{"id":28134,"date":"2025-11-07T22:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T22:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/28134\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T22:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T22:49:09","slug":"big-annual-blow-mold-auction-set-for-sunday-at-north-pocono-auction-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/28134\/","title":{"rendered":"Big annual blow mold auction set for Sunday at North Pocono auction house"},"content":{"rendered":"

SPRING BROOK TWP. \u2014 Holiday decorations made of hard plastic line tables under a large, white tent outside Jones Auction House.<\/p>\n

Santas, elves, Easter bunnies and pumpkins also pack the inside of the building on Route 307 as owners Bob and Eric Jones prepare to auction more than 1,000 of the decorations, known as blow molds, Sunday.<\/p>\n

The brothers say their blow-mold auction is the largest in the country. Bob Jones expects more than 300 people to attend Sunday. People have traveled from Canada, Florida, Nebraska, Tennessee and Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the blow-mold destination,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The November auction, now in its eighth year, started with about 30 molds they found while clearing Christmas decorations from an area house. Eric Jones placed them outside the auction house, figuring he would get a few dollars for them. His earnings defied his expectation.<\/p>\n

Brothers Matt and Jeff Harhut, who put together the Peckville Christmas House, attend the auction regularly. They have gone big on blow molds for their Midvalley holiday display since the first auction and have found blow molds they couldn\u2019t find elsewhere.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do find pieces there that we do not have, believe it or not,\u201d Matt Harhut said.<\/p>\n

The Jones brothers acquired most of the blow molds from as far away as Nebraska and Kentucky. They also sell Halloween blow molds they made themselves.<\/p>\n

The auction begins at 10 a.m. Sunday with a preview at\u00a08. The event lasts until the majority of the items are sold. Admission is free. Those who wish to bid have to present a form of identification. A preview will also take place Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.<\/p>\n

Bids start\u00a0as low as $5 or $10 and have reached as high as hundreds of dollars. The auction house accepts different payment types, including cash, PayPal, credit cards and checks.<\/p>\n

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A blow mold of President Donald Trump sits in a storage garage at Jones Auction House in Spring Brook Twp. Thursday, Nobvember 6, 2025. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n

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A Halloween blow mold sits on a shelf at Jones Auction House in Spring Brook Twp. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n

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Co-owner of Jones Auction House Bob Jones stands near seasonal blow molds that are set to be auctioned off at Jones Auction House in Spring Brook Twp. Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n

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Co-owner of Jones Auction House Eric Jones points out seasonal blow molds that are set to be auctioned off at Jones Auction House in Spring Brook Twp. Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n

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A blow mold of President Donald Trump sits in a storage garage at Jones Auction House in Spring Brook Twp. Thursday, Nobvember 6, 2025. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n

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The Jones brothers estimate they have sold tens of thousands of blow molds at their November auction since its inception. Some of the blow molds have sold for more than $1,000. A mechanical snowman sold for $3,000. A black train sold for $3,500. The rarer the blow mold, the higher the price.<\/p>\n

Bob Jones is fond of Halloween blow molds, while Eric Jones likes the mechanical molds, which move when plugged in and can date to the 1960s.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey just kind of give you more of that Globe Store vibe,\u201d Eric Jones said.<\/p>\n

Of the roughly 3,500 blow molds at the Peckville Christmas House this year, Matt Harhut estimates one-third were purchased from Jones Auction House.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a good place to go to meet other people that are crazy about Christmas because only the craziest people that set up the craziest display come to this auction,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Eric Jones said the most popular blow molds people bid on are Halloween and vintage. Sunday\u2019s auction includes blow molds of the Three Stooges with Santa hats and candy canes.<\/p>\n

The Jones brothers said nostalgia and social media have contributed to the interest in blow molds in recent years. Blow molds also last longer than inflatable decorations, Eric Jones said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s because when they were kids, their family had them,\u201d Eric Jones said. \u201cSo you want to have the same things with your family.\u201d<\/p>\n

The brothers, who have owned the auction house since 2009, host live and online auctions year-round. Their brother Jeff Jones, an apprentice auctioneer, and father, Bob Jones Sr., assist them. Most items come from estates. In addition to the November blow-mold auction, they also host a blow-mold auction in July and one for vintage Christmas decorations in December.<\/p>\n

Eight years on, they are amazed at the November auction\u2019s success.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf anyone was to tell me that we were going to have the biggest blow-mold auction in the country, I would have told you, you\u2019re crazy, but it happens and it just keeps building and building and building,\u201d Eric Jones said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SPRING BROOK TWP. \u2014 Holiday decorations made of hard plastic line tables under a large, white tent outside…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28135,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[201,182,139,28,178,180,179,16791],"class_list":{"0":"post-28134","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-lackawanna-county","9":"tag-local-news","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-pennsylvania","12":"tag-scranton","13":"tag-scranton-headlines","14":"tag-scranton-news","15":"tag-spring-brook-township"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}