(13 Mar 2024)
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Gordonville, Pennsylvania- 9 March 2024
1. Wide of an auction of farm equipment by members of Amish community
HEADLINE: Fundraising auctions at annual Amish mud sale
2. Mid of an Amish auctioneer
3. Mid of boots in mud
4. Mid of auctioneer pointing his hand
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Doug Brubaker, deputy fire chief of Pequea Valley Fire Department:
"Fire companies in the area typically have mud sales in the spring. And the reason they're called mud sales is because it's it's always wet and muddy and it's it's fundraiser for the fire company. And it draws people from. I heard that there's people here from as far away as California today. And of course, the plain people come the the Amish, the Mennonites come. This is, just a it's a just a big gathering place. Lancaster County is one of the biggest, Amish settlements in the country. So, they're here running the sale for us pretty much today and supporting it by by buying things. Crafts are a big thing, quilts. I believe there's 400 and some quilts here today."
6. Wide of an auction of farm equipment
7. Close of men wearing hats
8. Mid of members of Amish community running an auction
7. Wide of attendees
8. Mid of an auction of antique items
9. Wide of quilts
10. Wide of Samantha Bell looking at quilts
11. Close up of quilts
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12. SOUNDBITE (English) Samantha Bell, visitor to mud sales:
“My favorite thing here is the quilt room by far. Yes. Yes. Why? Because of the beautiful, craftsmanship that you just don't see in, like, anything you buy that's mass produced these days. And, sometimes you're sitting with the ladies who made the quilts themselves, so you get to chat with them about their artwork. And it's just this really beautiful, vibrant esthetic that I just love to be surrounded by it.”
13. Wide of mud sale area filled with buggies and farm equipment
14. Mid of buggies
15. Close up of tag
ANNOTATION: The country auctions in Lancaster County began in the 1960s. These days some get thousands of bidders and can rake in than a million dollars in sales.
16, Wide of an Amish family walking on the street
17. Wide of a horse buggy
ANNOTATION: Amish people are now in 32 states and Canada, with a total population approaching 400,000, a majority living in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana.
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of used buggies — horses not included — were lined up and ready for the auctioneer's gavel last weekend when day began at the Gordonville mud sale, a local Amish tradition dating to the 1960s.
The country auctions benefit volunteer fire departments across what the Amish community refers to as the Lancaster settlement, a region some 70 miles (113 kilometers) west of Philadelphia where the devout Christian group began to settle about 300 years ago.
They don't sell mud, although a cold rain brought plenty of it. The name refers to early spring, when wet fields may not be frozen but are not ready for the plow, either.
Gordonville's mud sale, one of at least a dozen being held this spring in the region, drew thousands of bidders and was expected to net the fire department about $100,000.
Amish people make and donate much of the food and sale items and are the buyers of most of the buggies and the array of horse-drawn farm equipment. They organize and run sales, including often serving as auctioneers.
Samantha Bell from Philadelphia said she has been the mud sales dozens of times and enjoyed see handmade items from Amish communities.
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