2012 HCA SPRING BENEFIT AUCTION

Dave Spahr

The 39th Annual HCA Spring Benefit Auction benefiting the National Heisey Glass Museum will be held at the GMP Local #244 Union Hall at 350 Hudson Ave., Newark, OH 43055 for the fifth consecutive year. Craig Connelly and his fellow auctioneers will again preside over the auction! Also expect some great food from the “pie man”- HCA member Gary Dush. We have set the date and reserved the Union Hall for this important event –it will be Friday-Saturday, April 13-14, 2012!

This HCA event is our largest fundraiser to benefit the museum. Very dedicated volunteers put this event together for YOU. HCA makes its money from the consignment fees collected, the auctioning of donated glass, and from glass not sold at the auction but later in the gift shop. As always, we are looking into ways to improve and expand our auction to make it better for purchasers and consignors. We are also looking for activities that would fit nicely with the auction. If you have any ideas let any Board member or me know.

You can link to the Consignor’s Packing List and the HCA Spring Benefit Auction Contract. You can download and print them for use. As before, each member and household member can donate unlimited amounts of Heisey glassware and can consign up to forty (40) lots each. (Please use another copy of the packing list to list items 26 through 40.) There is no limit to the number of items in each lot and we are encouraging each consignor to size each lot so it is valued at more than $25.00. The Auction Committee reserves the right to modify lots but will do so sparingly. Please note that we are again accepting glass made from Heisey moulds by other manufacturers. Glass not made from Heisey moulds will not be sold and will be returned at the consignor's expense or become a donation to HCA.

Please read the auction agreement carefully, as it, once signed, is an agreement between you and us. Please use the packing list to list items and group them into lots as you wish them to be. Remember to put a "D" beside the lot number(s) on the packing lists for those lots you wish to donate to HCA. Please be certain the packing list includes ALL of your items, that you fill in each line completely - Pattern #/Name, description, cut/etch, color, if marked, and provide the condition. Don't forget to sign and date the two copies of the auction contract and submit it along with your packing lists. Both should be in your box of consigned or donated glass. We will return one signed copy to you. Those who donate glass will be given a donation slip after the auction to use at tax time.

The success of this auction depends on the quality and quantity of glass consigned and donated. We are requesting you to send (donate, consign) GOOD DAMAGE FREE GLASS. Please look through your Heisey and donate and/or consign some to us to help support YOUR museum. Consignments and donations for the auction must be received by Sunday,January 15, 2012. The sooner your items are received the better since they must be checked in, inspected, cataloged, and repacked for the auction by volunteers. If you would like to help do this, please contact me!

Many dedicated HCA members including most board members volunteer to help to make this auction a success. We, as always, need help to catalog the glass, prepare for the auction, help at the auction itself and after the auction to cleanup and take glass back to the museum for our successful absentee bidders. Our work begins in earnest soon after January 15 th. If you would like to volunteer please contact the museum or me. We are counting on your participation to make this auction the best ever!

Four things make for a great auction: great facilities, great glass, help from volunteers, and a great group of buyers with deep pockets to purchase the glass. We have the first thing-we hope to get the last three! Please contact the museum or me if you would like to volunteer to help. Begin now to look through your Heisey and consign or donate good glass to us to help support your museum. Please plan on attending this great event and place this event on your calendar now for 2012!

If you need more information or need answers to questions or have ideas for special activities, please contact me, Dave Spahr, by telephone 937-372-7166, or email masdgs@aol.com.