I don't even remember. Not over 10 or 12 at the oldest. Probably nearer 10 because I bought a nice Oliver 77 when I was 14. I used to go to Archbold with Dad all the time and I had a permanent number at a young age. They'd give you a permanent pin that pinned to your shirt or hat. My number was 2500. Dad's was 2045. I've still got that pin around here somewhere.
Anyway,I used to buy small stuff out of the miscellaneous row. I've got a distant cousin that's my age. We've always been good friends,went to school together. I remember we were probably in about the 5th or 6th grade when there was an auction right next door to their place. He bought a box of junk off the wagon for 50 cents. He made a pretty big deal of it because it was the first thing he'd ever bought at an auction. He was proud as a peacock of that stuff.
That happened back before you even got a number at a local auction,you just gave them your name. Joe Helman was the auctioneer and Kendall Haynes was clerk. Mark gave Kendall his name. Joe lowered his voice and asked Kendall "Who is that?". Kendall said "It's Dick's boy". Joe said "Oh,alright". Guess he thought it might be some kid who was gonna skin him out of fifty cents. LOL
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