WGBH Channel 2 Auction; 1980 Auction

Bernard down and by the cube are more than you got by the. Day. Where are you. Well here I am over here and we're going to I'm very stage oh my gosh we just got a very special item here and I got to tell you about it. They are over and it's amazing and I can't. Wait. You. Go kind of David here in just a minute everybody who'll be driving one of these in five years and you can be the first on your block. How do I get out of the state the rest of the night. You can't leave now. We're going to sell off a couple of items. First of all we're going to sell off a 19 inch color TV item number 8 8 8 6 which goes to a high bidder for $450 and an electric stove. Item Number 3 1 6 2 which goes to a high bidder for two hundred eighteen dollars. And. Two weeks in Haiti a trip to Haiti for two for a week. I'm sorry a trip to Haiti for two for a week. Retail value. Nine hundred twenty four dollars that went to a high bidder for $1250. Fantastic. OK. Now let's let's.

Let's play let's go we don't have get you out of here because we want to show people what's inside. And we need it can we get some help here to lift up lift out of this. It says on the form is every child's dream and as you can see we have the largest child we could find to get in it. And the most enthusiastic This is a sturdy fiberglass body Go-Kart as you can see this body comes off and inside you have a powerful lawnmower engine. It doesn't have any gas. But if it had gas it would probably start right up. It can be driven with or without the body as you can see it is pneumatic tires a steel frame and this engine has three horsepower. That's right. The body is blue if you're watching that in black and white. What what what what the body will have to put the body back on. It's got steering. And it's got a brake and it's got a gas pedal. What more could you ask. Actually I'm not sure about the brakes. It seems to have a brake anyway. OK. The resale value of this item is six hundred ninety five dollars. It is item number 1 5 7 0 9. It was donated by Jeffrey Goodwin Morris of Brookline Massachusetts thank you. And. We're looking

for. Lots of money for that item your kid would love it. Think of a birthday or some other holiday coming up. And the Wrangler on the side by the. By the way has a little blue jeans stitching on it. So if you like blue jeans. This is. Designer blue jean truck. OK. Now the next item we have is very special. It is item number 3 3 2. It is a celebrity dinner. Celebrity Dinner for six with the author of. Bestsellers coma. And Sphinx. Robin Cook. Now Robin Cook is an ophthalmologist. He had a very successful practice and then decided to become a writer and he wrote coma and I'm sure many of you have seen the movie. It was a very successful film a very successful novel. Sphinx was also a successful novel soon to be we hope a successful film. And you can be one of six people that dine with Robin Cook. At the Ritz. On July 16th. Now you will dine with Robin Cook and his wife. At the Ritz-Carlton which is at on King Street in Boston. It is the elegant and airy it's called and it says here it is one of the

finest dining experiences in the city. I have the menu. From the Ritz-Carlton This is the luncheon menu. We get a shot of that. I'm not even going to try to read any of the French names in here but it's. One of the finest menus and I'm sure one of the finest restaurants in the city. And you have a chance to dine with six people at this restaurant and author Robin Cook. For your high bid now. I just dropped the paper here it will get it. Hello. And. Again this is item number 9 3 3 2. I repeat it a dinner for six with author Robin Cook of Komar and Sphinx two best selling novels. It'll be a fabulous experience this man I'm told is a true renaissance man. He's a physician he's a writer he's interested in all kinds of things will be a fabulous and fascinating conversation and you can invite five of your friends along to join you in that conversation. I'm sure it will be a wonderful experience. The. Dinner was donated by the Ritz Carlton of Boston. The retail value is $500. The item number is 9 3 3 2. And we'll we're looking for some good bids on this so.

Let's go. David right here are right here in L.A. where the vice mayor of Boston ensouled and he's done very well and thanks for helping him sell off plays. OK David. In. The case of crazy fun children's show donated by American air Ashong of Cambridge Mass. The retail value of forty eight dollars sells for $49. The autographed copy of Time magazine with the. Autographs of Eric and Beth Heidi. Donated by W H A V public television in Madison Wisconsin. With now Schadt retail value. Sold. For $100. The interior lose the shot is. Donated by concepts of stone with the retail value of $325. Sold for $102. Grade Five for somebody.

