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Show DAILY HERALD Monday, October 17. 2005 A7 S OLD TO THE ffiGE ESTB - - ' ; nil - I'll M .ik " ' i v - - " ' ' 4 . . . - i et 1 - ', ' ' ' JEREMY HARMON 'Daily Herald of Provo, looks at a cabinet as he browses through items up for auction at an estate sale in Alpine on Saturday. Ball said he regularly attends these kinds of auctions looking for antiques. Doug Bali, Auction in Alpine sells hundreds ofitems Caleb Warnock , The DAILY HERALD most unusual item offered Saturday's Silcox estate in Alpine sold around ' It 'was a live ferret, complete with cage, toys and food. Price after a surprise bidding war: $65. As a boy, Brad Silcox, then of resident of now a long-tim- e Payson, attended cattle auctions with his father. A quick study, he taught lanhimself the sing-sonrapid-fir- e guage of the auctioneer. Then, about 15 years ago, Silcox arid his wife, Julie, opened an antiques shop in Santaquin, but when their sons got into the world of the shop, which needed to be open on the weekend, became too constraining. The couple decided an auction business would allow them more freedom, and so Silcox Auctions and Antiques was born. On Saturday, the couple auctioned off hundreds of items in the backyard of Lisa Ashby, with the help of a handful of crew members. The preview started at 9 a.m., the auction going from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. "My husband and I had attended bull-ridin- g, an auction they had in Mt. Pleasant," Ashby said. "That auction was so fun, I thought, why don't we do it?" Ashby's father and grandparents died recently, all within seven months of each other, she said. When she moved her mother into her and her husband's home, they found themselves surrounded by thrge generations of stuff. "My mother had two storage units and we couldn't get our cars in our garage," Ashby said. "I thought, let's purge. We need to get our cars in the garage for the winter." Silcox is known for the humor and speed with which he conducts his auctions. After so many years in the business, he now has "regulars" and who show up again and again they expect to be entertained, so much so that they goad him from the audience, an unusual experience in the auction world. A woman on the front row buys two wooden goblets for $6. "Now what am I going to do with it?" she calls out after her bid. "Not my problem anymore, ma'am," says Silcox, deadpan, without missing a beat. "Give it to some- one you don't like for Christmas." When a set of four yellow and blue ceramic canisters come on the block, Silcox struggles momentarily to find the word that describes them. "I get up into these fancy neighborhoods and I don't know what any of this fancy stuff is," he said. "I'm just a poor farm boy." When it comes time to sell the fer' ret, Silcox announces that one of his crew will show it to the audience while he auctions another item. But when the enraptured audience all but ignores the auction, Silcox decides to sell the animal immediately. "We've got a ferret, a cage and a little bit of food," he says. "If you went to the store, it would be one hundred bucks just for the ferret. "If you skin him up, you'd get $50." The audience makes disapproving noises at this joke, but once again, Silcox does not miss a beat. "So bid on him if you don't want me to buy him," he says. If there is a lull in the bidding, Silcox calls out, "Tell you what, the blue light is flashing today!" If someone gets a particular1 barand there seem to be many, gain Silcox hollers, many bargains "Mark that stol'd from Silcox Auc- theme. tions!" go. lers. At one point, two women sitting side by side had a bidding war over a small sled painted with a Christmas "Auctions are perhaps best described as extreme yard sales. You never know what you might find. To consign items or an estate, or for more information on future auctions, call THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OGDEN Snowbasin says it isn't supporting a proposal to run a gondola to the top of the ski resort from Ogden, a pro- Jay Keith Robinson fol- in Coalville, Utah, on June to George and Leah Robinson. He married Judith Carlson on September 15, 1924. 2, 1948. in the Salt Lake LD.S. Temple. Keith was a 1950 graduate of the University of Utah School of Engineering and spent his professional life employed by United States Steel and Provo City Corporation. He was passionate about his family, skiing, fishing, and the Kiwanis Club. Keith and Judy served an LD.S. mission to Perth, Australia, and also at the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah. Keith is survived by his wife, single-handedl- g . and there is the added thrill of bidding, whether its a low bid for a baritem. gain or a war for a must-hav- e "One advantage we have over yard sales is that we do all ihe work, and usually everything sells," Silcox said. "Every auction you goto you find something you haven't seen before. "One lamp had corks up and down it that a lady was going to put fishing lures on, and then you've got the items that you don't know what they are. And we had a stuffed buzzard once. That brought some pretty good money. "In the Midwest that is how they sell