Curiosity Seekers Will Find Monorail, Nostalgia At Upcoming Auction
LOU ANN GOOD
Food And Family
Features Editor
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
Rare and unique items come
up for bid at many auctions. But
one of the most unusual items for
B.J. Jennings to auction is a
monorail.
The original five-car monorail
and hundreds of other items used
at Dutch Wonderland, Lancaster
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County’s amusement park along
Route 30, are scheduled to go to
the highest bidder at the on-site
auction July 28 beginning 9 a.m.
Arcade games, ball crawl, old
wooden park signs, benches, ta
bles, restaurant equipment and
numerous items to be sold are
certain to bring back memories of
good times for many people.
Jennings is counting on those
memories enticing people to
place a bid for a
piece of nostalgia.
“There is a
Monorail Society
whose members
travel from place
to place to ride
monorails,” Jen
nings said.
She is hoping
there are some
collectors among
that group. Who
ever wants to put
the monorail into
action will need to
purchase rails
elsewhere, because
those will not be
auctioned.
Jennings spe
cializes in auction
ing restaurant
equipment, and
said that the auc
tion originally was
planned to sell
Dutch Wonder
land’s restaurant
equipment, which
had recently been
replaced with new
equipment when
the park was pur
chased by Hershey
(HERCO). While
compiling inven
tory, more and more items were
uncovered.
At first, management consid
ered using items in a museum
commemorating the theme
park’s beginnings. But the idea
seemed unattainable, and the
auction expanded.
Jennings said that her career
into auctioneering was spurred
when she met her husband-to-be.
He said, “If we’re going to
date, you need to learn what I do
on weekends.”
Attending auctions together
grew into a passion for both. “We
attended five to six auctions
weekly,” Jennings said.
The couple eventually attend
ed auctioneering school, and now
work together and independently
in the business. Her husband
works mainly in auctioneer real
estate. She prefers commercial
assets.
Bid calling, Jennings said, is
entertaining and requires skill
honed through practice. She re
cently competed on the national
level at the National Auctioneers
Association, San Antonio.
When not conducting an auc
tion, Jennings can usually be
found attending auctions. She
likes to listen to other auction
eers, and borrows bits and pieces
here and there to develop her
own style.
“Clear and precise,” Jennings
said of defining her style of bid
calling.
For more information, call
Jennings Auction Group, York
Haven, at (717) 266-2614.
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B.J. Jennings steps from the monorail that is up for bid
July 28 at Dutch Wonderland. The five-car monorail,
which stretches about 30 yards, was built by Universal
Design Ltd. Wildwood, N.J., and installed at Dutch Won
derland in 1966.
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