3rd Annual Auction for SGA Scholarship FundsAnnual Meeting Home | Registration | Pre-Conference Workshop | Auction!3rd Annual Auction for SGA Scholarship FundsWhere: The Red Gallery, Jen Library, Savannah College of Art & Design, near beautiful downtown Savannah, Georgia. Good autumn, good folk. As the steamy vapors of o'er-verdant summer yield stubbornly to the first wisps of frost upon yon punkin, we stand at the Crossroads of Destiny. Down one road, darkness, ignorance, poorly trained archival stewards, badly provenanced records. Down the other, radiant beams of light (and the UV filters to render that light safe to our materials), confident archival colleagues, holdings which are both perfectly preserved and flawlessly indexed... well, it *could* happen... At this crossroads, for the triumveral occasion, the chance yet again for we of the Society of Georgia Archivists to do well by doing good, as we stand once more on the threshold of our annual fundraising auction to benefit the myriad scholarships oversseen by SGA. This year, we offer for your inspection items similar to years past, and others yet again new in their scope and allure. As always, these sample items are intended to suggest possibilities for donation, and to whet the appetite of potential bidders... U.S. Silver Dollar ("Morgan" Type); MS- 63; Philadelphia Mint; Mintage: 14,806,000.
Evangeline Made-A Tribute to Cajun Music Vanguard CD-79585-2 (2002)
Thanatopsis, by William Cullen Bryant 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@arches.uga.edu. If you are bringing the item to Savannah, 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; or the David B. Gracy II Award [administered by the Editorial Board of Provenance]), 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. So heed once more the clarion call of Jim Dandy, and excavate your spare groats and farthings, and come to Savannah ready to bid on treasures unimagined! |
"Widow's Mite"; Bronze Prutah, Reign of Alexander Jannaeus, 103-76 BC.
