Fairhaven Selectboard chairperson Charles Murphy plays auctioneer at the town’s annual auction of surplus and abandoned property on Saturday, 9/17. Rick Spoor raises his hand to bid on the red Schwinn bicycle on the left. The bike went for $80, but Mr. Spoor was outbid. Photo by Beth David.
By Beth David, Editor
Bicycles, file cabinets, large framed photographs, a rescue sled, a floating water pump, bicycles, tables, stuff that works, stuff that doesn’t work, vehicles (did we mention bicycles) and a host of other stuff declared surplus or abandoned got hauled away by eager deal-seekers at the Fairhaven town auction on Saturday, 9/17. This year’s crop of stuff included many bicycles, and a decidedly higher end batch than the last couple of years.
Alec Arsenault and Grant Darmofal are all smiles as they walk away with their Magna mountain bikes at the Fairhaven town auction on Saturday, 9/17/17. Photo by Beth David.
Alec Arsenault and Grant Darmofal were both all smiles as they walked off with a pair of shiny Magna mountain bikes.
Mr. Arsenault said he was upgrading to a bigger bike with his shiny blue acquisition.
“My papa did!” said Mr. Darmofal, explaining that his grandfather had ponied up the $40 for his shiny black-and-red ride. “I really wanted this one.”
As for the older and derelict bikes that sold in batches for just a few bucks each, they, too, found a home.
Eddie Gonet bought up a bunch of them. He said he uses the parts for his quadricycle, a four-person bike that has “lots of gears” that need to be replaced.
“I’ll use those,” he said, pointing to a pick-up truck full of bicycles.
The town only had two vehicles up for sale this year. Unfortunately, the School Department’s box truck got pulled from the line-up because they could not find the title.
Simon Furtado holds up a very expensive motorcycle helmet that he got for $30. Photo by Beth David.
But an old Sewer Department truck with a plow, a 200 Ford 250, went for $2450.
The 2004 Ford Taurus sedan did not do as well, but the transmission had issues and so did the A/C, so $250 was all that brought in.
In total the town took in $6,500, according to the public works department, which coordinates the auction.
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