Southport Fire Department holds 50th auction

Gerald Gamage clocks 24th year as auctioneer
ART MAYERS, News Contributor
Sun, 08/21/2016 - 11:15am
Fire Chief Gerald Gamage rings the bell to open the auction. ART MAYERS/Boothbay Register
Makayla Abbe enjoys a hobbyhorse her family won at the auction. Pictured with her are Brian Abbe, Ben Abbe and Trevor Swope. ART MAYERS/Boothbay Register
Bruce Harris and Amy Hillstrom prepare breakfast muffins to benefit Southport Central School. ART MAYERS/Boothbay Register
Scott Larson, Medea Harris and baby Agatha Harris search for flea market items. ART MAYERS/Boothbay Register
Local artist Mike Lewis collects a pile of flea market items. ART MAYERS/Boothbay Register
Ronan and Maeve Cullina admire a hobbyhorse with friend Azalea Bennett. ART MAYERS/Boothbay Register
David and Ryan Kershaw of Belmont, Massachusetts admire a donated Mercedes van. ART MAYERS/Boothbay Register
Firemen Ed Larkin, left, and Matt Cole assist in the auction. ART MAYERS/Boothbay Register
Donna Morey of Boothbay Harbor takes home a basket of flea market items. ART MAYERS/Boothbay Regsiter

    The Southport Volunteer Fire Department held its 50th annual public auction on Saturday, Aug. 20.

    Fire Chief Gerald Gamage said he had run the auction for the past 24 years.  Carl Pierce conducted it for over the previous 20 years before his death in 1993.

    The auction was named Carl Pierce Memorial Auction in his honor.

    Gamage said the department collects items left off at the station during the year. “It is a good community event,” he said.

    Following the auction and flea market, Gamage reported that an estimated $23,500 was raised for department operations.

    A 1999 Mercedes minivan with 39,000 miles was donated by its local owner and drew a winning bid of $5,500, said Gamage.

    Southport Central School volunteers sold refreshments to benefit the school.

     

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