Pilchuck Auction

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Pilchuck Auction

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The sweating is over...the letters are out!!! Congratulations to everyone who had work accepted into the auction.....Amy, Jackie, Doug, Brock, and moi!!! Looks like another party in Seattle!!!!! Anyone else in?

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Post by Amy on Salt Spring »

CONGRATULATIONS!! That's wonderful news for such talented artists and for warm glass in general. Oh man now I REALLY wished I had made that deadline. Don't know if I would have gotten in but it sure would have been great to meet all of you finally if I had. I hope you will report back and tell us everything. Oh and keep an eye on Brock during the open bar/bidding part!
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Post by Barbara Muth »

Congratulations to all of you! Well-deserved for all.

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Re: Pilchuck Auction

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Avery Anderson wrote:The sweating is over...the letters are out!!! Congratulations to everyone who had work accepted into the auction.....Amy, Jackie, Doug, Brock, and moi!!! Looks like another party in Seattle!!!!! Anyone else in?

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Does this mean I can come down off my mailbox?? Oh goodie - I was having a hard time finding an extention cord to reach all that way for my coffee pot.

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Post by PDXBarbara »

CONGRATS EVERYONE! (screaming intended)

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Re: Pilchuck Auction

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Avery Anderson wrote:The sweating is over...the letters are out!!! Congratulations to everyone who had work accepted into the auction.....Amy, Jackie, Doug, Brock, and moi!!! Looks like another party in Seattle!!!!! Anyone else in?

Avery
Probably Mel Munsen, he's been there the last several years.
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Post by Gale aka artistefem »

Great going and major congrat's!
Hotglass move over - the warmies are in!! \: \:D/ D/

How soon will they post the new auction pix on the Pilchuck site?
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Post by Brock »

I think they said October 1st. Brock
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Post by Jackie Beckman »

Brock wrote:I think they said October 1st. Brock
Well, yes, they did Brock, but they also said we would find out who was in the beginning of September - hence my residency on the mailbox for 3 weeks.
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Post by Tony Smith »

Congratulations Jackie, Brock, Avery, Amy and any others that were selected.

Now, I hate to expose my ignorance... even a little bit, but would someone be kind enough to explain the significance of the Pilchuck auction?

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Post by Brock »

The short answer is, it is the single most significant auction in glass. As you could tell from the trepidation, it is difficult to get accepted, (le tout monde applies) and ocassionally, someones career takes off because of the auction. Mel Munsen is a case in point.

There will be about 250 pieces auctioned in 3-4 hours, a live auction, and 4 separate silent auctions, throughout a 5 course dinner, all the free booze you can drink, (YOU BID WHAT?), much socializing, and Pilchuck will net over a million, because all the costs are underwritten by donors and advertising.

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Post by Robin Z »

Congratulations!! :D :D :D :D
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Post by Lisa Allen »

Kudos to everyone!!!!! What an accomplishment for you guys personally and such a great thing for warm glass.

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Post by Brock »

Lisa Allen wrote:Kudos to everyone!!!!! What an accomplishment for you guys personally and such a great thing for warm glass.

Lisa
Hey, it's nice but there's room for lots more. We'll be a small drop in a bucket of hot glass. In the immortal words of Steve Forbert, (what happened to him anyway, at one point he was called the new Dylan?)

. . ". . . you cannot win if you do not play"

Next year, a flood of fusing!

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Post by Lani McGregor »

Tony Smith wrote: would someone be kind enough to explain the significance of the Pilchuck auction?

Tony
Tony, it is the only auction I've ever attended where a bidder paid $100,000 over value for a piece.

(No, Jackie, my pockets don't go to THOSE depths!)

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Post by Brock »

That was the year that the Deborah Buttefield "Horse" was contested by the Shirley's and the Benaroya's, wasn't it? There actually was electricity in the room as the bids kept rising. Amazing. Brock
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Post by Doug Randall »

Do you remember what year that was Brock, I'd like to look that one up. .....Doug
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Post by Brock »

Guessing, 99, 2000.
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Post by Doug Randall »

Wasn't there in 99 so that must have been it. I'll try to look it up.......Doug
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Post by Pat Zmuda »

Let me also add my congratulations to everyone who got in! Way to go!
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