Charity Auction - in support of Oklahoma

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Brad Gothard, a pen tuner known within the community of the International Association of Penturners,
has donated one of his fine handcrafted pens made from brass, with detailing etched deeply in, revealing the eye of horus, and Ankh

These pens take hours to craft, and with their weight being made from brass makes them a collectors piece more than a practical piece, or perhaps writing with on special occasions.
Brad does not actively sell his work, so owning one of these is a rare opportunity and extremely limited edition.

100% of this auction, minus the ebay fee if we occur it (not sure if we do for charity auctions). I will cover the postage.
Will be donated to the victims of Oklahoma in light of the recent tragedy.
Our prayers are with everyone affected.

The donation will be sent to the British Red Cross, and i will make it clear the funds are for the Red Cross of America.

Closed end body and lid componentless pen

I invite everyone to bid generously











The Ebay listing is here:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200926399751​
 
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healeydays said:
What a fantastic gesture. I have just bid...
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Thanks for bidding :wink: The faster it creeps up the better! most people know listings on ebay usually don't receive many bids until the last few hours in an attempt to keep the price low. I would hope with this being a charity listing, that logic won't apply. We will see :cool:
 
I usually don't repost, but I posted this on my twitter feed, facebook and linkedin feeds. Let's get the word out.
Brad, what is the most one of your pens have sold for? I would like to see a record for you 10 fold...

Mike B
 
Hi Mike, Im sure it would exceed what I have sold one for under normal circumstances. Charity items generally fetch more than what they would typically sell for. As I only make pens I am commissioned to do, id rather not disclose those prices :smile:
 
Justturnin said:
Well, I just put my max available and was outbid right away. At least it got the price up a little......

Edit,
Since I lost the pen I decided to send the amount I was able to spend straight to the Salvation Army instead.
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Fantastic. Thanks so much for contributing to the salvation army.
 
Thanks Chaps
If anyone would like to submit this to their local news reporters, Perhaps if they ran a little story it would promote the auction attracting a larger amount of bidders in too as its running for a week! not bad on the first day though :smile:

I've submitted it to Sky news
 
I've bumped it as high as I could go today, we'll see where we're at tomorrow, it' over 200 pds now about $350.00, bet it'll get to 500 dollars soon.
 
BradG said:
Thanks Chaps
If anyone would like to submit this to their local news reporters, Perhaps if they ran a little story it would promote the auction attracting a larger amount of bidders in too as its running for a week! not bad on the first day though :smile:

I've submitted it to Sky news
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I have sent it to a couple renown pen collectors I know in the entertainment business. I got a note back from one that he will pass it on to some of his buddies, but he says he has asked his assistant to bid on it already and looking at the price so far, I wouldn't doubt that he has.
 
I've shared it with the local TV stations, lets see if they take time to let people know as they are covering this around the clock.
 
healeydays said:
BradG said:
Thanks Chaps
If anyone would like to submit this to their local news reporters, Perhaps if they ran a little story it would promote the auction attracting a larger amount of bidders in too as its running for a week! not bad on the first day though :smile:

I've submitted it to Sky news
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I have sent it to a couple renown pen collectors I know in the entertainment business. I got a note back from one that he will pass it on to some of his buddies, but he says he has asked his assistant to bid on it already and looking at the price so far, I wouldn't doubt that he has.
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Great to hear. Here's hoping

Russianwolf said:
shared it with a couple radio stations through facebook. Hopefully they spread the word.

Come on, someone knock me off the top..... I have more. :eek:
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lol Mike, the week is still young!

OKLAHOMAN said:
I've shared it with the local TV stations, lets see if they take time to let people know as they are covering this around the clock.
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Here's hoping. I've sent it to a few different media outlets. the more awareness the better
 
I'm not sure what a "pen tuner" is, but Brad sure makes a terrific pen!

Wish I had something equally inspiring to do the same thing here, but my wares are pretty utilitarian... :frown:
 
John its an international listing, and see lots of people from the states bidding on it, so shouldnt be an issue?
 
I don't know if it helped, but I got a couple heavy hitters to retweet a note I put up on Twitter this morning. They have some very large follower numbers, so who knows if that helps or not.
 
I honestly thought when I bid at $550 it would stay there for awhile. :smile:Good to see. Go get em. That area is in line for some more severe storms again today.
 
Way out of my budget, but we have several teams deployed (HHS/NDMS/DMAT) We spend a lot of grateful time taking care of Red Cross folks and the SAR staff and the dogs too! Two of out staff have SAR dogs and work these disasters. My friends and co-workers are the first ones in...we never want to leave. Give what you can...Red Cross got a good chunk of my check today, prayer helps the most. There are several local agency's, Salvation Army and others that need major help. It's raining and cold, these families have the clothes on their backs and literally nothing else. Medium and large flat rate boxes packed with what ever clothes, jackets and so on are easily sent to the area involved. That's for bidding and whatever you can do. My team, DMAT CA-6 did not deploy on this mission, we just hold the hands of the ones that did. God bless them all.
 
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Top man Prof Brad!!!
I had to create a new ebay account from my kindle but I'm in,even if it's not for long.
 
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