The Auctions

Several auctions take place during the Mennonite Relief Sale and are a major source of revenue for the sale.

The General Auction (Sunflower Building North) features a wide spectrum of items such as tractors, tools, antiques, handcrafted furniture and children's toys and décor items. It starts at 6pm on Friday, and resumes at 8:45am on Saturday.

The Quilt Auction (Meadowlark Building) also starts at 8:45am on Saturday and runs concurrently with the General Auction. Both auctions will run throughout the morning and early afternoon on Saturday.

The Silent Auction (Sunflower Building South) begins Friday at 5pm and concludes Saturday at 1pm.

The Children's Auction starts at 10am Saturday in the Pride of Kansas Building.

The Surplus Auction (NEW LOCATION: Sunflower Building South) starts around 2:30pm on Saturday to sell any food items that did not sell out during the sale.

General Auction

A good ole' fashioned auction featuring a little new, a little old, collectibles and a variety of handcrafted fair. Included will be tractors, tools, antiques, handcrafted furniture and children's toys and décor items.

Each year hundreds of items are donated by Mennonite churches, area businesses and individuals. These donations are essential to making the General Auction possible.

The General Auction will commence Friday 6pm and resume Saturday 8:45am in the Sunflower Building North. Items to be auctioned at special times will be posted Friday between 1:30-2:30 p.m. Major credit cards accepted at auction.

Items headlining this year's General Auction include [Newest Items] :

A new Sport ZTR mower donated by Excel Industries, Hesston, features include a 42" deck, 17.5 HP Briggs & Stratton, very high blade-tip speed for awesome quality of cut, welded steel deck and tubular frame (NOT STAMPED), 18" drive tires, 11" caster tires, hydrostatic transmissions for true zero-degree turning maneuverability, commercial duty, serviceable deck spindles, toughest frame, front forks, and deck in the industry, simplest maintenance in the industry, 3 gallon fuel capacity, and SmoothTrakTM steering with patented automatic park brake system

1948 Packard, 4 door with straight 8, Nice Restoration. Originally in the well known Bernie Wray Antique Car Collection of Hutchinson. This is a RARE and highly desirable Classic Luxury Car of the 40's.

1950 Chevy DeLux. A Very Nicely Restored Car with no expense spared. Beautiful Paint Job. Originally purchased by Herman Diener's father who was the preacher for the Yoder Mennonite Church. Herman was on the KS MCC Board for many years and is well known in the Hutchinson and Yoder area. A very nice car and a pleasure to drive.

1948 Allis Chalmers Model C Tractor that has been restored with New Rear Tires and in excellent condition. Runs like a champ and mighty handy with belt pulley and PTO. EXCELLENT compression. Donated by Robert Nickel Estate.

1953 John Deere Model B with Roll-a-matic, Power Troll, New Tires, New Muffler and Professionally Restored and Painted by Dennis Funk, Hillsboro. Better than when new. This is the last year of production for this tractor. Donated by Loren and Luetta Enns of Hillsboro.

1945 Model B International Tractor donated by Evelyn and Irvin Harms of Moundridge. Donated for this years MCC Sale - Kansas. Tractor is in top shape and runs nice and starts easily. New steering wheel, seat and muffler and new paint.

2006 Kawasaki "Prairie" 4 X 4 Four Wheeler in top shape with new tires.

Model John Deere Threshing Machine with ALL belts and details. Blower spout moves with hand cranks. Feeder housing folds and opens as on a full size machine. Nicely detailed. Donated by Loren and Leona Brandt, Tabor Mennonite, Goessel. Built by Leona's father, Frank Koehn in the 70's. Total length with all parts extended is 44".

Model Walking Plow pulled by Two Horses with ALL harness made from genuine leather. Nicely detailed. Total length is 24". Built by Leona Brandt's father, Frank Koehn possibly in the late 70's or early 80's.

Solid Oak Doll Crib with Drawer and mattress. Will hold 18" doll. Bed is 23" long and 11" wide. Height is 17". Hand built by Loren Brandt, Tabor Mennonite Church, Goessel.

SOLID Oak Stand. Nicely detailed and finished. 31" tall and 12" diameter top piece with railing. Hand Crafted by Loren Brandt, Tabor Mennonite, Goessel.

Nice Single Door Pie Safe with Copper Plate Door panels. Copper Panels have punched tin design. Total height is 58" and nearly 12" deep. Width is 18". Pie Safe has 4 shelves. Hand Crafted by Archie Schmidt, Tabor Mennonite Church, Goessel.

New items added March 29:

Here is an INCREDIBLE Solid Oak Child's Workbench that is really done right. It is equipped with cast iron wood workers vise mounted on the end of the table, as well as a fluorescent light mounted above the tool pegboard and wired in with cord. 5 well constructed oak drawers with slides for tools. Also included is two screwdrivers and a claw hammer and miscellaneous storage on pegboard. GREAT for the little wood worker. Hand Crafted to perfection by Brandon Unruh, Tabor Mennonite.

Decorative Bird Houses built by Keith Banman, Tabor Mennonite.

