Doug Allen

You won't see a lot of helicopters or concrete trucks this year,

You won't see a lot of helicopters or concrete trucks this year,

[Doug Allen, the owner of Long Acre Farms in Macedon, N.Y., spends his days operating heavy machinery, welding and handling read more

[Doug Allen, the owner of Long Acre Farms in Macedon, N.Y., spends his days operating heavy machinery, welding and handling chemicals.] My hands are a mess, ... I've had problems with my hands cracking and not being studious enough to use lotion every night.

We were expecting the free agency period to come and go. Negotiations were done.

We were expecting the free agency period to come and go. Negotiations were done.

The notion of terror to overcome terrorism, violence to overcome violence, is counterproductive.

The notion of terror to overcome terrorism, violence to overcome violence, is counterproductive.

[One such item was an early 1900s royal scepter of England's King Edward VII. The lot opened with a minimum read more

[One such item was an early 1900s royal scepter of England's King Edward VII. The lot opened with a minimum of $1,000. Thirty-five bids later, it sold for $40,100.] Any time an item sells for 40 times its opening bid, you've got to give it the credit it deserves, ... This auction has gone a long way to establishing the standards for many collectibles that to this point did not have benchmarks.