Here’s a great way to own a wonderful piece of artwork or jewelry and help children get the education they deserve.
Just visit http://www.biddingforgood.com/ArtforEducation and look at the more than three dozen offerings. These include original paintings, etchings, serigraphs, giclees, glasswork, wood art, jewelry, and wearables.
Estimated values range from $75 to more than $2,000—though opening bids on several items are quite reasonable, beginning at less than $50 Any piece can be bought for the minimum bid if there is none higher.
All items in this online auction were donated to us for this purpose, either by the artists themselves or by serious collectors.
These include Treasure Beach artists such as Julie Koliopolus, Elizabeth Seltzer, Suzanne White, and Robert Wright—as well as a host of artists from around the world.
All auction proceeds will go to our scholarship fund.
What a great idea this is. I am so proud to see the artists of Treasure Beach supporting the children of Treasure Beach.
Is the scarf from the lady who owns the Mermaid Gallery? It looks like the kind of thing she makes.
The scarf is made by Elizabeth. She owns Mermaid Gallery which is in Calabash House close to Jake's. They have a lot of good things there. She is a nice and talented lady and the one who has the outside art show with the fire dancers there about two or three months ago.
Forgive me. I have never participated in an online auction. If I bid on something do I have to keep checking that item all day long to see if someone put in a higher bid. There is a picture I REALLY want.
To Question: An online auction is new to most people, so no apology is necessary for your question.
No, you do not have to keep going to the site to see if someone bid higher than you.
There are two ways you can avoid this after going to the site, looking through it, and finding one or more items you want. http://www.biddingforgood.com/ArtforEducation
You can put in a maximum bid--meaning that is as much as you are willing to pay. Then the site will do your bidding for you, and it will bid as little as possible each time. As an example, let's say you want an item valued at $200 with an opening bid of $50, and you are willing to pay as much as $150 for it--not one cent higher. So you put in your opening bid of $50 and fill in some blanks to tell the site what your maximum is. If the next person bidding is willing to pay $55, then the site would put in your bid for $60. (This assumes the next bid must be $5 higher than the prior bid, but they are not all $5.) In the end, if the highest bid is $95 and it's yours, even though you were willing to go as high as $150, you win. On the other hand, if someone has gone higher than what your maximum was, you lose out.
The other way is to put a "watch" on the things you like best. You will get an e-mail from the auction site telling you someone else is bidding. This means it's probably time for you to decide if you are interested enough to bid.
I hope this is understandable.
Please let me know if you have any more questions.
I'm looking forward to placing my bid on one (or maybe two!) pieces, especially because I know it will help out a great cause.
Thank you. I'm OK now. Bid on 1 thing and put 2 on my watch list. Fingers crossed I get what I want.
Here's another wonderful thing from our online auction.
It was made by a couple living in the Asheville, North Carolina area--Deana Blanchard and Chuck Young. Interestingly enough, Deana taught school in Savannah La Mar for years--and said it was the most rewarding experience of her life. When she visited Treasure Beach years later, she took a side trip to Sav to visit her old school, and many of the staff members were still there.
She and her husband, Chuck, have been excellent supporters of Treasure Beach Foundation's scholarship fund because they believe in the necessity of educating our young people to their fullest potential.
We hope you do, too.
To see more, please go to http://www.biddingforgood.com/ArtforEducation
Can you please tell me when the pieces will be shipped? Thank you.
We plan to ship pieces on May 16. If you need something earlier than that, we can make arrangments for a special shipment.
Treasure Beach, Jamaica is my favorite place in the world. It's a wonderful community and the people couldn't be nicer. I am grateful there is a foundation with the goal of promoting the education of children.
Children are one third of our population and all of our future. ~Select Panel for the Promotion of Child Health, 1981
Admittedly an unusual piece--but one that may appeal to history buffs ...
