7th Annual Auction for SGA Scholarship Funds
From the desk of our honorable auctioneer, the illustrious Gilbert Head...
It should be remembered that these sample items are intended to suggest possibilities for donation, and to whet the appetite of potential bidders but not necessarily to limit the scope of those things to be placed upon the block...
These items are not meant to define the parameters of what we will accept as an auction item, but rather to give some idea of the scope of what we hope to be offering. We will not be accepting firearms or alcoholic consumables for this auction, but will be grateful for whatever else you might wish to donate. Items can either be brought in person to the SGA Annual Meeting in November, or sent to the following address: Gilbert Head, University Archives, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-1641. (Questions about the auction can be addressed to the same place, or to Gilbert Head at: eghead@uga.edu) If you are bringing the item to Augusta, please plan to drop it off at the auction table during registration. This table will also provide a place to make a "silent bid" for those unable or uninterested to participate in the live auction. If you are planning to contribute something, please prepare a 3" X 5" card for each item with your name, a brief description and any details which you think might enhance sale of the item, whether you wish to target the proceeds to a specific fund (the Carroll Hart Scholarship to attend the Georgia Archives Institute; the Larry Gulley Scholarship to attend the Annual Meeting; the Edward Weldon Scholarship to attend the Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting; the David B. Gracy II Award [administered by the Editorial Board of Provenance] or our new Workshop Scholarships, and whether or not you wish to have an assigned minimum bid (though we ask that you limit this last request, as the object of the auction is to raise money for these various worthy funds). And even those who do not donate can participate! Bring us your money (we'll be set up to take cash or checks, but not credit cards), and your finely honed bidding skills, and prepare to have a splendid time as we help our scholarship funds grow. Jim Dandy (the official sock monkey of the SGA Auction) asks you to give, and give generously; excavate your spare zlotys and francs, and come to Atlanta ready to have yet another splendid time wearing down the auctioneer, and fired up to bid on treasures galore... it’ll be something to tell future generations, or at the very least, we’ll have a little fun, and raise a few dollars along the way. See y’all there/then. |
Once again, Ladies and Gentlemen, we near the autumn of the year, and with the falling leaves we also plan to harvest the bounty of the 7th annual auction for SGA scholarships. Yet again, I represent the Scholarship Committee for the Society of Georgia Archivists, and by virtue of this auction having originally been my idea, find myself yet again in the position of serving for spokesman for this, the seventh edition of the SGA Scholarship Auction. As in years gone by, 100% of the proceeds of this auction will go towards the myriad scholarships and awards administered by the SGA, though this year, 40% of that 100% will be going towards the newly created SGA-sponsored workshop scholarships. This new funding opportunity will help underwrite the workshop costs of scholarship recipients, as we continue to broaden out efforts to support continuing education in our community. As in years past, we once more submit a few examples of the sorts of treasures one might be expected to bid upon or perhaps donate in this worthy enterprise. Some of these items will look familiar, and yet others will be new, in our never-ending quest to broaden the scope of delights from the overburdened chifferobe of culture's bounty. Monkeys will be abounding, not unlike the paired Disco Chalices which seem to crop up in each new offering.
