Auction Fun!

We took our monthly trip to Wilksboro this afternoon to attend the

holiday auction put on by the Great State Auction company. I saw this

sweet vintage Roaster featured in their on-line Listing and decided it would

be coming home with me. Unfortunately, we arrived late and it had already

been Auctioned off. Fortunately, the lady that was high Bidder was still

present in the gallery and had it placed under her Seat for me to find 

So I popped over to ask her how much she had to Bid to win it

She said she gave $10.00 for it and a red one similar to it as a set - Damn!

So I told her to name her Price for the green one and paid it. I
could tell that she thought she was getting over on me by asking
four times what she paid for both roasters. But I've seen these
roasters in antique stores priced twice that much, and not nearly
as nice, and they're always missing the roasting rack. So while I
didn't get it for $10, I still came home with it as planned! I
love how it looks on my Counter and how it compliments

my collection of Jadite in the kitchen cabinet above it!

I hadn't seen this set in the photo Catalog before we arrived

but when it came up I had to bid on it. It's Pink and perfect! 

It's much Older than I am, and for only $15.00, why not?

Now this... This was the Main reason I
wanted to attend today's estate auction!

Ever since I first saw knife boxes sitting on the buffets in the

dining rooms at James Monroe's Ash Lawn-Highland estate,

Jefferson's Monticello and at George Washington's Mt. Vernon last

year, I've been looking for one of my own. And today... I have one!

It carries my good Silverware perfectly!

There was one woman that gave me a nice Run for my money

but this was one Bidding war she wasn't going to win! 

Unfortunately I either need to find a bigger Buffet for the

dining room now or find someone that wants a Pewter tea set!