This unusual historic piece includes 62 limited-production enameled pins of the flags of most of the countries participating in the first Goodwill Games in Moscow, Russia a quarter-century ago. They include countries whose names and and/or boundaries have changed such as Burma (now Myanmar); Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic and Slovakia); FRG (the Federal Republic of Germany, informally known as West Germany); GDR (the German Democratic Republic, formerly called East Germany); PRK (the people’s Republic of Korea, now known as North Korea); and the USSR (the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics). The Goodwill Games have been discontinued, making this piece even more significant.
If you think it won't look right in your home, what's the harm in removing all 62 pins from their frame and doing something incredibly creative with them?
To see more, please go to http://www.biddingforgood.com/ArtforEducation
These pins could be fantastic on a vest or a hat or something. Need to think of a creative idea.
I think you should show the auction picture of the old storage building at the Pelican Bar that went during Dean. THAT is history to me. Just sayin'
Like that one out at Floyds too.
Here is the picture of Floyd's old storage building--complete with pelicans. As several people have indicated, this is definitely a collector's item. It measures 16" X 20", is matted, and is very nicely framed in white wood.
Nancy is a lifelong artist and is a frequent visitor to Treasure Beach.
For more on this piece and all the other art in the online auction, please go to http://www.biddingforgood.com/ArtforEducation
Now you can own a piece of art by an artist whose work has been featured on the Bill Cosby Show and The Fresh Prince of Bel Air—and is in the art collections of such people as Andre Agassi and Martin Sheen. “City in Blue” is a large and exciting piece with an estimated value of $1,400; the opening bid is $350, and if that’s the highest bid when the auction closes, some very lucky bidder will get it for only 25% of its estimated value.
Here’s the full picture.
And, to show you how intricate the piece is, we’ve included some detail.
If this piece is outside your budget, there are many items priced a lot lower. Please take a look: http://www.biddingforgood.com/ArtforEducation
I love City in Blue!
I just noticed this one, and think it would be a great gift for an avid tennis play or enthusiast. I have seen other pieces created by this artist before--he has a really neat style.
http://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/item/Item.action?id=131321971
Here's another of our offerings--a gorgeous, one-of-a-kind necklace and earrings. If you don't get it for yourself, how about for that special lady in your life?
The set is called "Island Fancy" and it's made by Donna Barnako, an artist whose work has been featured on magazine covers. The necklace features handmade batik and silk beads, vintage beads, and a handmade Murano (Venetian) glass bead purchased on Murano. The silk beads, also shown in the earrings, are hand painted and stenciled Dupioni silk. The necklace is 23" long.
To see this and all the other things in our online auction, please go to http://www.biddingforgood.com/ArtforEducation.
We thank you, and the students of Treasure Beach thank you.
Is this taking the place of the villa raffle for this year or is the art auction in addition to the villa raffle.
Thanks for asking.
Don't worry. Art for Education is in addition to our annual villa raffle.
One of the artists who donated her own art told us she wished she could own this fascinating piece.
The Russian-born artist, Victor Nizovtsev is a masterful oil painter of theatrical figurative composition, fantasy, landscapes, and still life. His art is highly symbolic with hidden clues to help decipher the images. “Praying Halves” is among his several paintings featuring a jester and could be termed one of his “fantasy works.”
See everything in the auction by clicking on this link: http://www.biddingforgood.com/ArtforEducation
All bidding for the Art for Education online auction closes this Sunday night. Please don't forget to place your bids.
Thank you.
The bids are starting to come in. I encourage everyone to check it out, only two more days left! There are still a few items that have not been bid on at all and will go for less than half of their market value. For example, this one:
https://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/item/Item.action?id=132753087
How fitting for today.
Guillaume Azoulay, born in Casablanca and now living in California, was named the official artist of the Kentucky Derby in 1983 because of his exquisite renditions of horses. The strength, movement, and grace of the figures conveyed in this etching are perfect examples of the artist’s signature style.
What is equally extraordinary is this etching will be sold for a mere fraction of its estimated value. It will even be more striking when framed to suit your particular decor.