Joe Meirhaeghe
03-31-2012, 9:29 PM
Last night was the Auction to which Steve & I donated the collaborative hickory vessel I posted here on March 8th.
There was 50 pieces of art donated, 44 were on a silent auction & 6 were live auctioned. Our piece was one of the 6 Live auctioned pieces.
Our vessel was the only piece out of all 50 that sold for more than the retail price. It went for $100 over retail this year. That's not nearly as well as last year but still brought in a nice amount for the Art's Center.
Not sure the reason why (maybe the economy ?) but attendance was way down this year. Unfortunately most of the auctioned items sold for less than half of what they were worth.
But It was a 1950's Sock Hop themed event and was a fun evening. I just felt bad they couldn't raise more money this year for the Art's center as it does a lot for our community.
There was 50 pieces of art donated, 44 were on a silent auction & 6 were live auctioned. Our piece was one of the 6 Live auctioned pieces.
Our vessel was the only piece out of all 50 that sold for more than the retail price. It went for $100 over retail this year. That's not nearly as well as last year but still brought in a nice amount for the Art's Center.
Not sure the reason why (maybe the economy ?) but attendance was way down this year. Unfortunately most of the auctioned items sold for less than half of what they were worth.
But It was a 1950's Sock Hop themed event and was a fun evening. I just felt bad they couldn't raise more money this year for the Art's center as it does a lot for our community.