the details

Thanks to all of you who have replied to our previous post regarding this auction! It’s wonderful to know there is still a little more support we can give Aubry and Nate.

After some discussion, we’ve decided that our community has shown enough interest in moving forward, so we will!

This is just a quick note with the details we’ve worked out so far concerning donating your items.

We would like to have information and pictures of items to be donated by Monday, January 29th, and we’re projecting the auctions will start 1 week later (though possibly earlier) February 5. We also plan on having a preview of items to tempt you ;) ! We would like to limit donated items to 2 per person. If we receive more donations than anticipated, we will decide which items we’d like to put in the auction.

We are debating whether or not it will be necessary to have donated items shipped to a central location (Sara’s house) where she will then take on the responsibility of shipping sold items. The alternative is to have donators ship items to the sellers.

So, in your email kindly include the following information:
1. Item description
2. a few good shots of the item and detail shots if necessary (for hats or necklaces, maybe a shot on a body)
3. an estimated value (what would you like the items to start at), and a lower price you would be okay with them it selling for (for example, if you’ve made a necklace you feel is worth $20, would you be disappointed if it sold for $10? Remember lower starting prices sometimes raise more interest, thus more $$!)
4. Please answer whether or not you would be willing to mail packages directly to the buyer within 48 hours of notification of received payment (we would notify you that payment has been received and give you the mailing address)

Sara (gilded_garb) has offered both her ebay & paypal accounts for our use. We will take all responsibility for posting items and receiving payment.

If you have any questions regarding any of this please email us at


Thanks again for your kindness and compassion!

a benefit auction?

This post is directly from my livejournal, reposted here for people not on my friends list but interested in helping!! Thanks for you time!

"Hello all kind and wonderful people in LJ land--

As you may already have heard, a friend to many of us, girliegirl32786 was recently affected by a fire .

Aubry and Nate were very foturnate in not losing everything, but they did have to find a new place to live and will be moving very hastily. Due to other circumstances, I believe times have been a bit tough for both of them as Nate recently lost a job and Aubry is a fulltime student.

I was moved by their situation, especially when hearing about the fire and wanted to do something to extend a helping hand.

My thought was to have a benefit auction of costume related items. Another fundraiser started by jennylafleur has been successful and I know many of my own LJ friends have already donated but also showed interested in donating items to such an auction.

I am willing to organize the auction (with the help of the lovely gilded_garb , who has graciously offered her assistance) but want it to be successful and wondered who would be interested in donating, what would be donated, and also if you would be willing to bid on donated items?

If there is a great enough response to this we will definately move forward with the auction.

Again, the idea was that the auction would be for costume related items so that we could keep it managable. This list is all thing costume--things every costumer loves like movies, books, fabrics, trims, accessories (jewelry, gloves, shoes, bags, hats), whole costumes or even costume pieces (maybe things you've kept in case your friends need something to wear, or things you've grown out of and have been meaning to donate somewhere else)!

Also, I know that everyone of us has a talent that isn't always directly related to costume: knitting, crocheting, sketching, drawing, etc. and these items would also be appreciated (if I've left something off this list that you'd like to donate, please let me know).

Our decision to move forward should be made very soon, so I will be considering responses to this post until 11am on Monday (as the other fundraiser will end at 12 noon on Monday).

Other things to note about the auction and how it will work are:
-this auction will be secrety organized, Aubry doesn't know anything about it
-the monies raised by the auction will be for Aubry and Nate to use at their discretion for whatever needs they have
-items donated and bid on will pay their own ebay fees

You can contact me for this cause at

Thanks so much for your consideration and to everyone who has already donated! Your generosity will truly touch their hearts! Please spread the word about our little project, we would love to give all the help we can!"