the top ten auctions of 2012: lessons from the pros

Top Ten Auctions of 2012Lessons from the Pros

Introduction – What We’re Doing Today

• Top Ten Auctions – A quick review

• It’s All About the Items

• Different Auction Formats

• Corporate Auctions

• Smart Partnering

• Where are My Volunteers?

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10 Auctions that Rocked 2012

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BiddingForGood – The Statistics

• 18,000 + auctions run 

• Total items sold: 2 Million +

• Totals bids: 5.2 MM

• Highest number of bids in one hour: 6,781

• Highest number of bids in a single auction: 45,130

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It’s All About the Items

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Harrison Ford Experience(lunch + plane ride)$70,000Navy Seals Motorcycle

$25,000

Classic Lunch Box Collection $10,000

Antique Tea Set $20,000

2011 Smart Car + $500 in gas$12,000

William Wegman Photo Session$10,000

Different Auction Formats –

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Different Auction Formats –

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Different Auction Formats –

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Corporate Auctions –

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Auction Chair

Vice President

Item Team

Item Team

Vice President

Item Team

Item Team

Vice President

Item Team

Item Team

Corporate Auctions –

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What might your company do?

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Sherry’s Homemade Pastries

Tennis Lessons with Thomas

Free Babysitting by Kelsey

Who can help get the word out?

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Media – On Air and In Stadium

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Partner with an event planning company

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Fancy Events, Inc.

Help!

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The Auction Experts

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Q & A

Happy Fundraising!

No one has more experience than we do in helping nonprofits

and schools raise money from auctions.

Our complete, end-to-end auction management solution offers our customers increased opportunity to raise more money and include more of their community in bidding on their auctions

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