New items added March 30:

Refurbished Violin from the turn of the century, new strings & bridge, original finish, copy of Antonius Stradivarius (Madein, Germany), purchased 68 years ago. It is from the same factory that some of the string quartet from the Titanic played. The case is an American tweed case from the same period.

Hay stacker & Go-Devil w/2 horses & driver by John Lohrentz

Header w/6 horses & driver

Hay wagon w/2 horses & drivers

Craftsman 12½" Thickness Planer

Hawk Precision Scroll Saw on Stand

Shopsmith Mark V Model 510 w/Band Saw

Oak Magazine Rack, total height 36", cup shelf height 24", wide enough to hold newspapers, handcrafted by Ron Peters, Bethel College Mennonite Church, North Newton

Beautiful Maple Wood Marble Roller Tower made by John Otto. The one he made last year sold for $575.

-- Antiques & Furniture --

• Wichita Trunk Co. Steamer Trunk, 39" x 22" x 25"
• Pump organ w/stool organ
• Antique Rendering Kettle w/drainage holes, ready for plants
• 40 plus farm toys, most in boxes, never played with

-- Tools --

• Craftsman Socket Set & Box End Wrenches
• Fiberglass Saw Horses
• Bar Clamps
• Halogen work light

New items added April 1:

Handcrafted Cypress and Cedar Adirondack Chairs, built by Tom, John, Austin, Fred, Luke, and Bill Unruh - Tabor Mennonite Church

New items added April 4:

Hammond Spinet Organ in very good conditions and works great. Donated by Reed Graber.

New items added April 13:

Hand-made Noah's Ark on wheels with pull hook, Mr. & Mrs. Noah & 15 animals

Check back later as more items and pictures will continue to be added over time.

The Silent Auction will feature additional items -- scroll down for details

A Kansas Mennonite Relief Sale sale bill is available in Mid-March at area business and at the MCC Central States office in North Newton. Sale bill items and additional pictures will also be posted here as they become available.

Quilt Auction

The Quilts Page has full details about the Quilt Auction, including the Quilt Gallery -- a list with photos of this year's quilts!

The quilt display opens on Friday and the auction begins Saturday at 8:45am, continuing to mid-afternoon. It all takes place in the Meadowlark Building at the South-West corner of the fairgrounds.

Silent Auction

The annual KMRS Silent Auction features a wide variety of items including jewelry, golf packages, antiques, hand-crafted items, and much more. Items are available for viewing Friday night at 5pm in the Sunflower South Building. Bidding begins Friday night and resumes Saturday morning at 8am. Bidding concludes at 1pm sharp on Saturday. You are welcome to bid as many times as you wish on an item during the allotted time. Each item has a minimum bid and bidding increments. Items must be picked up by 2pm.

Items on the block thus far include (more items will be listed over the next several weeks!):

Approx. 0.47-0.50 CT. Round Brilliant cut Diamond Solitaire ring set in 14K white gold. SZ 6 finger size, but may be sized up or down. SI1 clarity, near colorless (HIJ). Donated from the Estate Jewelry Department of Gemstone Jewelers, Inc, in Derby.

MCC Plate

This is a large Decorative Fan made using quilling techniques, approx. 18"x18" AND framed, created and donated by Karen Andres, Associate pastor at Tabor Mennonite Church. Quilling (paper filigree) is an art form using strips of paper rolled, shaped, and glued together to create decorative designs.

A beautiful black walnut and oak Mancala Board game, made by Dwight "Dr. D" A. Kauffman, MD, of Pandora, Ohio.

Beautiful intricate end grain cutting board made of hard maple, locust, & black walnut. Finish is mineral oil. Made by Dwight "Dr. D" A. Kauffman, MD, of Pandora, Ohio.

Items not picked up by 2pm are taken to the General Auction.

For more information or to donate an item, contact Matt and Amy Schmidt at 316-283-2791 or mattamy2249@sbcglobal.net.

Children's Auction

Just for you kids!

The Kansas Mennonite Relief Sale is sponsoring it's annual Children's Auction.

Children, accompanied by an adult, are invited to bid on items such as games, dolls and more. The auction's purpose is to teach children that no matter their size all can play a roll in helping the needy of our world.

The auction is scheduled at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 14, in the Pride of Kansas Building.

A child and their accompanying adult are asked to sign up for a biding number at the site of the auction starting at 9 a.m.

Surplus Auction

As the sale comes to a close on Saturday, all surplus items are gathered from the various booths. The items are auctioned at the Surplus Auction in the Sunflower Building South (NOTE THE NEW LOCATION!) starting around 2:30pm.

For more information on the time and location of each auction, visit the Schedule and Directory page.

Donors should report donated auction items for pre-sale publicity to Becky Blough, 10333 N. Willow Lake Road, Moundridge, KS 67107, phone 620-345-3088, publicity@kansas.mccsale.org

For more information about the General Auction, contact Matthew Voth, chair, at 620-367-2917, or Arlin Buller, vice-chair.

Send financial contributions to Tim Miller, treasurer, Kansas MCC Relief Sale, 4805 Broadacres Rd., Hutchinson, KS 67501.

More contact information is available here.