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vgraf

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Giraffe sold at charity auction

12-01-2020, 07:50 PM

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I recently donated this giraffe puzzle to an online charity auction for Hospital Lumiere in Haiti. This hospital is operated by our church's international relief organization and they hold this auction/fund raiser each year.

It was hilarious watching the bidding for this puzzle. Apparently there were two people who were in a bidding war and because the money went to charity they each had decided to see who could outbid the other. Final sale price when the auction closed, a whopping $655.

Obviously I was delighted and had a good laugh as well as I had put a starting bid value on it at $20.

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12-01-2020, 10:35 PM

Kuddos to a nice job and a fantastic cause!

Linda at www.ArtIngrained.com
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12-02-2020, 03:59 PM

That's fantastic Virgil. Now if you could only get that sort of price at craft fairs you'd be a very rich guy. We can but dream.

Congrats on your contribution to what sounds like a very worthy cause.

Jim in Mexico

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12-02-2020, 09:34 PM

Congratulations on the great sale and contribution it made for the hospital. Beautiful job on it.

Melanie from East TN
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12-03-2020, 09:42 AM

WOW! That is exciting.

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