Silent Auction of Collectables - November 28 through December 2
Friends of Venice Library Silent Auction
Friends of Venice Library is hosting a Silent Auction starting Monday, November 28, and running through Friday, December 2, in the Friends of Venice Library Bookstore.
Don Weiss, a Friends Bookstore collectables specialist, says about the Silent Auction book selection, “Our first pre-holiday silent auction includes 15 of our best, recently donated collectables, with two of local interest as well as a nice assortment of something for everyone.”
To place a bid in the Silent Auction, stop by the Friends Bookstore to look at the items displayed on the table as you walk into the bookstore, and then mark your bid in the corresponding Silent Auction bidding sheets. All bids must be on the appropriate bidding sheet by 4 p.m. on December 2. Winning bidders will be notified by phone or email in a timely manner. All items need to be paid for and picked up from the Friends Bookstore’s main desk by December 16.
Show your support for the William H. Jervey Venice Library and the Friends of the Library by bidding on some special, donated collectables. Support from the Friends of the Library helps make the Jervey Venice Public Library’s current and future programming possible. Visit venicefriends.org or call at 941.861.1351 for more information.
Collectables at the Friends Silent Auction
Please stop by to bid on one or more of the following books. Opening bids begin between $5 and $25, depending on the value of the book, with many selling online for up to much more:
1. The Photographic History of the Civil War
Starting bid $10, selling online for $200
2. Georgia O’Keefe
Starting bid, $10, selling up to $200
3.. Collier’s World Atlas
Starting bid $5, selling for $100 online
4. U.S. Navy – A Complete History
Starting bid $5, selling on book sites for $90
5. Charles Schultz, Complete life of Snoopy
Starting at$10, selling for $160
6. Complete Book of MASH
Starting at $5, selling for $90 online
7. Venice Before 1925
With CD-starting at $10, selling on Amazon for $70.
8. Citrus, Sawmills and Crackers
Double-signed-starting at $25, selling unsigned for $250
9. Delta Time
Starting at $5, selling up to $160
10. King Ranch
Inscribed-starting at $10, selling for $350
11. Paris
By Eugene Atget-starting at $10, selling for $90
12. On This Earth, A Shadow Falls
Starting $10, selling between $100-$400 online
13. Pandora’s Box
Starting $10, selling for $180
14. A Photographer’s Life
Bidding starts at $10, selling between $100 and $150
15. Poster-Monteverdi Cloud Forest
Starting $5, selling for $40 and up