Auction Piece

[WayneG]

 

In September I was the feature artist of the month at a local cafe that is run by Gay/lesbian folk and the place is very popular.

They are having an auction of donated art work to sponsor an lgbtq family that is coming to Canada.

Here is what I am made them for the auction, it's a bunch of lgbtq symbols and I splatter painted the backboard and frame with the colors of the LGBTQ flag. Will drop it off Saturday morning

 

Edited December 8, 2017 by WayneG

[Lucky2]

Wayne, with it being so colorful, it's bound to be a hit, it should draw a large bid from the bidders.

Len

Edited December 8, 2017 by Lucky2

[DWSUDEKUM]

That came out great Wayne.  It should do well at the auction.  Thanks for sharing this with us.

 

DW

[lawson56]

Beautiful Plaque.You will do well with it.

[Scrolling Steve]

Nice !....That should do well at auction !

[daveww1]

very nice

[WayneG]

thanks folks, I need to provide a suggested starting bid for the piece and wondered what you all thought?

my hope is that it brings in somewhere between 140-160$ so I was thinking a starting bid of $80

thoughts?

[Scrappile]

You really did a great job on that picture.  Interesting question about the price.  Might pay to discuss it with someone experienced with this type of auction and see what normally happens.  What I am trying to get at is I have been asked to donate a piece for a fundraiser auction.  The people I have talked to me say they feel it could bring as high as $500 , even up to $800, because people go crazy at the type of (especially, if the liquor is flowing).  I sell the item for $125. 

Edited December 9, 2017 by Scrappile

[wombatie]

Oh that is beautiful, I love it.  You did an excellent job and I hope it get a really good price.

Marg

[meflick]

Very nice work.  I have no idea about starting bids - I agree with Paul, I would talk to them and see what they think and see what kind of bids they typically get for similar stuff in years past.

[dgman]

It looks great Wayne ! I suppose the question is what would you like to sell it for if you were selling it. That's what the starting bid should be. If that is $80, then that's what the starting bid should.

[WayneG]

Ya I mean $80.00 would be the price I would put on it, the owner of the café thought 90$.

In any case he loved it,I hope it brings in close to 200.00$

I also let him name the piece

Thanks, will post how much it makes at auction

[amazingkevin]

On 12/7/2017 at 11:22 PM, WayneG said:

 

In September I was the feature artist of the month at a local cafe that is run by Gay/lesbian folk and the place is very popular.

They are having an auction of donated art work to sponsor an lgbtq family that is coming to Canada.

Here is what I am made them for the auction, it's a bunch of lgbtq symbols and I splatter painted the backboard and frame with the colors of the LGBTQ flag. Will drop it off Saturday morning

 

Let us know how much she went for!

[newfie]

Nice work thanks for sharing

[WayneG]

So this piece had a starting bid of $80 and the winning bid was $165 which is awesome! Of all the pieces in the auction it was the highest percentage above the opening bid. This piece is bound for Boston Mass.

The auction was a great success, they also had a raffle and they raised a total of 3000$ or so. 

I am back as the feature artist once again in Sept 2018