Moulton Library Auctions its Books (Hamlin Heirlooms Available for Auction-II)
The estate of Abraham Lincoln’s first vice president Hannibal Hamlin will be auctioned off on Saturday to at the former site of the Bangor Theological Seminary bordered by Union and Hammond Streets, to be conducted by Poulin Antiques & Auctions of Fairfield. But the biggest catch was to auction 30,000 volumes of the Moulton Library.
According to seminary President William Imes, Boston University has bought a series of books, many written by the seminary’s graduates who were foreign missionaries during the 19th century. The seminary’s collections of old sermons, many written in the 18th century, were placed on permanent loan to the Bangor Public Library.
“The actual sale of the stuff from Hamlin’s home isn’t too big a deal for us,” Imes said in an interview Monday. “The biggest task for us has been going through the 30,000 volumes in our library and deciding what to keep, which books to sell privately and which to auction off.”
The seminary had to consolidate its library and office space when it moved to Husson, he added. “The seminary went from 70,000 square feet of space to 10,000 square feet, which is what it needs for the first quarter of the 21st century at least”.
The seminary is keeping items that are part of its history or bears sentimental value such as a large wooden board that has the names of graduates who became missionaries and where they served.
“Our goal was not to be cluttered with stuff we have no place to put,” he said. “We are keeping what will best support what we are currently teaching.”
Some unnecessary things that the seminary owns will not be included in the auction. According to Imes, some items that might be of interest to local historical museums will not be sold too. The book auction will be held at 4 pm. in the Moulton Library, while the remaining used furniture, office furniture and library fixtures will be auctioned off beginning at 1 pm in the tent on the seminary grounds.
The seminary expects to make $40,000 to $150,000 from the auction. After the costs of marketing the property are paid, the remaining money will be placed in the seminary’s endowment fund, which has been depleted in recent years to cover operating expenses.
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