Mark Bendele’s yard sale near Gomer featured dozens of pieces of glassware and other assorted items.

GOMER — Motorists along Lincoln Highway will notice dozens of hand-made signs advertising yard sales as the annual “Buy-Way” sale returns this week, giving bargain hunters the chance to nab antique furniture, used electronics, vintage clothing and more.

Sellers have set up shop at homes and businesses along the historic highway, from families hoping to make some money while clearing out clutter to experienced antique enthusiasts looking to move curated items.

Some sellers have been partaking in the annual sale for decades. Mark Bendele and his wife, who set up shop just outside Gomer, have taken part in the tradition for over 20 years. Their inventory of antique tools, glassware and jewelry sprawled across many tables.

Bendele described himself as a hobbyist fueled by “the adventure of finding things I don’t own.”

“We buy in bulk, keep what we want, and then we sell the rest,” Bendele said, adding that he and his wife enjoy collecting together at estate sales. “We love to go to auctions and clean up houses and see what we can find.”

While some sellers like the Bendeles have been participating for years, others are new to the experience. Janet Verhoff said this was her first year selling as she and others needed to “purge” some belongings.

“We had a lot of things to get rid of… infant clothing, interior decorations, and furniture,” Verhoff said, explaining that she and five other families pooled their items together to set up a multi-family barn sale near Cairo. Verhoff said that putting together the extensive sale was a “team effort,” but grouping the items with others has attracted a decent number of buyers.

According to the Ohio Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, the annual sale attempts to bring attention back to the now-forgotten stretch of road.

“The idea of the Buy-Way Yard Sale is to bring people to rediscover the lesser traveled path of the original Lincoln Highway, once a bustling road that began connecting America by automobiles, and changed the way we travel today,” the Heritage Corridor’s website reads. The group’s mission is to “preserve, interpret and promote” the country’s first coast-to-coast road for automobiles dedicated in 1913.

Buyers, whether antique collectors hunting for hidden gems or thrifty families looking to save some cash on needed items, still have a little time to take advantage of the yearly sale, with the sale running through Saturday.