Buying history

By Matt Echelberry

Inquirer Reporter

Books. Fur­ni­ture. Kitchen china. Vinyl records. Tribal masks. These were just a few items up for grabs at the estate auc­tion for the late Dr. Bernard Mans­field on Aug. 25.

The auc­tion was held at the Mans­field home on Fairview Road with sev­eral of his chil­dren and fam­ily mem­bers present. A siz­able crowd turned out for the event, which was con­ducted by Roush Realty & Auc­tion and auc­tion­eer Don Sweeting.

Begin­ning at 10:30 a.m. on that sunny Sat­ur­day, peo­ple could bid on items owned by Mans­field, who passed away on May 11 of this year.

The front yard of the home was filled with boxes of books—on sub­jects rang­ing from med­i­cine to his­tory and from bird watch­ing to phi­los­o­phy. There was also wood and antique fur­ni­ture, includ­ing chairs, desks, cab­i­nets, etc., as well as art work.

The back­yard had rows upon rows of boxes that con­tained tools, dec­o­ra­tions, col­lectibles and count­less other items that revealed how diverse Mansfield’s inter­ests were.