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With a quick rhythm to their words, auctioneers call bids during the annual amish Eagle Valley Community Auction, May 18. Attendees bid on handmade furniture, quilts and log homes. (Luke Hollister/The Western News)
Stephen Girod looks for bidders on pots and plants during the annual amish Eagle Valley Community Auction, May 18. (Luke Hollister/The Western News)
Judy Harding, left, wins a bid on a bundle of plants during the annual amish Eagle Valley Community Auction, May 18. (Luke Hollister/The Western News)
Attendees look at log homes for sale during the annual amish Eagle Valley Community Auction, May 18. (Luke Hollister/The Western News)
An organizer searches for a bidder on a potted plant during the annual amish Eagle Valley Community Auction, May 18. (Luke Hollister/The Western News)
Handmade wooden chairs for sale at the annual amish Eagle Valley Community Auction, May 18. (Luke Hollister/The Western News)
An attendee raises a bid during the annual amish Eagle Valley Community Auction, May 18. (Luke Hollister/The Western News)
Marvin Hobson, who drove down from Olympia, looks inside of a log home for sale during the annual amish Eagle Valley Community Auction, May 18. (Luke Hollister/The Western News)
Organizers, William Hershberger, left, and Michael Yoder pull out a quilt to set on display during the annual amish Eagle Valley Community Auction, May 18. (Luke Hollister/The Western News)
Ann Roy, from Boston, bids over $1,000 on a quilt during the annual amish Eagle Valley Community Auction, May 18. Roy said she was prepared to spend twice as much to win her bid. (Luke Hollister/The Western News)
A handmade carving of bears for sale at the annual amish Eagle Valley Community Auction, May 18. (Luke Hollister/The Western News)
Meadowlark Log Homes hosted their annual Eagle Valley Amish Auction selling handmade cabins, furniture, pots, quilts, log homes and other miscellaneous goods, May 18.
Attendees came from places such as Florida, Massachusetts and Washington to look at items for sale at the auction.
Auctioneers sold off hundreds of items and had multiple auction booths set up throughout the event.
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