The painting graphic. And Title life. Donated by Dr. Joseph Harrington asto. What. The retail value. Of $100. Sold. Forty. The. Plate. Donated by Bliz incorporated of Needham. Well the retail value of twenty five dollars shawls. Two hundred and thirty dollars. And finally. The jacket dress. Donated by Kay Windsor of. Dartmouth. The retail value of seventy six dollars. Sold at a bargain price of forty five. Thank you very much. Thank you and Sullivan great help to us. We appreciate it. And our vying to

take will be for another one of those people who are so terribly important to the auction because he represents a company that is one of the underwriters of the day and he Sergeant Goodchild. Let's. Call. Him. First. The first item on the list is a micro computer printer. It's a high speed desk top non-impact. 80 column printer complete with a parallel interface. It's perfect for a home hobby or small business use. It prints dot matrix characters at a rate of 150 lines per minute. It's quiet compact and fully warranteed by Centronics. It was donated by Centronics of Hudson New Hampshire. It has a retail value of four hundred ninety five dollars. And it's Item Number 2 5 2 1. Next item is a chafing dish. It's a golden classic line combining silver and

14. Carat gold electroplate. It's suitable for traditional or contemporary setting. Inside it has an oven proof port sized liner. It was donated by the FBI Roger silver company Oton. It is a retail value of $72. It is item number 1 8 0 5 7. Next item is a table lamp and shade it's a tea caddy table lamp. A Trump. So I would design. It is a plain off white linen shade it accommodates a three way bulb. The color is brown and it's approximately 28 inches high. It has been donated by Beckenham or of Wellesley. It has a retail value of $120. It's item number 7 1 6 2. The next item is a sterling silver and gold cigarette holder.

It is a French antique art nouveau cigarette holder decorated with a formally dressed 1920s lady who is smoking. There are berries hanging from branches with leaves the cigarette holder marked Paris and in an original marked leather case. It was donated by a friend of channel 2 from Andover. It has a retail value of 200 dollars and it's Item Number 1 5 3 3 6. The last item is a framed water color ink on paper. It's a picture of a barn at weld main. It's a summer landscape. The predominant colors are blue with a gray barn. It's by a road with a green fields. It has been donated by Priscilla Montgomery of Cambridge. It has a retail value of 200 dollars and it's Item Number 1 8 7 for. The last item. Is a jacket dress worn by Ya-Ya. It's a sleeveless

V-neck shift dress in a natural color. The jacket is natural and has an embroidered cruel look. The flowers are in a contrasting medium brown. It's the cotton and polyester. It's not exchangeable. The size is eight. It was donated by Kay Windsor. Of North Dartmouth. It has a retail value of $72. And it's Item Number 4 8 5 8. Times its go trial. Thank you very much. We are now at table See for example see in his bill Harrington has done wonderfully. Go ahead Bill. We have done wonderfully and perhaps one of the most popular things that we've done so far is the tons of bubble gum mix. There's 24 pouches to the case donated by the American aerosol corporation of Cambridge. It's valued at $36 and it's going for $40. But you ought to love us. Here's a ceramic sculpture called the Rocking Horse donated by Mrs. Henry Rossett of Newton. The

retail value of $400 and it's going for $400 so far we haven't lost a dime. This is the cube it can be used for a small table or anything that you'd care to use it for donated by business equipment. The retail value $150 it is going for one hundred twenty five dollars. This wonderful volume of the Boston advertiser a series of newspapers dating from July 16 to July 30th 1921 donated by Sherry and Mark Mint's of Lynn Massachusetts valued at one hundred dollars is going to that wonderful person for one hundred and eleven dollars. Next. Sarah Graff printed by John Avakian donated by Fred Chia Magglio of Lincoln retail value one hundred eighty dollars. It is going for one hundred dollars. And unfortunately the dress lost to the new Joe will have to try harder next year.

