THE AUCTION EXCHANGE ® nd COLLECTORS NEWS $150 AANTIQUES • COLLECTIBLES • ESTATES • FARM • REAL ESTATE • COMMERCIAL www.eauctionexchange.com January12, 2021 Vol. 44, No. 05 ACROSS THE AUCTION BLOCK Kubota loader hauls away $39,025 at Miedema auction By William tion, and heavy equip- OrbitBid which helps sell was in operating condi- Flood ment. commercial assets from tion with auxiliary Miedema started with company locations, Rang- hydraulics rated at 3,330- Miedema Auctioneer- live auctions in 1984, erBid which helps busi- lb capacity. Ten other ing, a specialist in catego- evolving into online auc- nesses sell items directly loaders were sold, includ- ries like commercial and tioning as early as 2000. to end-users, and Rep- ing a 2012 Case TR270 heavy machinery, held an The company soon oCast which helps sell Track skid steer loader online sale via their Rep- expanded its online foot- repossessed assets for with 66-inch bucket with ocast platform, featuring print to multiple special- banks, credit unions, and cutting edge, auxiliary snow removal, construc- ized divisions including trustees. hydraulics, and a cab At this sale, loaders with heat and stereo attracted several of the ($17,025); and, a 2014 auction’s highest bids. A Volvo MC95C skid steer 2018 Kubota SVL95-2S loader 84-inch bucket rubber track loader, in with cutting edge, and operating condition, with deluxe cab featuring heat 18-inch rubber tracks, and A/C, that had 112 Above: A dozen loaders of various types were available. auxiliary hydraulics, bidders take it to $16,660. One of the auction’s top bids - $39,025 - went to this 2018 80-inch bucket, and Other big wins were a Kubota rubber track loader. enclosed cab with heat 1994 Ford diesel L8000 and A/C picked up 52 bids truck equipped with a it reached $34,505. Two stick, 36-inch bucket with and sold for $39,025. A rebuilt 25-ton Manitex excavators also came in teeth, a 77-inch float 2011 Gehl V330 2-Speed crane, an Eaton Fuller high. Selling for $36,725 angle backfill blade, high-flow skid steer load- 8-speed transmission, air was a 2017 Kubota hydraulic quick attach, er grabbed another brakes, and dual fuel KX057-4 in operating and an enclosed cab with Above: Excavators, like this Hitachi ($31,300) attracted healthy five-figure win- tanks. Listed in fair con- condition. It offered 15.75 their share of five-figure bids. ning bid at $23,075. It dition with 34,380 miles, inch tracks, a 72-inch See Miedema page 4 FEATURE Humpty Dumpty: A riddle, a King or a cannon? By Larry Humpty Dumpty sat on a first printed in 1810, the Colchester was a Royalist LeMasters wall. Humpty Dumpty rhyme was intended as a stronghold, it was under had a great fall. All the riddle, and misdirection siege by the Roundheads Humpty Dumpty is a king’s horses and all the was included in the for 11 weeks before final- nursery rhyme egg with king’s men couldn’t put rhyme by the fact that ly falling. The church human characteristics. Humpty together again. “humpty dumpty” was tower was hit by enemy Most children, especially Nowhere in the rhyme 18th-century slang for a cannon fire and the top of Baby Boomers, are famil- does it state that Humpty short, clumsy person. the tower was blown off, iar with the rhyme: Dumpty is an egg. When Whereas a clumsy person sending “Humpty” tum- falling off a wall would bling to the ground. Nat- not be irreparably dam- urally all the King’s hors- aged, an egg would be; es and all the King’s men therefore, the riddle’s (Royalist cavalry and answer always seemed to infantry respectively) be an egg. tried to mend “him” but There are other in vain. thoughts about the ori- An extended version of gins of Humpty Dumpty. the rhyme gives