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Museum raises $5,000 in first ever art auction

By Don Urquhart, Times Chronicle

Art and history shared the stage on Nov. 18 at the Osoyoos & District Museum and Archives’ inaugural Masterpiece Art Auction raising $4,820 at the live and silent auction alongside $200 in donations in what is hoped will become an annual event.

The fundraiser saw more than 50 people attend an evening featuring Sugar Quail Bakeshop sweets, wine donated by Moon Curser and of course bidding on 19 silent auction items and five live auction pieces of art. 

“For the inaugural event, we felt that the evening was a success,” Museum President Martha Collins said, noting that they met their financial goal for the event. 

Included in the live auction was a framed multi-image photograph by Russel Work, two acrylic on canvas by Wendy Provins and Taryn Brown, a pair of pastel drawings from Iqaluit, Nunavut and a Tragically Hip framed collage which included a platinum LP. 

Collins said 57 pieces of art ranging from paintings, to photography, sculptures, carvings, pottery and more were donated, with the majority by local and Okanagan artists. These were paired down to a more manageable 24 auction items and some of the smaller items were placed for sale in the Museum’s gift shop.

The idea came about during the pandemic and now that events have fully opened up again, the decision was made to go ahead with this unique fundraising event.

Collins says she wasn’t surprised with the number of pieces that were donated because “the community has been so generous with the museum.” She adds it was a “wonderful surprise to see the quality of the pieces that people wanted us to have so that we could take their donation and turn it into support for the Museum.”

Next year may see some minor tweaking like displaying the art online prior to the event, alongside holding the event earlier in the fall. 

Auctioneer for the night was Tony Acland from Okanagan Falls who has been working in the profession for many years and now focuses almost exclusively on charity events. Acland was auctioneer for the Osoyoos Rotary Club’s Lobsters on the Beach which saw a record fundraising in part from the live auction.

“Fundraising is different from other kinds of auctions, according to Acland. “You can have more fun with it,” he says. And just in case you’re wondering, there is formal training involved to be an auctioneer, and yes, he does practice. “You’ve got tongue twisters that you say and number sequences that I run through when I’m driving,” he adds with a laugh. 

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