This two piece so dress donated by L.H. Rogers of Salem is going up. Joe is going out. Nothing would please anyone more. I know it is now. One hundred and twenty five dollars. All and going again going again. Joe Joe one hundred twenty five dollars just ready to go. One more time. One more time. No no no. It. It's sold for one hundred and twenty five dollars an hour. I'm so bored. I feel. Great Larry thanks. For. The quick cable I heard. Hater. Of course. Of the me right here. This is Ryan. Ryan why should have been very high on this point because this sport is very special the first thing Ryan wants you to look at. Is the king quickie. Which is

ladies and gentlemen a woodstove. Ryan wants you to buy this wood stove and he wants you to buy it very very badly. You know how you look over here. Here we go Ryan we're going to move out. All right. All they have the abundant life farm incorporated of like me in New Hampshire has a combi. Fire wood stove. Cast iron freestanding combination air tight. And also fire Vueling stove that means you can see it in there. It's fancy. It is donated by the abundant life farm incorporated like New Hampshire's night of $299. It's going to go in five minutes you need a woodstove get to get the bids in there in a hurry please. OK. Me and Ryan want you to know that the Boston by foot tour donated by Boston my foot. Elaine Steger of Westwood One for $25. The THP restaurant donated a $50 dinner and it went for there in Salem Of course. We had five high that on the cow shed of Westborough $10 gift certificate and it went the high. That was

$11. We had two season passes donated by the Patriots cinemas and cooperative Hingham for the cinema. Brookline and it went for ninety one dollars a 106 on a pretty good value there. Three nights lodging from the panorama motor lodge of Bourne valued at $75 went for $75. We had three high bids on the meat package from the De Costa Company of Wilborn cost value to 35 the high bid was forty five. We had two weeks free camping and Yusif canoe etc from the south arm campground of South our main VEIDT at 75 bucks. What do we do with our $125 that's pretty fancy good now. We had the champagne package from the Radisson fern Groff in Denver's lodging etc.. From what Viking world travel and reading. And it valued at 73 went for $69. And finally we had the mini vacation for two people at Yarmouth gardens motor lodge and the Garmin gardens motel in West

Yarmouth valued at $70. Going up going up and went at seventy seven dollars. Let me recap the King quickly. We have a combination fire wood stove donated by the abundant life farm of Loch mere. It's a two hundred ninety nine value $299 currently at 200 you know you need a woodstove. It's going to go in three minutes let's spin the board. Here we go. All right. First of all we have right here my buddy Ryan and I would like you to have a look at eye glasses. We have two the two highest bidders eye glasses a gift certificate worth $50 for purchase of eyeglasses prescription or nonprescription sunglasses donated by Optik of Cambridge fifty dollar value in eyeglasses to highest bidders. Next we have this all if you live down on the Cape and you want Cablevision Cape Cod Cablevision is going to make that possible for you. They're located in South Yarmouth. If you're in the cable area of Barnstable Yarmouth

Dennis Hardwick's or Chatham. Six months free is free installation and service of HBO movies etc. on your cape cod Cablevision service seventy dollar value. Next I have a $100 exchange for $100 value from Seal type of New-England there in Burlington. Now what they will do they have storm doors replacement doors storm windows porch and closes all of that aluminum etc storm window business seal tide of New England has a gift certificate worth a hundred dollars for. Any of those purchases storm windows and storm doors especially Next I have a gift certificate $50 for plans from the Crocker nursery of Brewster if you're anywhere near Brewster you can get to the Crocker nursery $50 worth of any kinds of plants that they have at the Crocker nursery. Next. I have a small tree a lovely small tree it's called a tea crab. It's a hardy tree. Ten to 12 feet high. Beautiful pink white blossoms. This is

donated by the Amalia's tree surgeon. Of Manchester. Fifty dollar value is lovely. The crab apple tree. There you go. Next I have to the four highest bidders. Certificates $15 gift certificate for dinners. The shuttle restaurant of Waltham Julia Middlebrook is the donor. And this will be still tickets can be applied to alcoholic beverages. Anything anything you like. Next. My buddy Ryan and I have a gift certificate. To the three highest bidders $20 dollar gift certificates for dinner for the keepers to admire. If you're anywhere near the keepers to a restaurant in Marber a $20 gift certificate to the three highest bidders awards dinner. Next I have dinner with wine for four people. This is in North. Go white cliffs and Northborough dinner with wine for people worth $50. Wednesday and Thursday and Sunday. All right. Wednesday Thursday and Sunday only up to Northborough. Next I have a pair of tickets.

