A special thanks to everyone involved for making the night so special and memorable.. Below are some photos from the evening. The red carpet entrance The front entrance to the Ypsilanti Marriott ballroom. Guests browse through the silent auction displays. The decorations committee designed the center table pieces on movie themes, including this one inspired by the movie Field of Dreams. All smile for the camera. Cleary student models walk around with a jewelry piece during the live auction. Bill & Judy Davis hold the puppy after being the winner bidder for “Cleary,” the 12-week old spaniel. The Pirates of Caribbean was the theme behind this center piece. The Devil wears Prada was name of this center piece. Auctioneer Steven Gross from Premiere Auction Services walks through the crowd during the live auction.

Solicitor or donor will deliver item to the Colorado Democratic Party Headquarters on or before February 27, 2006? This donation is made by an individual and becomes the property of the Colorado Democratic Party.http://www.coloradodems.org/docs/JJ2006AuctionDonationForm.pdf. It is to be offered for sale at an auction, with proceeds to benefit the Colorado Democratic Party. Gift certificates will be good for 1 year from date of auction unless otherwise noted. Donated Item: Contributions are not tax deductible for federal income tax purposes. Paid for by the Colorado Democratic Party; Pat Waak, Chair, Mark Ferrandino Treasurer. Your contribution will be used in connection with federal elections and is subject to the limitations and prohibitions of the Federal Elections Campaign Act. Federal law requires us to request and report the name, address, occupation and name of employer of individuals whose contributions exceed $200 per calendar year. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate committee. Printed in-house by volunteers

While there has been a long-standing interest in the theory of uniform-price auctions, there had been very little empirical analysis when the Treasury inaugurated its experiment with regular uniform-price auctions of 2- and 5-year notes in September 1992.http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/domestic-finance/debt-management/auctions-study/upas2.pdf. They provide empirical support for the theoretical proposition that auction participants will bid more aggressively in uniform-price auctions since successful bidders in uniform-price auctions pay only the price of the lowest accepted bid, rather than the actual price they bid, as in the multiple-price approach. Our experience also shows that uniform-price auctions produce a broader distribution of auction awards. The Treasury's stated purpose in conducting uniform-price auctions is to determine whether the uniform-price auction technique reduces the Treasury's financing costs compared with multiple-price auctions, by encouraging more aggressive bidding by participants, and whether it broadens participation and reduces concentration of securities on original issue. The confluence of these and other factors produces significant auction­ to-auction volatility in the data, making it difficult to isolate the impact of auction technique itself. We examined the effects of auction technique on revenues by comparing auction results in terms of bid yields in the auctions and yields in the contemporaneous when-issued (WI) market. A direct comparison of auction yields is difficult because yields vary from auction to auction, giving rise to the need for a common reference point. In particular, potential bidders face the choice between bidding in an auction or purchasing in the

Use is prohibited other than by the organization purchasing program unless approved in writing by Sales PowerhouseSM.http://www.salespowerhouse.com/auction.pdf. Write article for club newsletter. Pre-Auction Catalog and database to Mailer. Email pdf of Pre-Auction Catalog Form to attendees for distribution Fax/Email letter to donors thanking them and inviting them to auction. S/he needs to see it to become familiar with it several days before auction. Include list of items being auctioned to stimulate interest. Start putting together Items to Bring Auction Night (p 36-37); you may have to buy some things, and you want to make sure you have the time. Call last year’s Scholarship winner to see if s/he will create covers and do layouts for pre and final auction catalogs. S/he will be introduced at auction event. c. Give him/her a half page ad they can design in the auction catalog. Set up temporary agreement with Auctioneer, date depending. a. To find an auctioneer, use one of these techniques: b. Contact someone you know who is good at doing this kind of thing for non-profit organizations (you’ve seen them at other events) c. Ask a very outgoing, well-liked person in your club with a great sense of humor d. Go to some local auctions to see if any of the pros are willing to do it. Just because they’re a licensed auctioneer doesn’t mean they’re really good. Find someone who will supply, at no charge, auction paddles, name badges (for existing and non-members), numbers for display items, cardboard easels to mount flyers, brochures and media kits. Buy $100 gift certificate from your local Mall to give to Auctioneer at the end of the event.