addition- Humpty Dumpty was a al verses, including the powerful cannon used in following: the Siege of Colchester In Sixteen Hundred during the English Civil and Forty-Eight War. It was mounted on When England suf- top of St. Mary’s at the fered the pains of state Wall Church in Colches- The Roundheads lay ter defending the city siege to Colchester town against siege in the sum- Where the King’s men mer of 1648. Although still fought for the crown Left: Thomas Nast illustrated There One-Eyed “Humpty Dumpty” book, Thompson stood on the circa 1870s, that is valued Above: Rare Regal China “Humpty Dumpty” cookie jar at $30. See Humpty page 10 with gold trim that sells for $75. SINCE 1978 THE WEEKLY AUCTION & COLLECTORS GUIDE FOR THE GREAT LAKES REGION Page 2 THE AUCTION EXCHANGE – www.eauctionexchange.com January 12, 2021 ORDER YOUR AUCTION CATALOG TODAY! 765-307-7119 January 12, 2021 THE AUCTION EXCHANGE – www.eauctionexchange.com Page 3 JM Auction Service LLC • JM Auction Service LLC • JM Auction Service LLC • JM Auction Service LLC JM Auction Service LLC • JM Auction Service LLC Service LLC Service LLC • JM Auction JM Auction TOBIAS COMING AUCTIONS 100 YR. 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Ohio COLLECTIBLE AUCTION FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2021 @ 10:00 AM LOCATION: WHALEN AUCTION BLDG., 8020 MANORE RD. Meyer of Tawas & Schember of Unionville zone Combined Estate NEAPOLIS, OH (GPS Grand Rapids 43522) 12 FURNITURE: Maple bedroom suite; mahogany dining room set; primitive dry sink AUCTION! & more; LAMPS & GLASSWARE: 3 Victorian hanging lamps; Aladdin, GWTW, & panel lamp; 50+ pcs cut, pattern & pressed glass; 60+ asst colors Fenton; Vase- SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 2021, 10 AM line; Bisque; Cambridge; Flow Blue; Lalique; Carnival; Fostoria stemware; opales- Preview 8:30 AM Day of Sale cent; cranberry; Lennox birds; Boyd glass; asst steins; hand painted plates & dish- LOCATION: AUCTION ACRES, 1491 PERRY CREEK RD. & M-33. es; stemware; 12 jadeite animals; asst fruit jars; salt dips; art glass bowls; several DIRECTIONS: Auction Barn is located between the towns of Mio & Fairview. lightning rod balls; art glass water pitchers; figurines; several miniature pcs Kilgore; Just 7 miles north of traffic light (M-33/M-72) in Mio or 2 miles west of many small interesting miniature items; COLLECTIBLES: Several pcs sterling; blinking light (M-33/M-72) in Fairview. zone 50+ sterling salt spoons; 54 sterling spoons; Parker coffee grinders; over 20 scales; MIO, MICHIGAN 48647 3 copper & wood items; thimbles; marbles; knives; straight razors; pin up books; Hol- land Beauty tin; jewelry; Snow Babies; Lilliput Lane villages; Christmas ornaments; TO INCLUDE: Blended Elm & Maple dining table w/8 chairs, dinette table w/2 chairs + 4 bar stools; buffet china cab; sideboard china showcase; Flexsteel leather living snow globes; easter décor; plus more. room furniture; oak rocker & rolltop desk; leather office chair; bookcases; Victorian TERMS: Cash or check w/ID, 3% pro- marble-top gent’s dressers; asst. furniture; floor model phonographs; hand colored en- cessing fee on credit/debit cards. 7.25% graving by Wm. Wellstood; landscape photo by Wm. Plante (Detroit artist); Richard sales tax applies. Lunch by Sandy’s. Bishop wildlife prints; OTHER: HD leather apparel, boots & more; RC model ships; ORDER OF SALE: Selling in 2 lines, 419-875-6317 1” pine lumber; Hopalong Cassidy collectibles; Longaberger baskets; pressure cooker; furniture @ 12noon. OPEN: Week of Please call Mon.-Fri. from 8am-4pm sm. kitchen appliances; cutlery; glassware; chest freezer; shelves; Winegard portable the auction from 8am-3pm.