2009 - Chicago
The Auctions
The Auctions
This year's auctions - both silent and live - raised over $10,000. Thanks to auctioneers John Pringle and Sarah Mead, auction coordinator Heather Spence and especially to the many people who bid on and purchased the auction items.
| The early stages of the Silent Auction: custodes getting things arranged. | Ulli Giese looking at a fythel in the Silent Auction. |
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| Checking out exotic items from Japan at the Silent Auction. | Auctioneer John Pringle. |
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| Craig Trompeter models a special bit for Sarah Mead. | John Pringle accepts a bid from someone in the back row. |
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| Auctioneer Sarah Mead. | David Douglass - the triumphant winner of a pair of very ornate socks hand-knitted by Martha Bishop. |
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| Custodes keeping track of the bids at the auction. | Conclave Babes at your service - anything! Really! |
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| Wendy models a knitted vest. | Yoko Tsukada and Elin Söderström. |
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