Timing: early March Purpose: Mercy High School raises funds to support the school by holding an Auction each year.http://www.mhsmi.org/mercy_life/mothers_club/documents/moms_auction.pdf. This event is the primary area of support provided by the Moms and Dads Clubs. This effort helps to "Zap the Gap" between the tuition and the cost of the educating Mercy High School students. Mercy Moms and Dads assist with this effort and it is the biggest fundraiser for the school. Baskets each with a theme are assembled and/or donated by various organizations and people. Bids are taken for each of the baskets. There is also a raffle. Coordinator: Multiple coordinators are required for this event. Moms Club committees are: Theme Baskets Committee, Acquisitions Committee, Advertising Committee, Bid Monitor Committee, Catalog Committee, Decorations Committee, Display Committee, Set­up/Clean­up Committee. A few volunteers are also needed to coordinate the student volunteers the night of the auction. Lead the acquisition committee in acquiring all the silent auction items and live auction items. Work with the Special Events Director in planning and execution of the major item raffle starting in September and concluding the evening of the Auction. Decorations Committee Construct, gather and solicit all decorations in accordance with the auction theme including billboards. Coordinate decoration of display tables with auction theme and Decorating Committee Ensure high value items are also display. Ensure items have correct bid sheets Give status report at General Meetings Contact all volunteers interested in working on committee Set up/Clean up Committee Coordinate with committee chairs the volunteers needed

HOORAY FOR HOGGYWOOD Auction Donation Form Friday, February 25, 2005 Fayetteville Town Center All gifts are tax deductible under 501C3 tax identification number: 13-1623888 Donor Name or Business ___________________________________________ Date / / o Please keep my gift anonymous o Gift acknowledgement may appear on publicity materials Please describe item being donated and list any special features and restrictions such as expiration date, etc.http://www.diabetes.org/uedocuments/HoggywoodAuctionDonorForm.pdf. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ (Auction Items should be $50 value or greater) Please send all auction forms to: American Diabetes Association Ashley Spurlock PO Box 33 Lowell, AR.

Saint Simon Auction 2007 Party Info Form Interested in donating a party at the upcoming Auction on Feb 10, 2007? Please tell us more! Party Name: _____________________________________________________________________________ Party Date: __________________________ Time of Event: __________________ Value: _______________________ Description (to be used in the Auction Book): Under “Value”, please list the total cost of the party/event, or, in the case of Sign-Up Parties, the amount per person that should appear in the Auction Book.http://www.stsimon.com/auction/party_signups.pdf. Group Parties may appear in the Silent Auction or Live Auction Portion of the evening as determined by the Auction Chair(s).

State Fair of Texas® September 28-October 21 YOUTH MARKET LIVESTOCK SHOW AUCTION LIMITATIONS The State Fair of Texas will host a public auction the second Friday, October 5, 2007 at 10:00 AM for selected youth project animals whereby the youth livestock exhibitor shall receive compensation as a result of a bidding process for his/her show animal according to the following procedure.http://www.bigtexlivestock.com/auction.pdf. The youth livestock exhibitor shall receive the price from the bidder brought at public auction not to exceed the maximum price listed below. If the price brought from the bidder at the public auction exceeds the maximum price listed, then the balance of such bid shall be donated by the bidder to the State Fair of Texas Youth Scholarship Fund. The maximum price is not guaranteed. Each youth livestock exhibitor shall be eligible to competitively apply for educational support upon completion and submission of the State Fair of Texas Scholarship Application Forms. For more scholarship information, refer to “Youth Scholarship Opportunities” in this premium list. ALL ANIMALS QUALIFYING FOR THE AUCTION ARE REQUIRED TO SELL. This is a terminal show for all auction animals. No animals will be released to individual buyers. Total Max. Species Lots Price

