
Photo by Chris Jensen for NHPR

Photo by Chris Jensen for NHPR
North Country Auctions handled the sales.

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In addition to furnishings the hotel's biomass plant was for sale.

Photo by Chris Jensen for NHPR

Photo by Chris Jensen for NHPR
Typically the contents of rooms were sold - including toilet, sink and tub.

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The hotel's old firetruck - claimed to be in running condition - sold for just over $2,100.

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The front door and portico - which for decades saw the well-to-do arriving for vacations - had a stead flow of buyers carrying out the hotel's innards.

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In addition to about 1,300 bidders there were hundreds of people who simply took the opportunity to tour the hotel.

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Chairs from the ski lift were also sold.

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Some buyers were winging it in a kind of auction opportunism while others had carefully researched their buys.

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Everything in the huge kitchen sold from steamers to stoves.

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Chairs and couches on display for sale often turned out to be comfy havens for tired shoppers.

Photo by Chris Jensen for NHPR

Photo by Chris Jensen for NHPR