Fountain Auctions

Auctioneer Express specializes in government and institutional surplus sales for counties, cities, secured lenders, schools and private parties, with heavy emphasis on trucks, tractors and heavy equipment. Current and recent lots include Caterpillar and Rex pulverizer mixers, Massey Ferguson and New Holland tractors, Big Tex and PJ trailers, Mack and International water trucks, and a Priefert equipment auction featuring a Galion motor grader and a JLG 800S manlift. Among the more unusual items are prisoner partitions, a Star Trac elliptical, and a Bluebird bus fleet from a Jacksonville ISD sale.

Hudson Valley Seed Company sells artist-designed seed packs, which open into a quatrefoil shape suited to framing, with named offerings including Wild Bergamot, Goth Garden Flower Mix, Milkweed, Bee Nectary Mix and Multi-Hued Yarrow Mix. The catalog also runs to garlic and shallots, spring and fall bulbs, and a 2027 Art of Seed calendar featuring 12 works from its art pack collection, priced at $22.99. One reviewer noted the company's seeds are "not coated in weird stuff," and another said they had been ordering from it for years.

Upcoming auctions include Jewellery - October, whose bidding closes on Sunday 1 November, followed by One Woman's Wardrobe: The Art of Acquisition on Tuesday 3 November, with timed sales running through the month: Interiors & Collectibles and Fine Art Focus (3–15 November), Asian Ceramics & Works of Art (5–19 November), Fine Jewellery Part Two (9–22 November), Hermès Handbags & Accessories Part One (9–26 November), Fine Watches Part One (9–29 November), and Fine Spirits Part One, which opens on 9 November.