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Rehoboth Beach sees good turnout for annual auction

Vehicles, found electronics, maintenance equipment, signage and more were available
Rehoboth Beach hosted its annual auction Oct. 4. There were a number of vehicles for sale, including this old – but still working – trash truck that Holden and Bryan Deihm were interested in for their Laurel-based trash company. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTOS
Chris Flood
October 17, 2025

Rehoboth Beach hosted its 18th annual auction Oct. 4 in the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center and city hall parking lot.

Hundreds of people showed up to bid on more than a dozen vehicles, a variety of maintenance equipment, single-head parking meters, old lifeguard stands, old signage, furniture, jewelry, bicycles and electronics. Emmert Auction Associates conducted the auction.

During a commissioner workshop Oct. 6, City Manager Taylour Tedder said the final totals weren’t available, but the vehicles themselves brought in about $100,000.

 

Jackie Henderson, left, and Robert Hammond look over the small electronics to see if any are worth bidding on.
Bruce Ryan tries on a new-to-him bike helmet.
Emmert Auction Associates conducted the auction. Shown are three generations of Emmerts (l-r) – Butch, Liam and Will.
Just in time for the holidays, Joe Tucker carries away a box of supplies.
There were a number of old speed limit signs available.
A table full of electronics that have been found since the last auction.
It wasn’t just Rehoboth Beach items. There were a few Dewey Beach items as well.
These old signs encouraging pedestrians to make their way to Wilmington and Baltimore avenues would look nice attached to someone’s garage.
These were the banners sprawled across the fence barriers during construction of the Rehoboth Beach Patrol headquarters.
A little tender love and care, and this old sign would be good as new.
Hopefully Dewey Beach has gotten new signs to replace these old beach regulation signs.
A table of handbags that were likely left on benches and forgotten about until it was too late.
Emmert Auction Associates’ Herb Kenton keeps the auction going while Will Emmert shows off the sign being bid on.
About 200 of the finest antique single meter heads.
This piece of equipment is what the city used when it was discharging sludge from its wastewater treatment plant on a farm field near Milford.
This lawn mower comes with that’s-what-she-said instructions.
These chairs sold for a total of $5.
Ken Clemmens looks to see if his next bike is going to be found at the auction.

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Chris Flood has been working for the Cape Gazette since early 2014. He currently covers Rehoboth Beach and Henlopen Acres, but has also covered Dewey Beach and the state government. He covers environmental stories, business stories and random stories on subjects he finds interesting, and he also writes a column called Choppin’ Wood that runs every other week. He’s a graduate of the University of Maine and the Landing School of Boat Building & Design.

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