Dec. 9 auction includes collections of former ONU president

Many items from the DeBow Freed trust and the late Catherine Freed will be in a public auction at 9 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 9.

Dr. Freed was president of Ohio Northern University for 20 years. He died on Feb. 8, 2020. ONU First Lady Catherine Freed died on Nov. 25, 2016.

Among those items include jewelry, postage stamps, coins and silverware items.

The auction is through the firm of Apple Tree Auction Center, 1625 W. Church St. Newark, Ohio.

To view the items in the auction click here.

The auction will be both an 'in-person' and online live auction. People may view items and bid online, as well as in person. 

Every item belonging to Dr. and Mrs. Freed will be noted so people know which items are the Freed’s personal items, as the auction is not solely for them.