Dotted with posters promoting its preservation, the Libbey High School sign announces the auction of the contents of the school.
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Prospective bidders line up to register for the auction.
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Jim Schaffer of Monroeville, Ohio, looks at some of the science items that are up for auction at Libbey High School.
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Auctioneer Jade Montrie, center in the salmon-colored shirt, gets the auction started.
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Auctioneer Jade Montrie, gesturing, left in the salmon-colored shirt, takes bids on a science poster during the auction.
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Auctioneer Jade Montrie, right, takes bids on microscopes being held by himself and Chris Wyland, left, during the auction at Libbey High School.
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Chris Wyland of Montrie Auction and Estate Service holds a science mannequin so bidders can see what is being auctioned.
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Ben Randall of Toledo bids on a science poster of a frog.
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Ben Randall of Toledo, and Carol Scott of Gross Isle, Mich., laugh about a science poster of a frog that Ben bought during the auction.
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Gladys Green, left, carries microscopes and Letha Goree carries a science mannequin after they were the winning bidders.
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Gladys Green, front, carries microscopes, while friend Letha Goree, center, and Mrs. Green's husband Rev. Benjamin Green, leave the auction at Libbey High School. The items will be used in a child daycare business run by the Greens.
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Judy Pfaffenberger, right, of Toledo, a 1965 graduate of Libbey High School, and an English teacher there for 28 years, left, and her cousin Rick Hambleton of Monroe, a 1973 Libbey graduate, watch the auction.
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Judy Pfaffenberger of Toledo, a 1965 graduate of Libbey High School, and an English teacher there for 28 years, watches as another item goes up for bid.
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Craig Walter of Toledo, a 1965 graduate of Libbey High School, left, and Bill Albert of Waterville, a 1966 graduate, look around the school's old fourth floor cafeteria, during the auction.
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Ronald Gaudette, Sr., of Toledo, left, and Ronald Gaudette, Jr., of Sylvania, right, leave Libbey High School with items they purchased at the auction.
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