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Become a bidder in the CLA silent auction!
Support the work of the Children’s Literature Assembly and own a piece of art!
Bids on each auction item can be submitted via email until midnight (Eastern Standard Time) of November 16, 2015. Email bids should be submitted to Silent Auction Chairperson, Dr. Catherine Kurkjian at . Bids can also be submitted in person at the Children’s Literature Assembly Breakfast on Sunday, November 22, 2015, until 9:00 a.m.
Winners with the highest bid will be announced at the closing of the Children’s Literature Assembly Breakfast. It is not necessary to be present at the breakfast to win.
Download this form CLA Auction Bid Form to submit a bid by email prior to the Children’s Literature Assembly Breakfast.
To be considered, a bid must contain the following information:
Name of person submitting bid:
Mailing Address:
Phone Number:
Email:
Amount of bid:
Artwork for which individual is bidding:
(Note: All dimensions are L X W.)
____ Mary Jane and Herm Auch
“Chickerella arrives at the Fowl Ball.” This is a
giclee print is the only one made of this image, thus far from MJ and Herm Auch’s Chickerella (Holiday House). The image is 11”x17” and the dimensions including the frame are 20”x24”.
Suggested starting bid: $60.00 for a starting bid.
____ Eric Carle
This 8”x10” poster signed by Eric Carle commemorates the 45th Anniversary of The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Philomel Books) originally published in 1969. The poster is a tissue paper and paint collage of this very colorful and beloved character.
Suggested starting bid: $40.00
____ Bryan Collier
Bryan Collier's original watercolor-and-collage (15” x 22.5”) portrays Marion Anderson’s historic performance at the Lincoln Memorial. This work of art appears in My Coutry, ‘Tis of Thee: How One Song Reveals the History of Civil Rights (Henry Holt and Co.).
Suggested starting bid: $150
____ David Michael Friend
3 Scenes from Daniel and the Great Bearded One (2007): Prints
Dimensions of each print: 10 X 20”
Suggested starting bid: $30/print $60 for all 3 prints
____ Jamie Harper
This 11’X11” work of art was originally created in pen and ink for a board book by author/llustrator Jamie Harper published in 2007, Night Night Baby Bundt: A Recipe for Nightime, published by Candlewick. Working in mixed media and based on the board book image, Jamie created this original signed work in block printing and collage.
Suggested starting bid: $75
____ Stacy Innerst
3 images which are signed and numbered archival giclee prints of original paintings from the book, M is for Music (HMH Books for Young Readers) by Kathleen Krull.
The description and dimensions are as follows:
J is for Jazz. Oil and acrylic on illustration board. 20" X 11"
G is for Guitar. Oil and acrylic on illustration board and tin. 20" X 11"
Q is for Quartet. Oil and acrylic on illustration board and tin. 10" X 11"
Suggested starting bid:$75 each for J, G and Q
$200 for all three
____ Oliver Jeffers
The original from which this Lithographic print (426mmX 598 mm) was made is mixed media on paper. It is Edition 250, signed by Oliver Jeffers and includes an executive seal. The image is taken from the book Heart and the Bottle (Philomel Books) and is now an award winning app
Suggested starting bid: $75.00
____ Stephen Johnson
The image area is 7.5 x 9 inches and it is a monoprint on paper from the Caldecott Honor Book Alphabet City (Viking).
Suggested starting bid: $100
____ Grace Lin
This is an original work of art is roughly 6X4inches, painted in gouache for Storyworks Magazine, entitled "The Paper Piano."
Suggested starting bid: $125
____ Loren Long
This is a print from one of Loren Longs’s picture books in press, Little Tree (Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Books).The print is 7 1/2 " (length) by 9 1/2" (width). "As an artist, I wanted the illustrations to be spare as well. I chose to illustrate the book from the same vantage point throughout--as though the reader was taking a seat in the audience of a theatre and watching a play unfold.”
Suggested starting bid: $100
____ Melissa Sweet
Signed print (9”x 12”) from the Caldecott Honor bookA River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams,Illustrated by Melissa Sweet and written by Jen Bryant (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2009). The art iswatercolor andmedia collage a vintage book cover.
Suggested starting bid:$100
____ Raina Telgemeier
An original page from the Babysitters Club graphic novel by Ann M. Martin
Artwork dimensions: 11X 14”
Suggested starting bid: $50
____ Mark Trevisan
Two signed prints (25cm width x 30cm height) from Agata and the Magical Stone. They were published in an Italian kid's fashion magazine, "Style Piccoli". The illustrations accompanied a short story. The art is mixed media of acrylic and collage.
Suggested starting bid: $100 per print$150.00 per print
Checks should be made payable to the Children’s Literature Assembly. Winners not present at the Children’s Literature Assembly Breakfast will be notified by phone and e-mail after November 23, 2015. Please mail checks to:
Catherine Kurkjian
Central Connecticut State University
Department of Literacy, Early Childhood and Elementary Education
1615 Stanley Street
New Britain, CT 06053