Godwin Cottage Auction

On Saturday, June 21, we went to an auction at the Godwin Cottage.

This was for contents of the historic home, although I have since learned that most of the items were not the better ones but some left over stuff. It was pretty obvious that the contents were not all of the original owner's.

The cottage was built after the Civil War and it is well known as an enchanted-looking place that charms visitors to the Town of Fincastle.


This clock was one of the pieces I wanted to see. It had a date of 1819 inside of it.

I do not know how much it sold for as we did not stay for the entire auction and we left before the bidding on this item began.



This desk, I think, was supposedly a Chippendale desk; however, I am not entirely certain of that. There was a Chippendale desk there and this was the only desk I saw. I was told at the auction that someone had placed a phone bid of $10,000 on the Chippendale desk, in any case. Which made it way out of my league. I do not know if there is any truth to that claim, however.


This is the auctioneer, Ken Stanley.



This egg basket was bid out at around $350. Someone certainly must know something I don't. I would never think of paying hundreds of dollars for a basket of any kind.



This picture was by someone named Beyer and painted pre-20th century. It sold for about $500. There were four of them and they depicted local scenes, like the Homestead and Natural Bridge.



This is the Godwin Cottage. The house is for sale; the asking price is over $500,000. The place needs a great deal of work inside. The house has been unlived in, mostly, for the last 10 years and is disrepair.