{"id":2179,"date":"2013-08-21T04:16:52","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T09:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=2179"},"modified":"2013-08-21T04:16:52","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T09:16:52","slug":"the-auction-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2013\/08\/the-auction-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"The auction sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I mentioned to a friend that I was going to go to a sale where they auctioned off a wide variety of farm equipment. \u00a0They asked me, well what do you mean? \u00a0I went on to try to describe what takes place at a farm auction or other type of auction in our part of NW Iowa. \u00a0The response was &#8220;OK, but I don&#8217;t really understand it completely.&#8221; \u00a0So here are a couple examples of what took place recently.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/72615245\">grain auger sold<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you watch the short clip above, can you tell who finally buys the auger for $425? \u00a0That&#8217;s easy because it&#8217;s clear at the end of the clip. \u00a0More importantly, can you see when he gives his final bid? \u00a0I&#8217;ve commonly joked with visitors that they need to be sure to never nod their head at an auction or who knows what they will have just bid on or purchased. \u00a0No, it&#8217;s not quite like that. \u00a0The guy in the middle in the white shirt is watching those who&#8217;ve expressed an interest in the item, auger in this case, and calls out when they have bid.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another clip of the completion of an auction. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/72616032\">another sale completed<\/a>. \u00a0Notice the wide variety of equipment crammed close together.<\/p>\n<p>One last clip. \u00a0I climbed up on a wagon to get a bit of a view of the variety of equipment for sale. \u00a0You can hear the auctioneers going strong. \u00a0Yes, there are 2 of them and they&#8217;ve been going all day. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/72615851\">view of equipment for sale<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/72615851\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A couple other pictures from the sale.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2183\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/loading-purchased-items.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2183\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2183\" alt=\"loading purchased items\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/loading-purchased-items-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/loading-purchased-items-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/loading-purchased-items-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/loading-purchased-items.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Loading purchases. He has a rack on the trailer to stack the combine heads. This truck was from another state!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2182\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/B-Farmall-w-mower-deck.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2182\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2182\" alt=\"B Farmall w mower deck\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/B-Farmall-w-mower-deck-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/B-Farmall-w-mower-deck-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/B-Farmall-w-mower-deck-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/B-Farmall-w-mower-deck.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Who needs a mower tractor for their acreage?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2185\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/old-bus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2185\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2185 \" alt=\"old used for? \" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/old-bus-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/old-bus-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/old-bus-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/old-bus.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Interesting painted up old bus. I wonder what it&#8217;s history is?<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/view-of-sale-items.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2186\" alt=\"view of sale items\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/view-of-sale-items-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/view-of-sale-items-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/view-of-sale-items-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/view-of-sale-items.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=2179&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I mentioned to a friend that I was going to go to a sale where they auctioned off a wide variety of farm equipment. \u00a0They asked me, well what do you mean? \u00a0I went on to try to describe what takes place at a farm auction or other type of auction in our part [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The auction sale  - Ekstrands in Congo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2013\/08\/the-auction-sale\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The auction sale  - Ekstrands in Congo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Recently I mentioned to a friend that I was going to go to a sale where they auctioned off a wide variety of farm equipment. \u00a0They asked me, well what do you mean? \u00a0I went on to try to describe what takes place at a farm auction or other type of auction in our part [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2013\/08\/the-auction-sale\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ekstrands in Congo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-08-21T09:16:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/loading-purchased-items-300x168.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Pete &amp; 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