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There was a lot of interest in the Groton MA antiques dairy farm auction and the video story I'd done on it, so here is a follow up report with some hammer prices.

It's was great day, with the weather cooperating which made for a pretty good turnout. Folks were generally in a good mood despite the current economic situation.

I saw some familiar faces from my auctions past and many new ones. We all agreed that we were happy to be in a business that had a lot of activity in a time when many businesses are either stagnant or going back wards.

For the new people attending, I knew there was one question on their minds. "Is he really going to sell absolute, without reserve?" That concern was addressed immediately as the auction started with low asking prices, and ended in nearly every lot being sold.

Worthpoint.com  was well represented again by Dan Borsey who shot complete video footage of the auction while managing to bid on many of the antiques himself!  When the video for the auction comes out, I'll post a link to it here. 

You may want to tune in to the Auctionwally Show this week as I'll be covering the auction and hammer prices a more in depth there. See the links to that on the bottom of the page that will take you to the show episode.

Here are some of the hammer prices which include the 10% buyers premium.

• 1861 granite will cistern 4.5ft.x4.5ft.  $1,595
• 16 - 8ft enamel advertising signs $75-$360 each.
• 1880s buckboard work wagon $600
• 1880s buckboard town wagon $825
• 1880s Victorian Cutter Sleigh  $770
• antique automobile radiator cap, shape of Griffin - $50
• Buckeye model 17E incubator - $27.50
• stack of 23 golden age comics incl. Superman, Lone Ranger $55.00

...we'll have a lot more prices and information from this auction on ep. 32 of the Auctionwally Show

We had two styles of 8 foot enamel signs that I thought went very well. There was this one to the left and a "Toasterettes" sign by the same sign company. We had a total of 16 signs which sold for between $75 and $360 each. The difference in prices was due to condition.

    Sold for $600

This beautiful buckboard work wagon sold for $600 with the buyer's premium. In the condition it was in, I felt that was a little on the low side. The buyer of this purchased the buckboard town wagon, a good indicator that these were hammered at bargain prices.

  Buckeye mode 17E Incubator, $27.50

This antique incubator sold for $27.50.

    Stack of 23 Golden Age comics $55.00

A stack of 23 Golden age comics sold for $55.00, the lot included Superman, the Lone Ranger, Zorro and others.

And the end of the day, nearly everyone agreed that antiques, when purchased  at fair prices, were probably the safest investments available right now.

As mentioned earlier in the article, I will be giving a much more detailed price report of this auction on ep 32 of The Auctionwally Show which airs Monday evening at 9pm Eastern time. There's a call in # for those interested in asking questions.

If your not able to catch the show as it airs live, no worry, it's also archived as a podcast and can be downloaded onto your PC or mp3 player, so you can listen to it at your convenience.

For those of you who would like to see the story of the items in this auction in the pre-auction video by Worthpoint, click on the link below.

We expect to have the video of the auction itself available soon, so please check back here at the Examiner.com to view that.