RANGELEY — The Maine Forestry Museum (formerly the Rangeley Lakes Region Logging Museum) will hold it’s auciton onlinline this year.
The auction is the first of the three major fundraisers the museum holds in the season. The 2020 Maine Forestry Museum auction will open at 7 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 13, and will close at 7 pm on Saturday, Aug. 15.
To participate and place bids, participants must create an account. No credit card or payment information is required to place bids. Payment information is required only when a participant is determined to be the winning bidder at the end of the auction. As always, there is a selection of handmade wooden furniture, dining, sofa, side and coffee tables, cutting boards, wooden hot plates and more, all made by a local artisan. These, along with gift certificates for local lodging, shopping, dining and many other items. This year there are also two small Rodney Richard chainsaw carved bears.
Winning bidders are asked to pick up their items between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16, at the musuem, 221 Stratton Road. Those who can’t do that can pick their items up 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Friday and Sunday after the auction at the museum. Gift certificates can be mailed by clicking on the Contact Us button on the auction site. All physical items must be picked up at the museum.
Those who would like to view the large items in person before or during the auction may stop by the museum during its open hours. The auction can be viewed at www.32auctions.com/MaineForestryMuseum [1]. We are hoping that more people will participate in the auction online.
For more information, contact the Maine Forestry Museum at 207-864-3939 or visit ite maineforestrymuseum.org, or follow on Facebook at www.facebook.com/maineforestrymuseumMFM.
