Once on returning home, purse-proud and hale I found my choice of possessions on the lawn. An auctioneer was whipping up a sale. I did not move to claim what was my own.
One coat of pride, perhaps a bit threadbare; Illusion’s trinkets, splendid for the young; Some items, miscellaneous, marked ‘Fear’; The chair of honor, with a missing rung.”
The spiel ran on; the sale was brief and brisk; The bargains fell to bidders, one by one. Hope flushed my cheekbone with a scarlet disk. Old neighbors nudged each other at the fun.
My spirits rose each time the hammer fell, The heart beat faster as the fat words rolled. I left my home with unencumbered will And all the rubbish of confusion sold.
Theodore Roethke, 1939
Mike Brandly, Auctioneer, CAI, CAS, AARE has been an auctioneer and certified appraiser for over 30 years. His company’s auctions are located at: Mike Brandly, Auctioneer, RES Auction Services and Goodwill Columbus Car Auction. He serves as Distinguished Faculty at Hondros College, Executive Director of The Ohio Auction School, an Instructor at the National Auctioneers Association’s Designation Academy and America’s Auction Academy. He is faculty at the Certified Auctioneers Institute held at Indiana University and is approved by The Supreme Court of Ohio for attorney education.
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