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Pictures & Things The Michelle McFee Benefit Auction

As we mentioned on the front page, some incredibly awesome people have stepped up and contributed items for this auction. Here’s the auction catalog, along with links that will allow you to bid. This is a “silent” auction; we won’t be displaying bids as they come in. So if you want to make sure to win any particular item, bid as much as you think it’s worth. (See below for more information about our bidding system and how we’ll be figuring the winning amounts.)

Click on the item’s Description for a picture of the item or for more information about it.

Click on the Donor's Name to visit their website (where available).

Auction Catalog

The following items will close at midnight, January 14/15, 2009

Donor	Item / Description	Approx. Value	Reserve / Min. Bid	Bid Amount
The David Nelson Band	The Ultimate David Nelson Band Hawaiian Accessory & Memorabilia Pack	$125	no reserve
The New Riders of the Purple Sage	Killer Kit of Live Shows and Resort Wear	$125	no reserve
Steve Block	NRPS/Moonalice & Rock the Earth Posters	$125	no reserve
Karen Simmons	Heirloom-Quality Fused Glass Tableware	$200	no reserve
RatDog Bob Weir Mark Karan Robin Sylvester Jay Lane Jeff Chimenti Kenny Brooks	A second massive pile of goodies from the 2008 Fall Tour, containing the following items: Fall 2008 Tour "Local Crew" T-Shirt More "sticky" Backstage Passes Three 3CD sets from the tour. (One CD set for each of three separate shows) Three 3CD sets from the 2006 tour. (Handpicked by Mark!)	$250	no reserve
The Kinkaid Foundation	Words & Music Concert Memorabilia Package	$75	no reserve

The following items will close at midnight, New Year's Eve 2008/2009

Donor	Item / Description	Approx. Value	Reserve / Min. Bid	Bid Amount
Agneta Falk Painter and poet	Paintng - A verbo-visual composition intended to evoke music visually, framed, mounted, under glass.	$1200	no reserve
Alex Bledsoe Author of The Sword-Edged Blonde, Blood Groove and others	A signed 1st-edition of The Sword-Edged Blonde and a signed Advance Review Copy of Blood Groove.	$80	no reserve
Amacker Bullwinkle Natural Evangelist for Things that Rock^TM	A Set of at Least Three of Her Very Own Awesome Posters	$400	no reserve
Andrea L. Miller Artist & Craftswoman	A hand-crafted Winnie-the-Pooh Baby Blanket	$50	no reserve
Audix Microphones, Makers of World Class Microphones; by way of the remarkable Phil Garfinkle	A Pair of OM6 Vocal Mics, Signed by Your Favorite Artist	$660	no reserve
Ayelet Waldman Author of Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, The Mommy-Track Mysteries and others	A signed, 1st-edition of Love and Other Impossible Pursuits.	$40	no reserve
Ben Bova Author of Mars Life, The Asteroid Wars, Return to Mars and others.	Signed 1st-edition hardcover copies of his fabulous Mars Series, including Mars, Return to Mars and Mars Life.	$130	no reserve
Bob Minkin Legendary rock and roll photographer and pilot.	One original signed photograph of the Grateful Dead at the Radio City Music Hall, NYC 10-30-80 (live stage shot, with Lesh, Garcia and Hart).	$400	$100
	Aerial tour (flight) around the Bay Area in Bob's 1968 Piper Cherokee 180.	$300	$100
Boulder Creek Brewing Company The most excellent Santa Cruz brewhouse and restaurant!	Dinner for two + a growler of beer	$75	no reserve
Dave Getz Visual Artist and Drummer, Big Brother and the Holding Company	Love is like a Ball and Chain An unframed, signed, numbered, original Dave Getz giclee print.	$600	$200
	Nude w/airport An unframed, signed, numbered, original Dave Getz serigraph.	$1200	$400
David Dodd Compiler and Co-Editor of the masterwork The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics.	A signed 1st-edition copy of The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics, along with an original, limited-edition bookplate by Jim Carpenter, signed by Dodd, Carpenter, Robert Hunter and John Barlow.	$100	no reserve
Deborah Grabien Author of the Haunted Ballads, the Kinkaid Chronicles, Plainsong and others.	*One signed copy of the first JP Kinkaid Mystery, Rock & Roll Never Forgets, dedicated as the winning bidder chooses.*	$40	no reserve
	The winning bidder gets to be "Tuckerized"; that is, written as a character into a future JP Kinkaid Mystery.	$150	no reserve
Iron Springs Pub & Brewery Our Home Away from Home in Downtown Fairfax!	Dinner for two dinner for 2, a brewery tour & tasting, a 4 pack of 22 oz. limited edition signed Sless Stout bottles, and a T-shirt commerating the release of their brand new brew: JC Flyer IPA.	$150	no reserve
J.C. Juanis and Cygnus Productions	A signed Phil Lesh & Friends 2nd Annual Philathon Poster	$350	no reserve
Jack Hirschman Former San Francisco Poet Laureate and SF Library Poet in Residence.	Painting (untitled) - A play and a pun on a kiss of sorts.	$1200	no reserve
	Hand-lettered broadside original of a poem by Jack Hirschman on the town where he was born (New York) brought to life by artist Paul Blake.	$1200	no reserve
Julian Dawson Singer, songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player, member of Plainsong and busy solo performer.	A signed, 3-CD boxed set of some of his best work.	$120	no reserve
Liz Stringer Long-time friend and extended family member.	A copy of Swan Songs, the breakout CD from the Holloywood Undead, signed by all the band members.	$30	no reserve
Michael Chabon Author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Wonder Boys and others.	A signed, 1st-edition copy of his newest novel, The Yiddish Policeman's Union.	$40	no reserve
Neil Gaiman Author of The Graveyard Book, American Gods, the Sandman graphic novels and others.	A 1st-edition hardback copy his best-selling 2002 novel, Coraline, with title page not only signed but hand-illustrated by the author: a rat in a nightshirt, wishing the reader "Sweet dreams".	$120	no reserve
Peter Albin Bassist, Big Brother and the Holding Company	The following original, rare and flawlessly mint-condition Family Dog series posters:
	FD 62-1 5/67 Quicksilver/Country Joe "Sutter's Mill"	$125	$75
	FD 70-1 9/67 Steve Miller/Siegal-Schwall "Chicago Fire"	$250	$125
	FD 90 11/97 Canned Heat/Lothar "Cat"	$100	$45
	FD 91-1 11/67 Youngbloods/Mad River "Dandy"	$145	$95
	FD 102-1 1/68 Genesis/Siegal-Schwall "Rocking Chair"	$75	$35
	FD 104-1 2/68 Electric Flag/13th Floor Elevator/Fugs "Finger"	$280	$145
	FD 132-1 8/68 Steppenwolf/Siegal-Schwall/Santana "Graveyard"	$105	$55
RatDog Bob Weir Mark Karan Robin Sylvester Jay Lane Jeff Chimenti Kenny Brooks	One massive pile of goodies from the 2008 Long Island Halloween run, containing the following items: Fall 2008 tour poster signed by all band members. Two 3CD sets of the run. (One CD set for each night) RatDog Halloween T-Shirt “sticky” Backstage Passes (one from each night)	$335	no reserve
Tricia & Brad Stiles Long-time friends and extended family members.	One Huge Basket of Iowa Love (Bluegrass Style) A basket full of books, CDs and other goodies from some of the very best bluegrass musicians in Iowa.	$350	no reserve
	One Huge Basket of Iowa Love (Country Style) A basket full of books, CDs and other goodies from some of the very best country musicians in Iowa.	$350	no reserve

