{"id":1844,"date":"2011-10-23T21:08:30","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T02:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/?p=1844"},"modified":"2011-10-23T21:08:30","modified_gmt":"2011-10-24T02:08:30","slug":"wonderfully-waac-y-the-waac-annual-silent-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2011\/10\/23\/wonderfully-waac-y-the-waac-annual-silent-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"Wonderfully WAAC-Y: the WAAC annual Silent Auction"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the last seven years, WAAC meeting attendees have eagerly anticipated what has become a staple event at the annual meeting, the Silent Auction. An idea conceived by conservator and former WAAC board member Beverly Perkins, the Silent Auction is usually held over two days of the meeting to raise money for a local organization in need. WAAC attendees are encouraged to bring items to donate to the auction, and WAAC board members are typically major contributors as well. The items in the auction range from practical art conservation items-tools, materials, and conservation books-to fun, silly, handmade and\/or locally-inspired items, which are some of the most popular among bidders.<\/p>\n

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Suzanne Morris surveying the auction items and contemplating her strategy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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This year, auction items included gingerbread pancake mix from local favorite restaurant Kerbey Lane Cafe<\/a>, a cowboy hat, Keep Austin Weird: A Guide to the Odd Side of Town<\/em> by Red Wassenich (who is also the spouse of Austin-based conservator Karen Pavelka), a plush Clara Barton doll, a glass plate negative, an attractive pair of extra large ladies sunglasses, Amelie<\/a> on DVD, and Josef Alber\u2019s Interaction of Color<\/em>. Bidding wars really broke out for items such as Changing Views of Textile Conservation<\/em> by Mary M. Brooks and Dinah D. Eastop, a Teflon spatula, colorful vegetable and fruit-print cloth napkins handmade by conservator and WAAC newsletter editor Carolyn Tallent, Russell Brand\u2019s memoir My Booky Wook<\/em>, and for those feeling particularly daring, several mystery items, donated by LA-based conservator Albrecht Gumlich.<\/p>\n

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The colorful cloth napkins handmade by Carolyn Tallent were popular items in the auction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The highly coveted Russell Brand memoir<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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This year\u2019s auction was a great success, raising over $600.The proceeds will benefit art and artifact preservation activities at the French Legation Museum<\/a> in Austin, TX.<\/p>\n

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Beverly Perkins calls the end of the Silent Auction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Post by Molly Gleeson and Vanessa Muros<\/em><\/p>\n

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For the last seven years, WAAC meeting attendees have eagerly anticipated what has become a staple event at the annual meeting, the Silent Auction. An idea conceived by conservator and former WAAC board member Beverly Perkins, the Silent Auction is usually held over two days of the meeting to raise money for a local organization … Continue reading “Wonderfully WAAC-Y: the WAAC annual Silent Auction”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[272,929,1060],"class_list":["post-1844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ccs","tag-conference-reviews","tag-silent-auction","tag-waac"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}