everything, from property to estates. In Utah we are kind of forging a new area." A birdhouse on Saturday sold for $5. a crock marked "Boston Baked ' Beans" for S6. A Ryobi drill press went for $65, a solid oak filing cabinet for $80. a wheat grinder for $27.50, a wooden jewelry box in the shape of a duck for SI. a lamp for $3. And then the bidding stalled over a set of a dozen punch glasses. "For target practice! " Silcox hol- , , 376-528- Snowbasin: No gondola from Ogden side of mountain OBITUARY Jay Keith Robinson, age 81, passed away October 15, 2005, lowing an extended illness. Keith was born Finally one of the women threw her hands up, saying she would bid no more. "She's my friend!" she said of her competitor. "There are no friends at the auction," Silcox called out. "You can make up after." With this kind of wit and banter, y Silcox has almost made auction-goina trend in Utah County. Before he started, auctions here were few and far between. Now they are a regular occur-- . rence, doing thousands of dollars in business each month. In addition to the estate auction on Saturday, Silcox will host a consignment auction in Payson on Wednesday and an antiques auction, featuring a truckload of goods from West Virginia, on Saturday, again in Payson. "It's getting more and more known," he said. "You can find some bargains, that is the reason people come. If you are looking for furniture for a new home, this is the way to Judy; three sisters: Ruth (Steven) Pearce, Helen Rae (Frank) Murphy, and Mary Lou (Bob) Saxton; six children: Michael K. (Tawna) Robinson, Scott L (Laurie) Robinson, Wendy (Danny) Dewsnup, James G. (Kris) Robinson, Randy B. (CayLynn) Robinson, and Susan (Richard) Rougeau; twenty-on- e grandchildren and six Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, October 19, 2005.. at 2 p.m., at the Edgemont Third Ward. 350 East 2950 North. Provo. Friends may call on Tuesday, October 18, 2005, from p.m. at Berg Mortuary, 185 East Center Street, Provo; and, at the church on Wednesday one hour prior to services. Interment will be at East Lawn Memorial Hills Cemetery, 4800 North 650 East, Provo, Utah. Condolences may be sent to www.bergmortuary.com. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in his memory to the Springville Kiwanis Club. 710 South 800 East. Springville, Utah 84663. 6-- 8 wwiucougarblue.com posal from a relative of resort owner Earl Holding that has the mayor's endorsement. Snowbasin said its only priority is to develop Mount Ogden's east side, where it has skiing, and asked others to stop mentioning its presumed support for a gondola linking Ogden from the west.. "Really, our master plan does not call for anything like that as far as I can see," Snowbasin general manager Denzel Rowland told the Standard-Examine- r of Ogden. Rowland was objecting to a resolution and news release from Mayor Matthew Godfrey promoting a gondola system for Ogden that could link to Snowbasin. "I don't know why that's in there, because there's no agreement that's been made with Rowland said. Snowbasin," " Godfrey is looking for funding for a city gondola instead of light rail for a line from downtown Ogden to Weber State University, where Chris Peterson wants to build another gondola part way up Mount resort Ogden to a year-roun- d he plans to build in Malan's Basin. of Peterson is the billionaire Earl Holding, owner of Snowbasin and Sinclair Oil ' Co. His plan would leave a gondola one stop short of reaching son-in-la- Snowbasin, and Godfrey insists the final link is possible. "The gondola certainly has the potential of connecting to multiple resorts. What it ends up connecting to remains to be seen," Godfrey said. "It's a delicate balance between talking about what this projf ct might accomplish and not misleading people." Rowland said Snowbasin plans to add condominiums and a golf course to Snowbasin, resort making it a year-roun- d during the next 15 to 20 years, and a gondola from Ogden isn't part of that plan. Critics say Godfrey is adding confusion to the gondola transit proposal, which he says will rtiake Ogden stand out among Utah cities angling for light-rasystems. next few months. Meanwhile, Godfrey and others are working to secure funding for a leg of the gondola that would connect downtown and Weber State. If the gondola goes to Snowbasin, it would have to cross a parcel of U.S. Forest Service land between Snowbasin and Malan's Basin. A resolution prepared by " Godfrey and endorsed by an associatipn of Weber County governments said the gondola represents a "unique opportunity for Ogden city and its communities to become the only urban center in the country that can be attached to an area ski resort." The news release from Godg frey's office announced installation company Cover-All'- s plans to purchase a building at 20th Street and Wall Avenue. The release attributes statements to Cover-Al- l neigh--borin- g floor-coverin- OBITUARY FEES '.!'" 'le.- l"e ' ' .v via gondola the downtown area, Weber State University and the ski areas, Leshem was excited by the possibility of utilizing Ogden's growth to expand his business, as well as that of others," the news release said. 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