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(If you have already placed a confirmed bid, you only need to put in your name and email address, since we already have the rest of the shipping information.)

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About Our Bidding System

Everyone wants to win, but at the right price. Although we suggest that you bid the maximum amount that you're willing to pay for an item, you won’t necessarily pay that amount. Of course, once the bidding for an item is closed, the highest bidder wins the item. But if necessary, we’ll adjust the top bid downwards to be no more than 10% higher than the second-highest bid. (If the winning bid is already less than 10% higher than the second-highest bid, we won’t adjust the winning bid amount at all.)

For example, if the highest bid for an item is $10,000 and the second-highest bid is only $7,500, we’ll adjust the winning bid down to $8,250 ($7,500 + 10%). If the winning bid is $8,000 and the second-highest bid is $7,500, the winning bid will not be adjusted, and will remain $8,000.

We do this because this isn’t a “live” auction, where you can see what others are bidding. Capping the highest bid at 10% above the next-highest bid protects winning bidders from their own excess, and encourages people to bid the maximum amount they feel the item is worth.

Sure, it’s a gamble. You might bid $100,000 for an item in an attempt to “pre-empt” any other bid. If the 2^nd place bidder only bids $7,500, your winning bid would be adjusted down to $8,250 (saving you a whopping $91,750!). But if the 2^nd place bidder has also attempted a pre-empt, and bid $75,000, your winning bid would only be adjusted down to $82,500.

Remember, this is a silent auction so be smart and bid realistically. We’ll do our best to protect your high bid, but this is a fundraiser and we are trying to raise as much money as possible.

In the unlilely event that the highest bidder is not able to pay for the item they have won, the item will be awarded to the second-highest bidder under the same terms described above (10% over the next bidder's bid).

Thanks in advance for your most generous contributions and happy bidding!

- The Kinkaid Foundation Auction Team

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