OK, picking up where I left off. The author panel was fantastic. These guys were informative and funny. The principal of Marcos De Niza High School acted as the moderator, and he spread the questions throughout the panel.
After the discussion it was time for the raffle and auction. You could buy raffle tickets that would get you anything from a signed New Moon to an ARC(Advanced Readers Copy) of an author’s latest novel. They probably pulled about 10 raffle winners or so.
Next it was time for the auction. Now truth be told I pretty much knew I was going to go down to Kara, but I figured I could keep it going awhile. What I didn’t anticipate was that each item auctioned would go for as much money as it did. I mean I guessed that the signed manuscripts and ARCS would be in the area of $300-$500 because that’s what I’ve seen them go for on ebay…boy was I wrong. Here’s the rundown of what each item went for courtesy of Shannon Hale’s blog(that also has a really cool write up):
Twilight ARC – $1500
The Host skateboard deck – $1200
Marked early ms of The Host and Eclispe went for about $4,500 each
Forever Dawn epilogue – $5100
Lunch with Stephenie (not at Taco Time) – $6500 (two winners each paying $6500)
So, midway through this auction my phone goes crazy. Seriously, it’s like I’m being hit with a cattle prod. It’s Kara texting me going, “Ouch are we in trouble.” Yes ouch, my malfuntioning phone was tasering my read end! However, we were dedicated to giving a good show and I was prepared to bid up to about $3,200 or so on a dress I was really sure I would fit into with almost no alterations necessary.
So the bidding starts and Kara and I go back and forth for a second and then the guy behind us leaps the price by thousands. You can see what happened in the video. I offered to flip Kara some extra money ( you can’t really hear that in the video) thinking we could share the dress since we live nearby, but this guy was seriously going to bankroll over us. In the end the winner was Allison of Twifans who was with the guy holding the bidding card. Both Kara and I were really happy knowing that a fan got the dress and not someone who was just going to flip it on Ebay!
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