| Alumni Association holding auction
The University of Maine Alumni Association recently announced the opening of the second Black Bear Online Auction on April 3. All proceeds will benefit the programs dedicated to the school's 95,000 alumni.
Alumni and business sponsors have donated more than 100 unique items that will be up for bid until 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 3. Diana Richardson, assistant to the president of the Alumni Association, said the association hopes to raise between $5,000 and $7,000 through the event.
The auction, in its second year, "came from the association's senior staff and was approved by the board of directors last year," said Richardson, who has devoted countless hours to pulling the auction together and making it run smoothly. "Most of the staff and some members of the board have been instrumental in getting the donations and sponsors."
The current top 10 items up for auction include a night's lodging in Blue Hill, Maine, a game of golf and lunch at the Penobscot Valley Country Club, a 1993 men's Black Bear Hockey team photo autographed by Shawn Walsh, miscellaneous Black Bear paraphernalia and a Moxie T-shirt.
Rare painting withdrawn from auction by Canadian owners
A rare painting by John William Waterhouse, owned by a Canadian couple, has been withdrawn from auction after it failed to reach its reserve price. The reserve price is a confidential minimum amount the seller is willing to accept. Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May, a 1909 painting inspired by a Robert Herrick poem of the same name, was expected to fetch between $1.75 and $2.5 million US. The oil-on-canvas depicts young women picking flowers in a meadow. Ben Doller, vice-chairman of Sotheby's, said bidding stopped at $1.35 million US. "I've hammered down Waterhouses for well over $2 million and $3 million myself as an auctioneer," he said before the sale. It marks the second time the unidentified couple had tried to sell the piece.
Bidding Availalbe On Waples' Driving Suit
It's the final order of business from Western Fair Raceway's overwhelmingly successful fundraiser on January 29th which brought a life saving defibrillator to the track in support of the Chase McEachern Tribute Fund of the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation. That evening in London, Randy Waples marked his return to active driving duty after a six month recovery from the injuries he suffered in a racing accident at Mohawk last Summer. In addition to dozens of horsepeople, members of the public and staff donating that night, Waples also contributed a custom driving suit which is now available for bidding through an Ebay site auction at www.quikdropbarrie.com. The suit, and the progress of the bidding, can be accessed by going into the designated "Chase Fund Raiser" down the left column.
Sarazen's watch from his 1992 US Open victory goes up for auction
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- In the Apr. 26 sale at Christie's under "Important Pocket Watch & Wristwatches," Lot 342 might hold some interest for golf fans -- a rare Patek Philippe given to Gene Sarazen in honor of winning the 1922 U.S. Open. .
CirTran Forms Online Subsidiary to Sell Offshore Products to Sell ...
SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CirTran Corporation (OTCBB:CIRT), an international full-service contract manufacturer of IT, consumer and consumer electronics products, today announced that it has formed a new wholly owned marketing-driven subsidiary to sell its products via the internet, to offer training, software, marketing tools, web design & support as well as other E-commerce related services to internet entrepreneurs, and to telemarket directly to previous buyers of its products & services. CirTran signed a three-year Assignment and Exclusive Services Agreement for its subsidiary -- CirTran Online Corporation (COC) -- with Global Marketing Alliance (GMA), founded by Mr. Sov Ouk, and its affiliate companies, Online Profit Academy, LLC, and Online 2 Income, LLC including Webprostore.com and Myitseasy.com.
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