Relief Sale Virtual Auction Tour
If it has been a long time since you have been at the MCCS Relief Sale in Saskatoon, or if you have never attended at all, this page gives you a chance to look around, and with some imagination, experience the Sale virtually.
This is also an opportunity to run into many friends and acquaintances, and to stop to chat a while with them.
Time to sign up for Auction Bid numbers
Auction area before it filled up
The restored Chevy - big attraction
close up of the well-advertised car
some other items for auction
Claire Ewert Fisher - MCCS Director, opening the 50th anniversary celebration
Greetings from MLA Nancy Heppner
Opposition Leader, Cam Broten, with greetings
Claire sharing the Relief Sale's history
more stories, and invitation to have cake
Duff Warkentin leading in singing 602
The audience, ready for the auction to begin
The auctioneer donating his services again, was Richard Mierau. The first auction item was 50 zwiebac (buns) in a basket. Edith Krahn, part of the sale leadership team, baked them and brought them almost still warm from the oven. They sold for $2,100. Thank you!
Auctioneer starting Sale with the symbolic sale of bread
quilts were displayed and auctioned off
another view of the participatory audience
on to next quilt smoothly presented
spotters busy watching for nods
the spotter's view of the audience
Claire and Leonard Doell watching Sale
the next quilt is displayed and ready
white-gloved ladies fold n' bag quilts
Horse quilt sale - made by 10 yr old girl - $500!
roll-top desk and chair being auctioned
Durant jersey with photos up next
peeking into the 1954 Chev Bel Air Sedan, now selling!
if you opened the door you saw this...
intense concentration of many on car bids!
spotters with eyes on bidders for the car
Silent Auction tables - also taking written bids
another view of the Silent Auction displays
Free 50th Anniversary cake for all!
These are just some of the highlights. You really had to be there to get the full impact of this tremendous Relief Sale. You can read a report with the final totals, etc., here: 2014 Relief Sale Summary. You may also want to Inspect the Quilts Photos, and Other Displays/Sales
[last updated - Dec/23/2021]
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