We propose using the information revealed through auctions, including in particular the unsuccessful bids, to identify latent demand.http://www.hpl.hp.com/research/idl/papers/auctions/auctions.pdf. Applied to combinatorial auctions for bundles of goods, this information can identify new bundles with particularly high valuations, expressed by their high complementarity. In this paper we uncover and exploit a novel informational side effect of particular relevance to electronic-commerce applications; the extra information on demand (or supply) for bundles of goods revealed by combinatorial auctions Auctions provide a market mechanism for efficiently matching buyers and sellers of many products and services. Moreover, the development of electronic commerce provides many new opportunities for auctions involving automated bidding agents [19]. Auctions can be viewed as making the participants reveal some information about their preferences (e.g., a price they are willing to pay) to an auctioneer. After collecting these preferences, the auction mechanism determines which parties actually exchange the goods and at what price. This idea becomes even more powerful in the case of combinatorial auctions, where in-stead of a single good being traded, the auction involves arbitrary combinations of a set of goods [1, 12]. Typically, such auctions are appropriate when buyers or sellers value a set of goods differently from the sum of their individual values. In such auctions, participants submit preferences regarding various sets of the goods. Thus using the information revealed by the unsuc-cessful bids in a combinatorial auction is not only likely to be more accurate but also more computationally

Ritchie Brothers is the world’s largest equipment auction company, holding auctions around the world.http://www.dovebid.com/auctions/production/dbnews/news_06feb.pdf. But just last month that same crane sold for $525,000 in a matter of minutes at a liquidation auction in North Carolina. Soon after the end of auction, the crane’s new owner hauled it to Texas where it is now at work on a large-scale job in Houston. “Auctions are the yard stick for establishing equipment values,” says Myron Bowling of Myron Bowling Auctioneers, based in Hamilton, OH. Auctions are a very accepted retail marketplace [for cranes and other types of construction and industrial equipment.]” Bowling says that the buyer of the Grove crane was pleased with the purchase and the price because he had a well-paying job for which he needed the crane. “ Bowling specializes in one-owner sales, mostly auctioning o equipment at plants, crane rental yards or other operations that are closing or liquidating. In January, Bowling auctioned o the assets of Inco Inc., based in Rocky Mount, NC, which included the sale of more than 15 cranes. Sellers are attracted to this sort of auction because they don’t have to invest in the cost of moving equipment to an auction event, he says. In today’s market, all equipment auctioneers are thriving. Ritchie Bros., the largest equipment auctioneer in the world, sells a broad range of used and unused industrial equipment including equipment utilized in the construction, transportation, material handling, mining, forestry, petroleum, marine, real estate, and agricultural industries. h e company conducts some 150 unreserved public industrial auctions every year, and has 110 o ces in

WHEREAS, the Town of Grand Chute has recognized that primary regulation of auctions and auctioneers is with the State of Wisconsin pursuant to Chapter 480 Wis.http://www.grandchute.net/resources/chapter9revised9.02auctions07172007.pdf. WHEREAS, the Town of Grand Chute no longer requires licenses or permits for auctions or auctioneers, but in the interest of peace and good order in the Town of Grand Chute deems it necessary for the Town of Grand Chute to be aware of the location and time of auction sales taking place within the Town of Grand Chute; and Statutes and the rules and regulations of the state relative to the conduct of auctions; and WHEREAS, the Town of Grand Chute has an interest in the protection, public health, safety and welfare of the residents and others in attendance at said auction or sale; (1) Auctions and closeout sales are hereby deemed to be unlawful unless notice of said auction or closeout sale is given in writing by the auctioneer or person or business conducting said auction or closeout sale, to the Town of Grand Chute not less than fifteen (15) days before the occurrence of said auction or closeout sale. (2) The written notice of auction or closeout sale shall be sufficient if it contains and identifies the date, the hours and the location where the auction or closeout sale will take place and identifies the owners or consignors of personal property or real estate to be sold. The written notice shall be mailed to the Town Clerk at least fifteen (15) days prior to the auction or sale or shall be delivered personally to the Town Clerk no less than fifteen (15) days prior to the auction or sale. “Auction” means a sale transaction conducted by means of oral or written

City of Bend 575 NE 15th Street Bend, OR 97701 ANNUAL AUCTION The City of Bend will be holding its annual auction June 23, 2007 at the City of Bend Public Works Facility at 575 NE 15th Street, Bend, Oregon 97701.http://www.ci.bend.or.us/Portal/home/docs/Auction_6_23_07.pdf. The Public Works facility is located next to the police Station below Pilot Butte. Viewing will start @ 8:00am and the auction (beginning with misc. items) will start @ 9:00am. The auction may include the following vehicles/equipment: 20+ VEHICLES TO BE AUCTIONED (1) 1994 Chevy Camero (1) 1980 Ford Street Vactor

