Welcome to the Temple Emanuel 2011 Auction. We will be starting the Auction on May 14 and hope you will join in the fun. We have many wonderful and exciting items we will be putting up in the next couple weeks. This is our only fund raiser during the year and we hope your bids are generous. Keep your eyes open. We are sure there are items you would will love to have. Listed below are the auction rules: please read them so that you will know how the auction will work.

The First Auction has concluded!

Grand Online Auction 2

May 23 to June 1 at 10 PM

Send bids to auction@temv.org or call 978-475-8473 between 8 AM and 10 PM

To receive timely updates to the auction send a blank email addressed to auction-join@temv.org

The auction rules are below

Thank you for participating!

Donor	Description	Value
Nina and Bill Scott	Spend two nights and three days in their home in Kennebunkport - for more information use contact info above.	$350
American Textile Museum	4 Passes (no expiration)	$32
Panera	$25 gift card	$25
Janet and David Emmerich	Aprile's European Restaurant	$25
Myrna Kaye	Handmade, Austrian Crystal, Garnets and Rose Quartz Necklace	$100
Doris and Manny Wachsler	JC Penny gift certificate	$25
Athenian Restaurant	Gift certificate to Athenian Restaurant in Lowell	$25
Charlie and Cheryl Appelstein	Gift Card to the 99 Restaurant	$50
Jim Zawisza	Gift certificate to Trader Joe's	$25
Sue Corneilussen and Jeff Geller	Pampered Chef	$50
Linda Gilmore	Barnes and Noble Gift card	$25
Devora Abramowitz and Blake Voss	Devora has all new baby clothes given her directly from the companies to sell. The profits all go to TEMV. If you have a new born or a toddler in the family or friends expecting a new born you get to pick out all the clothes you would like in an hour. For as many people who would like this opportunity.	$25
Lisa Rubin	People young and old have been enjoying Lisa Rubin’s storytelling for 30 years. She has performed at schools, First Night Burlington (VT), Trapp Family Lodge (VT), Kutchers (NY), birthday celebrations for all ages, and more! Lisa’s repertoire is extensive and includes original stories, folk tales from around the world, value tales, and stories just for fun. She can also customize a story as a gift. Lisa is happy to offer an hour of storytelling to this year’s TEMV Auction. This can be used at a gathering of your choice (children and/or adults) at an agreed upon time and place.Last year was donated to the school they used it for Yom Kippur children’s service Wonderful!	$300
Applebee's of Tewksbury	Gift Letter, must be used in Tewksbury	$25
Ed and Julie Weil	Andover Chamber Music concert (pair of tickets)Sunday November 6, 4 PM at West Parish Church in Andover called Unbearable Likeness of Being	$60

Auction Rules

Temple Emanuel is selling auction items via an electronic mail based auction. The auction is administered by the fundraising committee. The following are the rules of the auction - please note that if there is a situation not covered by the rules, the fundraising committee will be the arbiter and will make the final decision.

Bidding

Bids may be submitted by electronic mail and, at the discretion of the committee, by phone. The highest bid before the auction's closing time is the winner. Time will be determined by the time that the email was received by the sender's ISP as recorded in the email header, or the phone call is received according to the person or answering machine taking the call. To allow for time delays in email processing, a final winner will not be announced for 12 hours after the auction close. Any email received after 12 hours will not count in determining the winner of the auction, the previous high bidder will be notified by email or phone within 24 hours of the bid. Bidders who do not receive email should assume that they are not the highest bidder.There is a limit of 1 year from the date of the sale on goods or services offered in the auction which are not specifically stated otherwise or already covered by agreement or statute.

Bids should be sent by email to auction@temv.org.

Phone bids can be placed to 978-475-8473 between the hours of 8 AM and 10 PM.

Payment

Payment on completion of the auction is due within 10 days. Please pay promptly. Payments may be made by mailing a check or using Pay Pal.

Make checks payable to Temple Emanuel, and send to AUCTION, Temple Emanuel, 101 W Forest St, Lowell, MA 01851.

Pay Pal payments can be sent to PayPal@temv.org or you can use the Donate button on the home page of this site. All auction payments must state "Auction Payment" and must specify the item(s) the payment is for.

The fundraising committee reserves the right to refuse bids if the bidding party has previously defaulted on payment.

The committee would greatly appreciate any donations to the auctions.

Your e-mail address is only being used for the auction. If you wish to unsubscribe, please send a blank email to auction-leave@temv.org .

If you have any questions regarding the email list, contact phebe@temv.org.