Cover Pose Calendar Auction (with Bonus Mary’s Angels Print!)
ETA: And the auction is now closed. The final bid was an amazing $375, which means we’re starting things out with a great contribution to the Aicardi Syndrome Foundation. Huge thanks to everyone who participated!
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I have two boxes full of fresh-from-the-printer 2014 calendars, packed full of cover-posing goodness.
Most of the calendars will be sold through the Tinker’s Pack website, because Pat Rothfuss has a team of wonderful employees who offered to take care of things like orders and shipping and all the rest. Whereas I have a team of ill-behaved pets and two children who think things like homework and playing are more important than packing and mailing calendars for Daddy.
As with last year’s fundraiser, all profits from the sale of these calendars will go to the Aicardi Syndrome Foundation.
It will probably be a week or two before I can get these shipped to Wisconsin and they show up on the Tinker’s Pack website, but if you don’t want to wait, you’re in luck. I’m auctioning off one calendar Right Now! I’ll even autograph and personalize it for you.
Not only that, but if the bidding goes past $50, you also get a download code for an audio book copy of Libriomancer.
If it reaches $100, I’ll throw in an 8 x 10 print of “Mary’s Angels,” autographed by all of us. That’s worth at least $100 all by itself, isn’t it? (Depending on how high the bidding goes, I may toss in some other goodies as well.)
To encourage you to bid, here’s a picture of Taz the cat hanging out with the calendar. (Note: cat is not included in this auction.)
HOW CAN YOU REFUSE THAT KITTY???
To Bid: Leave your bid in the comments at http://www.jimchines.com/2013/10/cover-pose-calendar-auction/ Bidding must be in whole-dollar amounts. Opening bid amount is $20.
Shipping: I’ll cover shipping within the U.S. If you’re bidding from outside the U.S., I’ll have to ask you to chip in a few extra bucks. Sorry.
Deadline: The auction will close in one week.
Reminder: All proceeds go to a very good cause.
Emotionally Manipulative Comment: If this doesn’t get lots of bids, Taz will be a VERY SAD KITTY!
John D. Bell
October 22, 2013 @ 9:49 am
I’ll open at $25.
Kelly
October 22, 2013 @ 9:50 am
I’m going right for the gold…
$100
Deanna S
October 22, 2013 @ 9:52 am
Oh heck, I’ll go to $30.
Jim C. Hines
October 22, 2013 @ 9:55 am
Well that escalated quickly! Current bid is $100. Thank you, Kelly!
Now I need to figure out another bonus if we hit the $200 level…
Charles
October 22, 2013 @ 11:09 am
I think Brick killed a guy.
Trisha Lynn
October 22, 2013 @ 11:48 am
Already too rich for my blood!
Can you tell us what the retail price of the calendar will be, how much shipping will be, and what percentage of the profits are going to the charity? I already bought a 2014 charity calendar for my husband’s office (the Anne Wheaton-created one with celebs and their shelter pets), but I might just have to buy this one for my office (which also just happens to be in our living room).
Sherri
October 22, 2013 @ 12:08 pm
Guess I have to go to Gold+, so I will bid $115.00
Dana Cameron
October 22, 2013 @ 12:54 pm
This is So. Much. Awesomeness! $150.
Jim C. Hines
October 22, 2013 @ 1:16 pm
I believe it will be selling for $20 at the Tinker’s Pack site. Of that, $15 will go directly to the Aicardi Syndrome Foundation. (They paid for the initial print run, which was a few bucks per calendar, so I think it comes out to a $10 – $12 donation to the organization with every calendar purchased.)
Kelly
October 22, 2013 @ 1:35 pm
Awesome sauce poured over awesomeness!
$175
Patti L.
October 22, 2013 @ 3:03 pm
The auction is too rich for my blood, but I’ll be watching for the calendars to come on sale.
I’m thrilled with the folks bidding – and bidding high right off the bat here, though.
Kudos, Compreres!
ckd
October 22, 2013 @ 4:19 pm
“Now I need to figure out another bonus if we hit the $200 level…”
Yes, yes you do.
$200.
Jim C. Hines
October 22, 2013 @ 4:22 pm
Right. Okay then. Let me see what I can come up with…
And thank you, all! $200 and counting. Woo hoo!!!
David Wohlreich
October 22, 2013 @ 5:34 pm
I’m in for $250.
Origamilady
October 22, 2013 @ 6:37 pm
$275 here! 🙂
Sally
October 22, 2013 @ 6:37 pm
The first bid was already too high for me. But I have Libriomancer anyway. And my own kitties. And I can wait till retail.
(Trisha, my office is the living room as well. Our husbands may need to commiserate with each other.)
Kelly
October 22, 2013 @ 9:20 pm
So… Jim…
How about thinking about what you’re going to do for the $300 level. 😀
$300.
Trisha Lynn
October 23, 2013 @ 3:44 pm
Or be proud that they have spouses with great taste in calendars. 🙂
LadyCheron
October 26, 2013 @ 3:35 pm
Here is hoping that Taz-kitty will be satisfied with a smaller number of awesomely-large bids, rather than “a lot of bids”. I’m going to have to buy it from the Tinker’s Pack as well.
anglerfish07
October 27, 2013 @ 1:56 am
$350! 🙂
Kelly
October 29, 2013 @ 1:58 am
$375. 😉
Jim C. Hines
October 30, 2013 @ 8:03 am
We have a winner!
Thank you, Kelly! I’ve emailed you about the auction.
And thank you to *everyone* who bid, and who spread the word about the auction. What an awesome start to this calendar fundraiser!
Laura
October 30, 2013 @ 8:23 am
I’m really looking forward to buying one of these. 🙂
Kelly
October 30, 2013 @ 8:33 am
As folks across the pond say, I’m chuffed!