Island Auction

The 2025 Island Auction, celebrating its 22nd year, will be held on Thursday, August 7, at Heineman Winery. Viewing will start at 2 pm with the live auction starting at 4 pm. There was also a silent auction. The silent auction will be called around thirty minutes after the live auction ends. The live auction will probably end sometime between 5:00 and 5:30 pm.

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2025 AUCTION ITEMS: Check out the items listed In our 2025 Island Auction Catalog by clicking on the link for the pdf file.

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The Lake Erie Islands Historical Society’s
22ND ANNUAL ISLAND AUCTION AT HEINEMAN’S WINERY
on Thursday, August 7, 2025
Proceeds benefit the Lake Erie Islands Historical Society and its Museum

Silent Auction Items

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Upcoming Events

Check out the Museum’s 2026 Events Page for current information on upcoming events.

Saturday, Sept. 12 –The Lake Erie Islands Historical Society Museum will feature a display of large format black and white canvas prints recording the building of Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial, and the Centennial of the Battle of Lake Erie (1913) at Art in the Park on September 12. The photos were taken by Island photographer Otto G. Herbster and are from the personal collection of Board Member Maggie Beckford.

Sunday, Sept. 13 — LEIHS will operate the concession for Miller Boat Line’s annual Old Tyme Baseball Game, and the museum will again benefit from all proceeds of operating the concession for the game. Game starts at 2 pm and the church ball field. Thank you, Market Families.

Saturday, Sept. 19 — “Sale Away” at the Heritage Resale Shop’s 20% Off Sale. We’re always happy to accept donations after PIBCC’s Sale Away.

Saturday, Oct. 3 — Join the “Skelly Hunt” – 50% Off Sale on select items at Heritage Resale Shop.

Wednesday, Oct. 6 — Brown Bag Lunch History Talk with Paul Ladd, “History of Mailboats on the Islands” at 11:45 am at the Museum. Light lunch provided.

Sat-Sun, Oct 10-11 — Visit us at PIBCC’s Oktoberfest. LEIHS’s Museum Booth with Books, Bricks and Memberships will be on hand.

Friday, Oct. 16 — LEIHS’s popular Cemetery Pioneer Walk begins at 4:00 at Crown Hill.

Saturday, Oct 17 — LEIHS’s popular Cemetery Pioneer Walk begins at 4:00 at Crown Hill.

Tuesday, November 10 — Brown Bag Lunch History Talk with Billy Market, “This History of Miller Boat Line” at 11:45 am at the Museum. A light lunch will be provided.

Tues., Dec. 1 — Giving Tuesday. LEIHS will join the LEI Conservancy and the LEINWC on Giving Tuesday by opening our doors to the community from 11 am to 7 pm to accept charitable donations during this annual event.

With the renovation of the Heritage Resale Shop, we will be open more often in the fall and winter. That schedule will be added as we near the end of the summer.

Lake Erie Islands Historical Society & Museum

Originally the Put-in-Bay Centennial Celebration Committee (PIBCCC) established in 1975, this organization was renamed the Lake Erie Islands Historical Society in 1985 when a group of dedicated island residents formed to make their vision of an island museum a reality. The first museum opened in 1987 at the historic Put-in-Bay Bottling Works building. A new 6,000 square foot museum building with a research library and archive was opened in 1998. The LEIHS's mission is to educate about Lake Erie Islands history, and to protect and preserve island history for future generations. WE offer six levels of membership, and anyone interested is invited to join. The museum hosts events for members, fundraising events open to everyone, history programs, and collaborative events with island partners. Open daily in the summer months and weekends in the spring and fall, the Lake Erie Islands Historical Society museum welcomes school groups, with advance notice please, to explore the history and mystery of the Lake Erie Islands and island life.

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We encourage our members to attend the 2026 LEIHS Annual Membership Meeting on Saturday, September 19, 2026, at 2 pm at the Museum. Anyone interested in running can call ahead to get their name on the ballot, and nominations will be accepted from the floor at the meeting. Members in good standing (current on membership) are eligible to vote and to run for office. This is a working board, and board members are expected to contribute to the museum's operation in some way. We are grateful for the board members who have given their time over the past year, and we're thankful for our members, donors, volunteers and guests. Sometimes those four titles describe one person. Members will check in at the door and be given ballots. We hope to see you there.

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Russell Brohl will kick off a series of Brown Bag history programs at the Museum on Tuesday, September 22, at 11:45 am with his talk, “Life of. Great Lakes Captain”. A light “brown bag” lunch will be provided to those attending.

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2:00! Church ballfield, YOUR ISLAND FRIENDS vs the Muffins! Bill Slough’s grilled hotdogs benefit LEIHS!

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Photos from Put-in-Bay, South Bass Island's post

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Webster Perit Huntington served as Secretary General of the Perry’s Victory Inter-State Board of the Perry’s Victory Centennial Commission. Born in Columbus in 1865, he was instrumental in the successful pursuit of a memorial at Put-in-Bay to commemorate the victory of Oliver Hazard Perry in the Battle of Lake Erie on September 10, 1813. Huntington, a member of the Huntington Bank family, was a published writer who also compiled "The Perry's Victory Memorial; A History of Its Origin, Construction and Completion in Commemoration of the Victory of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry in the Battle of Lake Erie and the Northwestern Campaign of General William Henry Harrison in the War of 1812." Huntington is shown here at the July 4, 1913, Centennial Celebration at the laying of the cornerstone of the Perry’s Victory Memorial. Huntington is holding a time capsule that was inserted in the cornerstone. This canvas is a part of a collection of 7 large Otto Herbster prints from the July 4, 1913, Centennial Celebration, that will be displayed at Art in the Park on Saturday, September 12 at the Museum booth. They originally were printed by LEIHS’s Board Member Maggie Beckford for the art display at the Rhodes Center in Columbus during the 2013 Bicentennial Art Show and are part of her private collection. Beckford retires this month from the board after 25 years of service, 20 (2004 – 24) of those as the museum’s president.

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