Title: Results of the 2004 Auction/Raffle

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Section/SPIG: Aging & Public Health

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The Auction raised $6,335, which was equally split between the endowments of the Minority and Rural Health Awards. We had two great Celebrity Auctioneers -- Joseph Privatal, CEO and president of the Archstone Foundation, and Wayne Myers, former Director of the HRSA Office of Rural Health. Many thanks to Brenda Wamsley, PhD, and Deanna Lewis, MS, who largely set up and ran the Auction. We raised $750 from the Raffle (part of the total $6,335), due in large part to Larry Branch, PhD, and Bob Binstock, PhD, who conducted the Raffle. All who donated items deserve much of the credit for our success. The most credit, however, goes to the 150 members of the Gerontological Health Section who bid on Auction items and bought Raffle tickets.

I am already finding great items for New Orleans! Last week I found two carafe/decanters with matching sets of wine glasses. We will mate these with choice bottles of wine. I also have a pair of Sterling Silver candelabra by Pairpoint Silver Co., New Bedford, Mass. These are from the 1920s and are in excellent condition. Interestinly enough, I have found some great Art Deco items as well as great pieces of women's jewelry, including Tiffany, Sarah Coventry, Weiss, and other signed pieces. Just think, I have another six months to go to auctions on the East Coast and upstate New York! Many treasures await us!

We are planning fewer items this year to give more time to socialize at the Award Reception.

Thank you for everyone's help! See you all in New Orleans!!!!