Oh this is from the Clark University performing arts series. Ryan just had a brief glimpse of these things that he says they're terrific. Clark University Performing Arts Series in Worcester. A pair of orchestra seats for the entire series. 1980 81 they all include five performances of dance theater and music by at sixty dollars. Buy it. Buy it. Finally we're going to sell a king quickie the commie firewood stove donated by the abundant life farm incorporated of watched their. Value to 299 increased by about $300 and. Oh great. The. Worst was. On. The. Channel 2 is grateful to look at McCall and Werner for their generous help in underwriting part of the cost of the day of the auction. Legat McCaughan Warner is a full service commercial and industrial corporation which shares channel to its commitment to excellence and service to the community. If it's Drunkery you're after this jungle we've got deep in the heart of studio being our friends at the Charles overbreeding laboratories we're fly their handbag for the safari.

Your likes. I am Lieutenant Governor Tom O'Neil here to talk to you about some of the fantastic beard you can have here in Studio B. First let's look at a chance of a lifetime safari in Africa. The 1980 Channel Channel 2 Action presents one of the most intriguing items. A safari for two in Africa. Item Number 1 6 5 5 1. This is the donation of the Winblad travel corporation of Westport Connecticut and valued at sixty four hundred dollars. First you'll fly from Boston or New York to Nairobi Kenya your trip courtesy of Charles overbreeding labs of Wilmington Massachusetts. Once a day you'll spend 17 exciting days in Kenya seeing all the variety this beautiful place has to offer from Nairobi travel through musée County to Amboseli with its tree climbing lions and then to Samburu on the nearby river where you might see a black leopard or a family of elephants returning to Nairobi through the Mara game reserve. There is a chance to view the planes from a hot air

balloon once again. The Safari itself is courtesy of Winblad travel of Westport Connecticut and this trip to Africa. Again courtesy of the Charles River breeding labs of Wilmington Massachusetts. The item number 1 6 5 5 1 and the retail value is sixty four hundred dollars. A bracelet and it's a lovely bracelet 18 karat yellow gold. It has Tiger rye and Diamond hinged bangles. It's a 30 round diamond and its weight is point A to carats. It's been donated by Firestone and Parsons of Boston and the retail value is two thousand dollars. The item number is twenty three hundred dollars. It's an oil painting the next item and the item number is 1 2 1 4 5. It's a framed portrait of a young woman and the size of the painting is approximately 30 inches

by 25 or if you're using the metric system these days it's 77 by 65 centimeters. The painting was done in 1914. The colors are dark greens black and flesh tones. The frame is gilded wood with carved oak leaves. Be honest is someone I think a lot of us would know it's Thomas Kassa could call and the title of this painting is Portrait of a young lady. It's been that donated by Mr. Mrs. Jack Kockott of Islington Massachusetts and the retail value is twenty five hundred dollars. Again the item number is 1 2 1 4 5 fan docker of Boston designer of this elegant cocktail dress modeled exquisitely by Barbara G. This the theory all navy blue silk chiffon evening dress is gathered at the waist line and fashioned with a ruffled bodice. The coco lining shimmer through the Navy blue to enhance the total effect. You supply the high bid and that is it should be said however the dress is for a size 8. Again this has been donated

