DEBT DEPLETION DAY
AUCTION INFORMATION
(In addition to our online auction – see below – we will be celebrating our 20th Anniversary – aka, Debt Depletion Day – in the store on Saturday, May 24th at 7pm, with a party and some live auction items as well. We will have all the auction items, live or online, on display.)
As we approach the anniversary of our 20th year in bookselling it has dawned on us that we are in fact running a business. This comes as a shock and a disappointment; for years we believed that elves were visiting our store at night with loads of cash and front list titles. This of course allowed us the peace of mind to pursue our carefree and playful forays against the saturnine realities of big industry. Alas, the advent of online banking has revealed the sad truth: there are no elves. A shabby matrix of distended credit lines prop up our make-believe world. Darn. We’re not in imminent danger of closing, but we are feeling the weight of 20 years of accumulated debt. Looking ahead, we’re gunning for a fresh start, so we’re having an auction to benefit ourselves. It’s a little bit weird, but not totally surprising. Here’s the link to our online DEBT DEPLETION STORE auction site on ebid.net: And here are some things you’ll find there: |
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| CHRIS RASCHKA - original cover art and text overlays for "Arlene Sardine". Gadzooks. |
BILL HARLEY - This ain't no Carl Kasell on your answering machine! Bill Harley - yeah, the Grammy-winning Bill Harley - will write YOU a song. A family song, a school song, or a special occasion song - you choose. |
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| JON AGEE - original art from "Elvis Lives", courtesy the whiteout king... |
DAVID SMALL - original pen and ink wash study for "When Dinosaurs Came With Everything". Yum. |
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| DEBRA FRASIER - the ultimate Debra Frasier collection: five signed books, three posters, one video, and a gaggle of bookmarks. |
DON BROWN - watercolor and pencil sketch for forthcoming book, "Let It Begin Here! The Battle of Lexington and Concord". Mmmm. |
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| JACK GANTOS - a signed collection of odd and essential books from the man who once rode his bike off the roof of his house. |
BRIAN SELZNICK - original artwork/assemblage commemorating The Invention of Hugo Cabret. (Pencil sketch and antique watch parts, framed.) Amazing. |
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| KEVIN HENKES - original Lilly drawing. Charmant. |
SUSAN MEDDAUGH - original artwork (title page) from "Martha Walks the Dog." Woof. |
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ARTHUR GEISERT - original hand-printed dummy for "Oink Oink". That's 32 pages of actual etchings. Unbelievable. |
DANIEL PINKWATER - signature collection. No, really, it's a collection of his signatures. |
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JON SCIESZKA -
three disembodied Stinky Cheese Heads salvaged from a doomed marketing strategy, and signed by the nation's primordial Children's Book Laureate. Hail to the Chief. |
MARK TEAGUE - original painting for "How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?" by Jane Yolen. (pp. 30-31) Swee-eeet. |
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| BRAD SNEED - original oil painting from "The Unbeatable Bread", by Lyn Littlefield Hoopes. Framed. Brilliant and blue. |
JANE YOLEN - a rare offering of five out-of-print classics signed by the author, plus other other cool stuff. |
AND MUCH MUCH MORE! |
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