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03-23-2008, 02:06 PM
Every year, one of the highlights of the AOTH is the Saturday night auction. After a great Texas-style barbeque, Tom, aka Fishin Sucks, No Autographs Please, gets up and auctions off a whole bunch of stuff that you donate to fund the operating budget for the Midwest Donzi Club and the Donzi.net. We have a ball!
I wanted to take a moment and give everybody an idea of the kinds of items that have been popular from year to year, so you could begin thinking about what might make a good item to bring this year.
In the past:
1) A good bottle of wine or a case of regional microbrew.
2) A Steve Simon autographed Donzi Racing shirt.
3) A felt poker table complete with cards and chips.
4) An LCD flat panel TV.
5) A Donzi logo women's bath robe in powder blue, one of my favorities.
6) Logo wear of any sort.
7) Purses made out of license plates.
8) RC boats.
9) Presidential coins and shot glasses.
10 The Homeless Olympics DVD, a priceless gem for anyone's collection.
10) Collectible offshore history books and posters.
11) Boat gear and hard to find Classic stuff.
12 You get the idea...
We are looking for really cool, collectible, special stuff.
Unfortunately, sometimes an auction item may not bring what it should for whatever reason. This year, I am suggesting that we introduce an optional minimum reserve price on an item to be established by the owner, or Tom at his discretion which could get scary. Just put a piece of tape with your price on the item and that is where bidding will start. We want you to bring the good stuff and know it will sell at a fair price.
Anybody that can't make it this year and has something they would like donate, just PM me and I will send you an address to ship the item to. I have already received a few things which is pretty cool!
See you all soon and get ready for the bidding wars!
RTSE
"This announcement brought to you by the auctioneer assistant who can be paid off to tip bidding in your general direction before, during, and after the auction occurs. Dominican cigars are a good choice!"
I wanted to take a moment and give everybody an idea of the kinds of items that have been popular from year to year, so you could begin thinking about what might make a good item to bring this year.
In the past:
1) A good bottle of wine or a case of regional microbrew.
2) A Steve Simon autographed Donzi Racing shirt.
3) A felt poker table complete with cards and chips.
4) An LCD flat panel TV.
5) A Donzi logo women's bath robe in powder blue, one of my favorities.
6) Logo wear of any sort.
7) Purses made out of license plates.
8) RC boats.
9) Presidential coins and shot glasses.
10 The Homeless Olympics DVD, a priceless gem for anyone's collection.
10) Collectible offshore history books and posters.
11) Boat gear and hard to find Classic stuff.
12 You get the idea...
We are looking for really cool, collectible, special stuff.
Unfortunately, sometimes an auction item may not bring what it should for whatever reason. This year, I am suggesting that we introduce an optional minimum reserve price on an item to be established by the owner, or Tom at his discretion which could get scary. Just put a piece of tape with your price on the item and that is where bidding will start. We want you to bring the good stuff and know it will sell at a fair price.
Anybody that can't make it this year and has something they would like donate, just PM me and I will send you an address to ship the item to. I have already received a few things which is pretty cool!
See you all soon and get ready for the bidding wars!
RTSE
"This announcement brought to you by the auctioneer assistant who can be paid off to tip bidding in your general direction before, during, and after the auction occurs. Dominican cigars are a good choice!"