by the doctor of Boston. The item number is 9 9 9 2 and the retail value for this lovely dress is eleven hundred dollars. Our last item is another exciting trip this time we have a luxurious trip to South America. Item Number 1 6 5 5 0 is a truly extraordinary vacation. This is one you'll talk about for years. It's a 52 day cruise for two around South America and this package valued at fifteen thousand two hundred and forty dollars has been donated to Channel 2 by the Delta steamship lines. You'll board one of four sister ships of the Delta lines out of Los Angeles Delta cruising as a first class way for people to relax and begin to unwind and still see all the sights and sounds of a spectacular Cruise simply lean on the rail and watch the changing scenery scene. Jungle desert snow capped mountains and majestic hobbit's shore excursions offer ample opportunities to tour the local sights and shop for native

crafts antiques and precious metals from Los Angeles you will cruise down the west coast of Mexico to Manzanillo one of Mexico's Riviere Mexican Riviera newest resorts and the gateway to Guadalajara and Port Lavaca other ports of call are Colombia Venezuela and Brazil. Now you've crossed the equator. You're ready for Rio's beautiful sights and beautiful beaches. Rio is one of the most breathtaking and or inspiring urban views of the entire world. You'll travel down the East Coast to Brazil and then again to Argentina Chile and Peru. 52 days cruising the continent of South America. A unique holiday for anyone. This cruise Fatou is subject to space availability and valid from June 15th 1983 June 15th 1981. The Delta steamship lines has donated the special cruise for the last three years to the Channel 2 option. Take this opportunity to explore with Delta lines the special pleasures of an ocean cruise. Again the item number is 1 6 5 5 0 and

the current bid is eighty one hundred dollars. Now ladies and gentlemen for one of the high spots of the channel to auction number 15 channel to auction the coin hall and here is Phil conure executive producer of the whole auction to tell you all about it and present the people who are going to. Try. OK for the fourth time in the history the challenger auction is going to have a coin hall. First of all get the football fans out of the way to the donas of $1000 Coopers and libron for the fourth univocal have donated a thousand dollars to channel 2 for use in the coin hall and now I'd like it to me give a big round of applause to the fellow who is the high bidder at six hundred eighty dollars for this year's right to be the coin hall for Natick

cried Grant Clyde. I want you all to know that Clyde is wearing the official coin hall uniform which consists of the challenge to auction T-shirt and suspenders. And you folks at home and those of you here in the studio can also have a cornhole uniform by buying a T-shirt and bidding on the suspenders on the table. When they go up later on this evening. Now Clyde does not come along alone. He has bought a cheery section formerly known as the Clyde Grant fan club and that's how come in here now. And to take this behind the table where they can see what's happening and cheer Clyde along in here. OK we've got over here we have Katie Clifford and we have Gordon

Grant and Tom in my G Milligan and the lovely and talented Joanne can't pronounce the last name. And in-front. Is Kristin Grant. Hi Christine. How are you doing. How old are you. How do you think class is going to do at the coin hall this evening. Do you know how much money he has to to pull out of that container. When you pass 1000. How many do you think he'll get out. I will file all of it right down to the last nickel. You think he might give some of it to you on for some reason. Yeah he's probably going to. Oh well yes let's check that out. Clyde you paid 680 for that to be the coin hauler and that's all paid and put away. We've got that money what are you going to do with your money when the night's over. Pay tolls on the MassPike. Well I guess that I go back and forth for a year or two anyways. OK. Now here's how it

works very quickly for those of you that are not familiar with the coin how we have a thousand dollars in coin in this container to our left. Nickels dimes half dollars and quarters. There are seventy seven hundred coins all together and we have an empty container to the right over here exactly 15 feet away. And Clyde is going to have one minute and 15 seconds to haul as much coin as he can any way he wants from one to the other. Now one rule when the time is up if he has any coins. Claudel splain this to you too. Any coins you have in your hand. Outside here you can go all the way over and put them in. OK. Coins that land on top of the container. Here we scoop into the hole for you. Those that land on the floor belong to us. OK. And we have official company sweepers ready to scoop right handed. Get a hold of them. OK. All set to go. Sure. Oh get up get in position over here. We've got

some with a stopwatch on the table has the one minute 15 second stopwatch and Christian watch you come right over here and watch what he puts in. OK. Yes set Clyde. I'll try to give you an idea of how many seconds you've got left now and then as you go along. Everybody ready. Ready call on. Your. Man. This is the third trip. How much time you got. You still get a minute Clyde. I think you have to run faster. Thirty seconds have gone by. I've just

been compromised I think. Let's. Go. All right. One minute gone by 15 to go 15 seconds. Well. You took the time to stop showing my pocket. I thought I was going to be a nickel. Came out to be a half dollar. I'll hold on to this you may need it in a few minutes to bring that fold up to what it should be. OK.

