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"INKTOBER 2024" AUCTION IN AID OF H.O.P.E. BASKET

Love It? Bid on It!

I created 3 sets of A5 ink drawings to auction off for my church’s H.O.P.E. (Help Other People Eat) Basket for the month of October 2024.  Bids closed on Friday 8 November at 9 pm. There was much excitement and some nail-biting moments as one sneaky bid came through with one minute to spare!

Bidders could bid on as many drawings (or sets of drawings, or both) as they liked, as often as they liked!  The highest bidder bought the drawing (or set of drawings). The online auction raised a lovely total of R6720! Thank you to everyone who participated and kept the auction alive throughout the month.

Running concurrently with the Online Auction were the Raffle Ticket sales and cash donations, so a total of R12520 was raised for the HOPE Basket for 2024.

PLEASE PAY MARIA KAYE BY 1 DECEMBER 2024.

PS If you've been out-bid, or you don't want to bid, please consider a cash donation for the H.O.P.E. Basket until 1 December 2024. Any amount will be welcomed!!!
PPS You can also buy a raffle ticket for R30 per ticket until 1 December 2024. 

Read about it in the October Newsletter, and WhatsApp Maria to donate or buy a raffle ticket.

WHITE EYE

11 "JACK" 
(Number 4 of 4 drawings in the set called "CATS")

Story: "Jack in a box"

What nice things to play with, just for me!

Bid Status: (5 November 2024)
Highest bid for picture is R420 (BE) 
 

WHITE EYE

10 "FLUFFY" 
(Number 3 of 4 drawings in the set called "CATS")

Story: "Just give me a rustic bench in a fragrant arbour"

This little fluff-ball is having one of her many catnaps in a quiet spot in the garden.

Did you know that cats sleep between 13 and 16 hours a day?

Bid Status: (3 Novemeber 2024)
Highest bid for picture is R560 (BE) 
 

WHITE EYE

09 "GINGER" 
(Number 2 of 4 drawings in the set called "CATS")

Story: "Tiger, tiger burning bright ..."

Of all domestic cats, the ginger cats'  roots can be more easily traced back to their bigger, wilder ancestors. 

I really enjoyed working with the orange ink!

Bid Status: (8 November 2024)
Highest bid for picture is R440 (NV
 

WHITE EYE

08 "PANSY" 
(Number 1 of 4 drawings in the set called "CATS")

Story: "It wasn't me..."

Who's been playing in my pansy bed? Could it be this sweet gesiggie?

Bid Status: (20 October 2024)
Highest bid for picture is R 540 (BE) 
 

WHITE EYE

07 "GOLDEN SLUMBERS" 
(Number 3 of 3 drawings in the set called "BEES")

Story: "And when he found the perfect flower, he tucked in his legs, folded his little wings, and fell asleep"

Bees need 5 to 6 hours of sleep a day. They don't have eyelids so they sleep with their eyes wide open.  

Bid Status: (20 October 2024)
Highest bid for picture is R 520 (HDJ)   
 

WHITE EYE

06 "WAGGLE DANCE" 
(Number 2 of 3 drawings in the set called "BEES")

Story: "Hey guys, look what we found!!!"

When bees find a good source of nectar, they do an intricate "waggle dance" to inform the other bees.

Bid Status: (20 October 2024)
Highest bid for picture is R 600 (DR) 
 

WHITE EYE

05 "HONEYBEE" 
(Number 1 of 3 drawings in the set called "BEES")

Story: "Honey, be my honeybee"

As soon as the honeybee lands, it tastes with its "feet" to check a flower for nectar. How sweet is that?

Bid Status: (20 October 2024)
Highest bid for picture is R 620 (NV)  
 

WHITE EYE

04 "EARLY BIRD" 
(Number 4 of 4 drawings in the set called "BIRDS")

Story: "I'll rise, but I won't shine!"

Bid Status: (16 October 2024)
Highest bid for picture is R580 (CM)
 

WHITE EYE

03 "WHITE EYE" 
(Number 3 of 4 drawings in the set called "BIRDS")

Story: "Check out my moves!"
The noisy, active, chittering, little Cape white-eye warblers love bird parties, especially at dawn. Who needs an alarm clock?

Bid Status: (9 October 2024)
Highest bid for picture is R580 (CM) 
 

SPLISH-SPLASH

02 "SPLISH-SPLASH" 
(Number 2 of 4 drawings in the set called "BIRDS")

Story: "Splish-splash, I was takin' a bath!"
This little fellow is having the time of his life! 

Bid Status: (12 October 2024)
Highest bid for picture is R540 (CM)
 

SINGING IN THE SHOWER

01 "SINGING IN THE SHOWER" 
(Number 1 of 4 drawings in the set called "BIRDS")

Story: This cheerful, chirpy little mossie regularly visits the bird bath outside my kitchen window and sings its little heart out!

Bid Status (8 November): 
Highest bid for picture is R1320 (ML)
 

LATEST UPDATE 20 NOVEMBER 2024

"BIRDS"
TOTAL FOR INDIVIDUAL BIDS ON "BIRDS": R3020 (ML, CM, CM, CM)
"BEES"
TOTAL FOR INDIVIDUAL BIDS ON "BEES": R1740 (NV, DR, HDJ)
"CATS"
TOTAL FOR INDIVIDUAL BIDS ON "CATS": R1960 (BE, BE, NV, BE)

RAFFLE AND OPEN STUDIO SALES: R1200

DONATIONS: R4600

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