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…
Local record-holding drag race car to be sold at auction
CHAMBERSBURG--Bill Johnston loved all things automotive—especially the 1950s era—and enjoyed sharing his passion with others. In his early life, the Fayetteville man was the owner and operator of the Sunoco Gas station on Radio Hill in Chambersburg and later worked…
Wanna be a numismatist?
CHAMBERSBURG, PA—Summer will be over before you know it and then what will you do? Why not start a new hobby? Try coin collecting! It’s a hobby almost anyone can do, and you can do it alone or with a…
How to prepare for Gateway Gallery’s two-day sale of the Jacob “Jake” Crider estate
SHIPPENSBURG—The estate of a local businessman and philanthropist will be sold in a two-day public auction May 20-21. Jake Crider was the owner and founder of Crider’s Meats of Shippensburg, a local history buff, hunter and fisherman, a woodcarver and,…
Turn auction goods into auction GREATS!
CHAMBERSBURG—Maybe you flip through pages of a home magazine or social media channel and see images that inspire you, or perhaps you watch HGTV and want to duplicate the looks in your own home. But do you know where to…