So there it is. Now we're going to take a short break here from the coin Hall of activity and take the box of coins over to a coin counter provided by the print company these of all us quite well my sweepers. To get to work. There we go. We're going to count them. We're back in just a few moments to see how well you've done. OK now back to the auction David. Oh boy do. They think right now what was happening. These things are not funny. But we're going over the table. If we can let it go by here just a little bit and we can go to the table. And Marsha Hawley who is going to restore the common themes of the auction. Go ahead with table NYC. For our first table. We have a bracelet. The bracelet is 14 carat gold with Oriental design for Tubular Jade pieces. Each of the little sections in between the pieces has a different design it's really quite beautiful. It's doany by Foxborough jewelers in Foxboro

retail value is $350. Item number 3 0 9 0. Next we have a two speed cassette deck. It's got one seven agent three and three quarters speed it's exclusive broadband electronic circuitry at a higher speed it can actually exceed performance it's promised by a promise by the new metal tapes that are out in the market now. It's donated by EBIZ Avnet and tech Hi-Fi. Retail value $350 and is item number 1 3 0 9 8. Next we have a one stop plus one step plus Polaroid camera. It's a special cue like Flash automatically regulated to give you the right amount of light for perfect exposure every time from four to 9 feet. This set of four AA batteries and that's donated by Polaroid corporation of Cambridge. Retail value is sixty eight dollars you can get a real steal if you call now. Item number 1 8 2 2 6.

Next we have an Afghan this beautiful Afghan is handmade. It's got purple green yellow and white with a touch of beige. It'll keep you warm on the cold nights that are coming in just a few months. It measures 72 by 59 it's a 100 percent wool. It's donated by Dorothy soly of Canton Massachusetts. Retail value one hundred twenty five dollars and is item number 713. Next we have an abstract painting by Suzanne Hodes. It is called fantasy. It's oil on canvas with a recessed frame. It's colorful abstract with a feeling of space and motion in past use and airbrushed forms. It's got blues pinks and red floaty against atmospheric white and blue grays. It's donated by the artist Suzanne HODES And it's got a retail value of 800 dollars but it has a minimum bit of it 350. It's worth a whole lot more. Start bidding. Item Number 2 0 9 9. And last we have this really elegant Calvin Klein 100

percent wool tweed coat size THIRTY-NINE sure it is the newest in fall fashion it's a nice gray 100 percent wool. If 39 short it is exchangeable it's donated by the casual mail stores of New England of Shrewsbury and it's modeled by Chuck Shasha who's launching it just magnificently. The retail value is $99 and I didn't number 13:00 that. Dave are some terrific words I mean here we are over the specials board and the sell off for specialty items is Sherry won't your charity Go ahead. Thank you David. We've got some marvelous things here tonight. I. Finally saw some great special items. First item 1 7 2 4 2 the complete Cuisinart set including. Processor. Conventionalism. Cookware knives don't need my Cuisinart. Incorporate them. Granted. They'll get. Eleven hundred dollars when for a high bit of $800. Thank you very much. Second item 3 6 1 0 0 and RCA selective vision portable

VCR system. This is the total package. A video cassette recorder with batteries a tuner timer module a color camera with electric guide donated by Eidsvold Westwood. Retail Price two thousand three hundred and fifty three as a hybrid of $2000. Thank you very much. Next the beautiful Gregorian oriental rugs number seven donated by Arthur TV glory of Newton lower falls value that two thousand two hundred dollars went for a winning bid of. Eighteen hundred dollars. Thank you. And finally. A fabulous trip to the studios of Sesame Street. Where Bert Ernie and Cookie Monster live. You don't need to buy children's television workshop was sold for a very happy bid of one thousand eight hundred and five dollars. Thank you very much. Just a note on that Safari you might have your eye on. The total price is. $6400 for two. And that includes airfare to get you there. Thank you.

