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Saskatoon Symphony Book & Music Sale - Silent Auction 2002
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Silent Auction Posters
This was the first year that posters were tried for the Silent Auction, rather than having the auction items physically present on a table where they suffered from damage and theft. These first attempts at posters were crude but effective!
Click on each poster for a large image:
Title Listing
The folowing items were physically present on the Silent Auction table, and did not have posters:
1. | Mad Magazine set of 10 magazines | Final Bid: $45 |
2. | Lasher, Anne Rice, signed by author, first edition | Final Bid: $55 |
3. | Alice's Adventure in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Bessie Pease Gutmann | Final Bid: $40 |
4. | Birds of the Northern Forest, J. F. Lansdowne | Final Bid: $60 |
5. | Early Canadian Reader, Fourth Book, 1867 (stolen) | Final Bid: $0 |
6. | Tommy Douglas Speeches, LP, 3 books and photo | Final Bid: $40 |
7. | H. M. S. Marlborough, signed by Nicholas Monsarrat | Final Bid: $35 |
The following items were not physically present on the Silent Auction table because they were sold using posters for the first time (see the posters above):
- The Complete Works of William Shakespeare with the Temple Notes, William Shakespeare
- A Spaniard in the Works, John Lennon, 1965, Jonathan Cape first edition, first printing
- In His Own Write, John Lennon, 1964, Jonathan Cape first edition, 4th printing
- The Poetical Works of Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1925
- Old and New London, Volume II: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places, Walter Thornbury, circa 1880
- The Family Rosary Edition of the Holy Bible, Rev. John P. O'Connell, editor, 1953
- The Works of William Shakespeare from the Text of Clark and Wright with a Copious Glossary to which is Added an Index to Familiar Passages, and an Index to the Characters in Each Play, William Shakespeare, American edition