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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (boojum@Athena.MIT.EDU)
Wed Oct 14 17:17:38 1992
From: boojum@Athena.MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 92 17:14:11 -0400
To: midnight-sun@Athena.MIT.EDU
A pamphlet shows up in your mailbox:
ANNOUNCEMENT:
The Drake Foundation for the Preservation of the Arts and Humanities
proudly presents this Auction for the benefit of the victims of the
primary and secondary effects of the terrible plague of Trembles which
has swept across the continent of Africa.
All benefits of this event will be used for the purchase of relief
supplies, the coordination of the relief effort, and the support of
relief and medical personnel in that ravaged region.
The Drake Foundation would also like to thank all those who have
helped to make this event possible, from the innumerable public and
private donators to the volunteer workers and assistants without whom
this project could never have been made a reality.
The auction will be held this evening at 8pm in 10-250. All payments
must be made immediately follwing purchase and items will be held by
the foundation until fund transfer has been completed. If you have
any questions regarding this procedure please direct them at Mr.
Drake, the project organizer.
The following are the Lot Numbers and descriptions which will be
available for auction this evening, as well as the starting bids. Any
items not bid for will be retained by the Drake FOundation until a
further auction can be arranged in approximately two weeks.
Lot #1: Painting ``Sea Depths'' by Arthur Doyle. 750,000Cr
Lot #2: Modern ``White Widget'' 150Cr
Lot #3: Post Modern ``Widget Set'' incl. 1 white, 1 blue, 1 green, 1 red 500Cr
Lot #4: Statuary (untitled) Grecian Nude. 800,000Cr
Lot #5: Modern ``Patriotism'' incl. 2 red, 2 white, 2 blue 800Cr
Lot #6: Modern ``Zap Beam'' (a powerful looking laser) 100,000Cr
Lot #7: Post Modern (untitled) incl. 2 white 250Cr
Lot #8: Painting ``A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte'' by
Georges Seurat. 3,000,000
Lot #9: Post Modern ``Saudi Glory'' incl. 5 green 500Cr
Lot #10: Modern ``My Favorite Martian'' (Matched antennae over a black box.
175,000Cr
Lot #11: Post Modern ``Copper Bowl'' (Copper strips arranged into a bowl shape)
120,000Cr
Lot #12: Libram ``Al Azif'' by Abdul al Hazred. 750,000Cr
Lot #13: Modern ``Gloria'' incl. 4 white, 4 red. 1100Cr
Lot #14: Modern ``Spiderweb'' (Cube of interconnected circuitry). 130,000Cr
Lot #15: Post Modern ``Hero Beware'' (a lump or orange argonite) 2,000,000Cr
Lot #16: Modern (untitled) inc. 1 red 125Cr
Lot #17: Modern ``Widgets Galore'' incl. 5 white, 2 blue Cr 900
Lot #18: Post Modern ``More Widgets'' incl. 3 red, 3 blue Cr750
Lot #19: Glassware (untitled) undated crystal, seemingly filled with a
bubbling liquid. 500,000Cr
Lot #20: Post Modern (untitled) incl. 6 green 2000Cr
Lot #21: Gold Music Box. 1,000,000Cr
Lot #22: Modern ``Whiskers'' (black box surrounded with a silver whisker
antenna. 150,000Cr
Lot #23: Post Modern ``Widget Dogpile'' inc. 3 red, 3 blue 1900Cr
Lot #24: Miniature Painting (untitled) ``Mountain Forest at Night'' artist
unknown 200,000Cr
Lot #25: Post Modern ``The Last Widget'' incl. 1 red 100Cr
Lot #26: Amulet (pentagonal gold inscribed with flame) 700,000Cr
Lot #27: Vase (Ming Dynasty, indigo blue) 2,000,000Cr
