Pictures from A Night at Kingsmill
Back from a beautiful (and quick) trip to Raleigh/Durham, NC for the Night at Kingsmill Sale that took place Friday, June 6. I have some pictures to share, in addition to the sale report that was posted yesterday in the Daily News. Click here to take a look at that report! Here are the highlights and some pictures for you to enjoy:
A Night at Kingsmill
Lots Sold: 123
Average: $8,988.62
Gross: $1.1 million
$50,000
Lot 2 – 1st Choice Jasper x Ms Durchan Lady Allana-ET VG-89 EX-MS 2yrs
Consignor: My Ladys Manor Farm, MD
Buyers: Chartroise Holsteins, OH
Velthuis Farms, Ontario
Kingsmill Farm II, NC.
$43,000
Lot 4 – Brandt-View Shottle Fern-ET *TV VG-86 2yrs
Consignor: Brandt-View Farms, PA
Buyers: Sam Nisly & Troy Yoder, AL
*Pictured above from left to right are: Ray LeBlanc, representing contending bidder Harry Broekaus of the Netherlands; Mitch Hockett, sale host; Karl & Nathan Brandt, consignors; Dallas Burton, sale mgt; Gayle Carson, sale staff; Vance Calvin Proctor III, leadsman; Robert Yeoman, sale staff; Sam Nisly, buyer; and Horace Backus, pedigrees.
$41,000
Lot 7 – 1st Choice Stormatic x Tri-Day Ashlyn-ET 2E-96 GMD DOM
Consignor: Kingsmill Farm II, NC
Buyers: Ashlyns Altitude Syndicate
$40,000
Lot 6 – 1st Choice Goldwyn x Tri-Day Ashlyn-ET 2E-96 GMD DOM
Consignor: Kingsmill Farm II, NC
Buyer: Nelson Dairy, OH
$30,000
Lot 24 – Cabernet Shottle Sunny-ET
Bred heifer due 7/28/08 to Goldwyn. Dam is maternal sister to Socrates.
Consignor: Devon Benfer, KS
Buyer: East Point Holsteins, PA
$29,500
Lot 27 – 1st Choice Roy x Ernest-Anthony SD Tobi-ET 3E-96 DOM
Consignor: Kingsmill Farm II, NC
Buyer: Luke Coblentz, KY
Sale ring decor was handled by Julie Brown – thanks, Julie, for sending us this photo! The colors were just beautiful and the air-conditioned facilities were very comfortable in the 90+ degree heat. Notice the cameras set up on tripods in either corner of the ring? Those are the cameras that taped the sale for real-time posting online! DVAuction was there taking bids. I spoke with Bob Atkinson after the sale…he shared these impressive results:
335 people viewed the sale online from all across the country – California to New Jersey…and abroad in Switzerland!
Over 100 Internet bids were placed – 3 resulted in successful buys.
I may be biased, but with the advances in technology (i.e. high speed Internet being more readily available to people everywhere) and the soaring gas prices, watching auctions online and bidding will become much more common in the years ahead.
Before the first lot walked into the ring, Ed Fellers talked about the breed’s newest 14th generation Excellent – Astrahoe Raleigh Lee Robust *TR *TL EX-91 EX-MS EEVEE. Once the sale got going, Robust’s 1st Choice Female by a Mutually Agreeable Sire was sold to Norm Nabholz & Jeff Woods for $18,100.
Here are several smaller versions of photos I took. If you’d like to view a larger version, just click on the photo!