Don’t miss the fun at the fifth annual WLAF Silent Auction, to take place at the WLA Conference in Lake Geneva! Bid on items such as art works (jewelry, pottery, paintings), tickets (concerts, theater, sports events), personal services (a dinner for six), collectibles/antiques or professional services (consulting).http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/wlaf/docs/auctionflyer04.pdf. All items will be distributed to the highest bidder with bids closing on Thursday at 3:30 PM. WLAF SILENT AUCTION NEEDS: Your Donation Maybe you would be willing to prepare a dinner and auction off your services? Or you could donate your cabin up North for a weekend! We hope that you can give a donation to help the WLAF reach its goal of raising $5000 in auction proceeds to build its endowment. Your talents, your collectibles, your own artwork are all welcome donations. The fair market value (determined by the auction committee) of your donation is tax-deductible, and it must be worth $50 or more to be placed in the auction. WLAF SILENT AUCTION NEEDS: Your Time Help the WLAF by donating your time at the WLA Foundation booth that will be setup in the Exhibit area on Tuesday beginning at 2pm., or volunteer to help staff the booths on Wednesday and/or Thursday.

Staying up to date with Ohio auctioneer laws is important for auctioneers and consumers.. At the request of the OAA Board of Directors and to help you stay in compliance, we have compiled a list of four concerns the Ohio Department of Agriculture sees commonly. Auctioneer contracts. The department is seeing an increase in the number of auctioneers who: 1. Do not have a contract with the owner or seller of the goods being sold; or 2. Have a contract that fails to meet the minimum requirements found in R.C. 4707.20; or 3. Many auctioneers are using generic contracts purchased from someone else, which they are not filling out completely, or whose terms they do not understand. If you do not specify in the contract, you must pay the owner or consignor within 15 days of the auction. You are also required to maintain a client trust account if you do not settle the day of the auction and/or if you keep your client’s money longer than 72 hours following the auction. Another problem includes the advertisement of absolute auctions. All auctions in Ohio are reserve auctions unless otherwise stated. R.C. 4707.22(C) requires that if an auction is advertised as an absolute auction, the advertisement must state it is an absolute auction. You must also have a contract with the seller that clearly identifies it as an absolute auction. With a change in the auction law in May 2005, a corporation, partnership, or association is now required to have its own license if it is representing itself as able to conduct auctions or able to provide auction services. For example, if you work for XYZ Company and XYZ Company advertises that it has an

The auction will be carried live via Internet Streaming Video, so that you can view the auction and bid either on site, telephone or by internet.http://www.marineauctionservices.com/event/hannah/MAEx_booklet.pdf. If you would like to list for auction sale your vessels please review and acknowledge the following auction sale terms and conditions: Time of auction – 1:00pm Streaming Video – Auction will be carried live on the Internet. Seller has the right to reject any offer that is not satisfactory to Seller If any Sellers’ vessels are sold pre-auction after vessels have been consigned, the auction company will receive a commission of 2%. The Auction Company shall have an exclusive 60 days following the auction to market the any unsold consignments, on behalf of the Seller under the auction terms and conditions. Buyers Premium = 5% payable to auction company upon completion of sale Participating Brokerage Commission - If a broker pre-registers his clients according to the auction rules he will receive a commission split of 2%. referred to as SELLER, WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, SELLER is the owner of certain consigned property (vessels) described below, or in the list attached hereto and made a part hereof, which consigned property SELLER desires to sell, and WHEREAS, SELLER wishes to employ the auction services of AUCTIONEER to effect the sale of said consigned 1. AUCTIONEER will sell said consigned vessels at a public offering auction on June 7, 2007 or on such other date that may be substituted by mutual agreement. 5. The AUCTIONEER shall represent and conduct the auction sale as an auction WITH RESERVE, unless otherwise noted herein; however. A Buyer's Premium, additional auction fee, of 5%

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