

Laurie and Rick Pease of Skowhegan look nervously toward auctioneer Stefan Keenan, who was looking for another bid over the $130,000 the couple made for the Dale Thistle home and lot in Skowhegan on Wednesday. The Peases' $130,000 bid was the winning bid.
Laurie and Rick Pease of Skowhegan erupted in smiles after their $130,000 bid for the Dale Thistle home and lot in Skowhegan was the winning bid in an auction in Skowhegan on Wednesday.
Some stained glass windows in a bedroom sold as part of the home of the former Dale Thistle estate in Skowhegan in an auction on Wednesday.
Potential bidders tour the Skowhegan home formerly owned by Dale Thistle that was sold in an auction for $130,000 on Wednesday.
Standing in the kitchen at the former Dale Thistle home in Skowhegan on Wednesday, auctioneer Stefan Keenan of Keenan Auction Company, center, gives details about the home and lot.
This 13-room Greek Revival home and land at 400 Water St. in Skowhegan, owned recently by attorney Dale Thistle, will be put up for auction Wednesday.
A postcard owned by Rob Washburn, chairman of Skowhegan's Coburn Day committee, shows the home at 400 Water St. Skowhegan, as depicted on a postcard postmarked 1911.