What we hate to tell you
How many times has an article on social media or the internet caught your attention with its headline: “If You Have One of These Items You May Be a Millionaire”? You might have clicked on it as you held your…
Happiness is … ???
Are you happy? That could be an easy question or a difficult one depending on how you take it. Are you happy right now—this very minute? Or are you happy, overall, with life? Abraham Lincoln said, "Folks are usually about…
Ready to move?
If you are thinking about downsizing or moving to a retirement community, there will probably be many things you simply don't know what to do with. You could load them onto the moving van and hope and pray that everything…
Happy National Auctioneers Day!
In honor of National Auctioneers Day on April 20, we'd like to take a moment to honor our auctioneers, John and Heather. Each year on the third Thursday in April, National Auctioneers Day recognizes those who hold auctions and take…
An Auction Haiku
You may remember the day sitting in elementary school at your wooden or Formica desk with your No. 2 pencil and tablet paper and wracking your brain to try to come up with a haiku because your English teacher was…
It’s Barbie’s Birthday!
March 9 is National Barbie Day—the date that marks the time in 1959 when the Barbie doll debuted at the American International Toy Fair in New York. The now iconic toy created by Ruth Handler was the first mass-produced doll to…
Celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday with us! So you have some things to sell?
I do not want this anymore. It's cluttering up my walls and floor. I do not need it here or there. I do not want it anywhere! Should we remove it from your house? Does it belong to you…
It’s Groundhog Day Every Other Week at Auction
It's that time of year again! Groundhog Day—the day when the behavior of a rodent either improves or ruins the attitudes of people across the nation. If you aren't from Pennsylvania, you may not appreciate this strange tradition where a…
Mary B. Sharpe school sells for $600,000; new buyer looking for photos, artifacts
A beloved Chambersburg elementary school sold on the auction block Saturday, bringing in $600,000, according to John F. Kohler, Jr., of Gateway Gallery Auction, which handled the sale. Built in 1908, the oldest school in the district was constructed by…
Oldest Elementary School in CASD to be Sold!
by Andrea Ciccocioppo Rose CHAMBERSBURG— A beloved Chambersburg elementary school will go on the auction block Saturday, Dec. 10. Built in 1908, the oldest school in the district was constructed by Franklin Keagy, who built hundreds of buildings in Chambersburg…
