and knew we had to be there even though I should have been packing the trailers and getting ready to head north.... Feast your eyes upon the junk!!

A great old ringer washer head....

Metal Mason's Root Beer sign.....

My sister Judy was helping me look around, she was amazed by all the great junk.....

Sinclair gas pump glass.....

Meet Alton, he is the Heimes in the auction company and he loves Snickers candy bars, got keep your energy up when dealing with this much junk.....

Here is the Miller and Janssen part of the auction company, they are just trying to keep up with Alton with some burgers and fries....

These were windows that were salvaged from the convent in Hartington some almost 20 years ago and put in storage...... I snagged one of these!

I purchased these old printing stones used to print invoices, checks and statements from around 1910.... don't know the history but these puppies are heavy......

Some cool old theatre seats with stars on the seats.......

Old enamel letters that once adorned an old gas station......

Vintage license plates from Germany.....

Galvanized roof embellishments......

There were several rows with pallets with things stacked on them, a junkers bonanza.....

I loved this old box and the history that it held, this is really a diamond in the ruff, this chest was first build 1839, the lid is full dimension lumber which means it is one piece cut from a single tree, not pieced together, this is simply amazing to me that this has survived this long......

One of the greatest old galvanized ribbed barrels I have ever found....

Wagon wheels.....

Love, love, love this table....

Windmill blade.....

This cupboard sold for $1.00......

Great design......

In Nebraska a sale wouldn't be complete without some fruit jars......

Another great cupboard.....

Banisters.......

Hubcaps......

And last but not least, a little something to haul the goods home in.....

We filled the trailer up so we were glad we stayed all day at the auction, totally worth staying up until midnight loading the trailer so we could head out to the north country. If I was rating auctions I would have to give this one a 10!

You can all wipe the tears from your cheeks now while I roll around in my junk! Keep your eyes peeled, you may see it show up in a place where junk is known to appear.....

Cammie):

A Fun Time Was Had By All ~ Junk Bonanza 2010

Here is is BEFORE the doors open, as we try and fit all we brought into our booth at the Junk Bonanza, boy does that space seem alot smaller when you get there....

We brought over 100 letters for the Bonanza, of course we had to try and spell something!

Ki, Karleen, and her sister who were so excited to get to spell things with giant letters....

Roof ridge, it used to be on the top of an old farm building, they just don't make em like they use to.....

A few accordian players who stopped by our booth, they were not sure what it was at first but soon discovered how it worked.....

Old buggy wheels turned photo/note holders...

The favorite vintage item in our booth was the pinball machine, as you can see, it was a little distacting for my husband, Kelly is waiting on customers and David is playing pinball, humm.....

Some cool old chrome diner stools....

Great old bowling pins...

A view from the corner of our booth.....

Jill trying to carry maps and play the accordian, she really is a jack of all trades!

Widow's walk, this was a popular item also, it use to embellish the rails of the widow's walk porch on old victorian homes....

Pop bottle cap belts made of old new stock pop caps.....

The crew from Daffadowndilly's this year, Grandel and Kelly, both are my neighbors, myself and a friend of mine, Eddy, who owns her own shop over in Hudson.

I would like to thank everyone who helped with our booth this year, and there were many of you, and of course our customers who made our weekend a success, without all of you we wouldn't have a Junk Bonanza. We all owe Ki a huge thank you for the spectacular event she has created, a thank you to my great Bonanza neighbors, and last but not least my husband who tolerates all this for me.

We will see ya all next year, I'm already excited!!

Cammie):

Part One ~ The Porch and Yard ~Bachman's Summer Idea House

We made our voyage to Minneapolis to see the new Summer Ideas House at Bachman's, it was well worth the trip, we spent three hours taking in all the great ideas and boy were there a ton of ideas, there are so many ideas that I will be having a few PARTS to this post about the Ideas House, so on we go with Part One!

These are old hayloft forks used to lift the bails into the loft of a barn now used to display your hanging baskets of flowers along the sidewalk.......

Old mailboxes greet you as you enter the porch of the house filled with geraniums and umbrellas, it was raining while we were there......

This old ice box is now a plant stand box on top and shoe storage cubby on the bottom, look at the great patina on this old vintage piece.....

The ferns hung above the mailboxes and were placed in these old cream separator sieves and hung with wire, what a great idea!

The porch was full of artist's brushes, old oil paintings, and supplies for an artist to get inspired using the porch area as a mini studio.....

Check out the old hose reel turned table for signing the guest book, the old hose is even still on it, too cute!

Ki's signature wire fence chandelier with small insulators attached to add small bunches of flowers for that added touch of color...

Now some of the outside stuff that was in the backyard that included an ice cream social, family reunion, potting shed, and the outdoor living space in the garage. These are old barn cupolas with a stand so they can be displayed in your garden area....

An old galvanized roof topper turned mirror for the outside wall of the potting shed....

Minnow buckets for containing potted plants and decorating the tables in the yard.....

Old gears and machinery parts made into yard stakes to accent your flower beds......

This fabulous vintage metal glider, this is a one in a million find......

The flowers at the Ideas House are a stand alone feature in itself, everything is just fabulous when it comes to the floral, which you can of course just walk across the parking lot to find all the combinations of garden plants you could ever dream of....

Check back for the next post about the living room space in the house, there are some great things in store for you to see!

Cammie(:

JUNKING ~ 911

After finding Clint's place, I confirmed that this was a junking emergency! Sooooo, I called in some of the experts, Ki, Larry, Jane and Sara, some of my junking friends from the twin cities. There was far too much stuff here to just leave behind, so I called in the reserve junkers to come and help me salvage some MORE junk that I was unable to haul home to my stash.

Ki, the junk expert, anaylzing a found object that could certainly be turned into some fabulous new idea$(*!^@(*&^

Humm, what could we do with these?

Larry found something he thought could make a good hallway coat rack...

Another shot of ONE corner of Clint's.....

Here is Jane with one of her favorite finds, a giant megaphone in this wonderful red color, it definitely went home with her to her stash......

Sara with one of her finds just as it went into the truck.....

Jane, Clint and Sara, three of the most loveable junkers you could find in the Midwest!

There were many items that were bought at Clint's that will become projects for either Bachman's stores or the Idea House in Minneapolis, so keep you eyes open, see if you can find them as you visit both of these places. Let me know if you find any!

Cammie(: