By Beth David, Editor
Fairhaven held its annual Town Auction of surplus items on Saturday, 9/17/22 and received $9,883.00 for a wide variety of items, from office desk items to motor vehicles. Board of Public Works member Travis Rapoza played auctioneer and had a jolly old time making plenty of jokes about the older items.
“Doesn’t work. Isn’t that awesome,” said Mr. Rapoza about a TV that could, however, be used as a computer monitor.
“Abraham Lincoln used this,” said Mr. Rapoza about a very, very old looking weight scale.
Kendra Alibey bought a few small storage items. She does a lot of crafts, she said.
She also literally jumped for joy when she got two Nintendo Joy Con Controllers for $60. A couple of old police scanners were in the mix, and she quickly handed them off to someone who was bidding against her.
The biggest ticket item was a 2009 Ford Explorer with 111,000 miles on it from the Council on Aging that Robin Nash grabbed for $2,500.
Next up was a 2010 Ford F150 from the Marine Resources Department that went for $2,300 to Shane McNamara. The vehicle has body rot and chassis rot, but Mr. McNamara was not deterred. He said he needed a “beater truck” for work.
The lowest priced item was the aforementioned TV that went for one cent. Only a couple of desks did not have any takers.
A bidding war between Tim Major and Michael Gaj for a Honda dirt bike resulted in Mr. Major walking away with the prize for $2,000. But the two shook hands at the end of the bidding.
Bidders bought bicycles, boats, vehicles, office furniture and items, yard equipment, and tools.
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