The Society sponsors five regular auctions per year of consigned or donated rare and used books, usually on the second Friday evening of March, June, September, and December, plus an extra spring sale.  Books for auction are on display and may be browsed at the Society four weeks prior to each sale.   Online bids and credit cards are accepted. Phone: (717) 393-9745.  E-mail:

Next Sales:    Friday, March 12, 6:30 - 9:30 pm Historical Society one-half mile east of the intersection of Routes 30 and 462.
                        Friday, April 23,  6:30 - 9:30 pm, at Society
                        Friday, June 11, 6:30 - 9:30 pm, at Society

                        Friday, September 10, 6:30 - 9:30 pm, at Society

                        Friday, December 10, 6:30 - 9:30 pm, at Society

Good fellowship and great book buys abound at the Society’s lively consignment auctions, which attract a cross-section of Plain People and non-Mennonite book buyers.  These auctions of rare and used books are free and all are welcome.  Absentee bids are accepted on line. 

Individual print copies of the catalog cost $8 (or $4 for Society members) from the Historical Society.  Please refer to the last page of the catalog for book auction procedures.

Mail-in bids are also accepted through 4 pm Thursday prior to the sale; see on-line bid form at right.  No absentee bids under $10 will be accepted.  (Bids in even dollar amounts, please.)