Horst Auction

Horst Auction Center

Horst Auction Center in Ephrata, PA is Lancaster County’s leading auction company, offering a wide range of specialty auctions including artwork, automobiles, firearms, antiques, and Americana. Their auction gallery features built-in display cases, a stage for furniture, and a loading dock for easy item transport.

With a focus on quality consignments, Horst Auctioneers provide competitive commission rates, targeted mailing lists, and thorough promotion for each auction. Specializing in estate liquidations, antique and Americana auctions, gun auctions, coin and currency auctions, tool auctions, and real estate auctions, they cater to a diverse range of collectors and sellers.

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I have been both a consigner and a buyer a number of times at the Horst Auction. It is human nature to believe one’s own things are more valuable than the market does, and that we will find an.

horrible beware ,i recently drove two hours on a friday to drop off an extremely nice vintage Gertsner oak tool box in very nice condition ,it was the pattern makers edition last produced in the.

Inquire about shipping costs before placing a bid. $79.00 ground shipping for one rifle shipped to my FFL less than 100 miles away from them.

I have come here twice and both times it’s a struggle to get the auctioneer to see you, you wave and wave it does no good, the only place to sit is on the edges unless you get there super early.

My parent’s used Horst in the past had one negative experience with the auction house “losing” one of their items, which was a virtually brand new sewing machine. They seemed pleased, however.

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HORST AUCTIONEERS

Horst Auctioneers is always accepting quality consignments for upcoming specialty auctions. We offer competitive commission rates, targeted mailing lists, and quality preparation and promotion for each of our auctions.

General Consignment

Auction Center sales will be ideal for liquidating estates, apartments, and small lots where on-site sales are not feasible.

Antique Americana Auctions

Our Antique Americana Auctions are designed for higher quality antiques including period country furniture, folk art, early china and glassware, pottery, metalware, textiles, toys, books manuscripts, and much more.

Gun Auctions

Our are designed for antique modern firearms and all types of gun, hunting, and fishing related accessories.

Coin Currency Auctions

Our Coin and Currency Auctions are designed for antique and collectible coins, bullion, and proof/mint sets.

Tool Auctions

Our Tool Auctions are designed for antique tools including edge tool, planes, measuring devices, etc. We also sell high quality modern tools on these auctions.

Real Estate Auctions

Real Estate is sold to the highest bidder with no inspections, contingencies, or repairs.

Horst Auction Center, Ephrata PA

Horst Auction Center sits on a three acre tract at the corner of Rt. 322, and Durlach Road just outside Ephrata PA. The facility includes an auction gallery that measures 55′ x 105′, with built-in display cases along one wall. The gallery also has a stage for displaying furniture, with a loading dock for easy loading of larger items.

Former Kunzler Co. hot dog factory sells for $2M

This aerial view shows the former Kunzler plant at 652 Manor St., in Lancaster city on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2025.

The former Kunzler Co. hot dog plant in Lancaster city has been sold for $2 million to a group including the owners of a local heating and air conditioning business who plan to use part of the site as their headquarters.

The buildings at 652 and 655 Manor St. were purchased by Topline Heating Air owners Lyle Horst and Sam Matsuk, and real estate agent Benuel Esh, in a deal finalized late last month.

The Kunzler plant had been sought for mixed-use housing and retail development by the Lancaster City Revitalization and Improvement Zone Authority. Officials from the city and Lancaster City Alliance, which administers the CRIZ, still hope to realize those plans on the rest of the 3.29-acre site. The new owners say they’re open to the idea, if it makes financial sense.

“The goal is to make it something attractive that’s a benefit to the community. Exactly how that all comes together is what we’re working on now,” Esh said.

The group’s plans include turning a 30,000 square-foot wing on the west side of the site into Topline’s new headquarters, replacing a building it currently leases on Ranck Mill Road in the city.

The majority of the 137,878 square-foot former Kunzler Co. plant will remain vacant for the time being.

Esh said the eastern wing of the plant, a 40,000 square-foot building including office space and sections with 24-foot ceilings, could be rented out while long-term plans for the site come together. Topline’s section has extra storage space which could be leased as well. Esh said a group of connected buildings between the two wings doesn’t have a clear practical use and would likely have to be redeveloped in the future.

Topline is already in the process of moving into the facility. Over the weekend it hosted an event where they gave away 580 backpacks with school supplies to neighborhood children.

The company’s portion will house storage and training for HVAC technicians, and in the future, office space. The company will use the former Kunzler’s offices at 655 Manor St. for the time being.

Between 70 and 100 Topline employees will be based at the site, mostly service technicians who are in the field during the day. The company’s workforce totals about 300, serving areas of Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio.

The company’s techs take their vans home each day. Some tractor-trailer deliveries are expected at the site, but significantly less than was the case when Kunzler’s hot dog plant was operating, Esh said.

Chris Delfs, the city’s director of Community Planning and Economic Development, wrote in an email that he thinks Topline will be a strong commercial anchor for the site with less impact on the surrounding neighborhood than Kunzler, and that the city is actively engaged in discussions with the owners about the rest of the site.

“We have expressed the desire to get creative and form partnership to achieve a true mixed-use character and realize the goals of the comprehensive plan for this important Manor Street corridor,” Delfs wrote.

The Kunzler plant closed in December, resulting in the layoff of 193 workers. The closure came after Kunzler Co.’s sale to Clemens Food Group in May 2024. Clemens unsuccessfully tried to find an operator that would continue using the plant to make hot dogs.

New Mill Capital, a company that buys and sells industrial facilities, had purchased the entire property for $525,000 according to deeds, a figure which doesn’t include the equipment inside the building, which it acquired, and later sold at an auction. The buildings and property were eventually listed for sale with an asking price of $3.9 million.

Earlier this year, New Mill sold another Kunzler building at New Dorwart and Lafayette streets for $700,000.

In April, the CRIZ Authority offered New Mill $500,000 for 652 and 655 Manor St. with the goal of demolishing the hot dog plant and enticing a developer that would build a mix of housing and retail desired by community members. At the time the CRIZ submitted its offer, the owner had already received a higher bid for the property, according to Marshall Snively, acting executive director of the CRIZ Authority and President of Lancaster City Alliance.

Snively wrote in an email to LNP | LancasterOnline that depending on the developer’s plans, CRIZ funding could be a possible resource for the project, and that the city and Lancaster City Alliance are committed to helping achieve a redevelopment that boosts the surrounding area.

“We still see this site as a great and rare opportunity for the SoWe neighborhood and Manor Street,” he wrote.