Good work. Here we are over time will be. Well we will be. Sergeant good job. Good call on Werner. They've been very helpful to us and Sergeant is doing a look at some of the prices he's got more hands on. Thank you David. The first item on the list. Was the micro-computer printer. Donated by Centronics of Hudson New Hampshire a retail value of four hundred ninety five dollars. We have a fantastic bid of five hundred dollars that was item number 2 5 2 1. The chafing dish. Donated by the Rogers silver company of target. The retail value of $72. The winning bid was $78. Billion with exquisite taste. The table lamp and shade. Donated by Beckenham or of Wellesley a retail value of $120 item number 7 1 6 to. The winning bid is ninety

two dollars. The silver sterling and gold cigarette holder. Donated by a friend of channel toos from Andover a retail value of $200. Item number 1 5 3 3 6. A winning bid of $180. The framed ink and paper on water. Of the barn. Well main donated by Priscilla Montgomery of Cambridge a retail value of 200 dollars. Item number 1 8 7 for. The winning bid is $125. And the jacket dress worn by Ya-Ya. Donated by Kay Windsor of North Dartmouth mass. The retail value of $72. Item number 4 8 5 8. The winning bid is $45. Thank you very much. Thank you and our table will see. And we have another one of those terribly

important people because he represents one of those terribly important companies around here who's helping us with the cost of today's auction and he's George Himba president of Bay band carbon trust. One of. The writers of the day joins us. So. First of all we have a collection of seven first issues of magazine starting with life back in 1936 board and a holiday from 1946 player from 1950 TV Guide Sports Illustrated in 1954. They are not exchangeable donated by George Grosch of the bridal bookshop in Boston. The retail value is $100 and item number 1 5 9 2 9. Next an assortment of seashells from the west coast of Florida. What we have here on display is is less than half of what is contained in the item. It is not exchangeable donated by Lawrence Sego of Mashpee Massachusetts

retail value ninety $90. Item number 1 2 2 5 6. And then on unsearched on topass excellent Deepcut. It is not exchangeable donated by Dr. and Mrs. Meyer ridgepole of Newton retail value one hundred thirty five dollars. Item number 1 8 4 5 9 a Seabreeze Padel fan a modern freeby played all a.m. White enamel finish band will fit ceilings of 7 feet six inches high. It is donated by Gulf Coast bands incorporated of Mahlum retail value $105. Item number 6 5 9 5. 4 beautifully colored prints costumes are foreign lands they are deemed to be circa 1870. They are not exchangeable again donated by George Claus of the bridal bookshop of Boston. Retail value was two hundred and fifty

dollars. Item number 1 5 8 4 9. And finally an evening gown model for us by Carolyn Jenkins. It was a fully mind long Victorian period dress dusty rose in color too trimmed with delicate beige lace. It is not exchangeable. I warn Nancy here it is size 5 so don't bother to bed it is it is donated by Sylvias dress and bridal shop of Lawrence Massachusetts. The retail value is $60 and is item number 1 3 8 2 7. Thank you George. Thank you very much. Power on the phones and that table is gonna to come right out here and be presented by Evelyn WONG And has she got a lovely little item to present as she sells off a couple. Go ahead Evelyn. OK we did very well with the beach towels which we still made donated by the West Point Peppermill and Hailie sportswear. Boston. And a retail value of $30 and it went to a high bidder $45.

The ski had. Just donated by Shealey young and the resale value $10 with a high of 30. It seemed. Thank you. And here we have. A ceramic on copper same five by six. The mention of floral design. And displays a three by four photo may maybe hung on a wall or displayed on a table. It is not interchangeable and is donated by M.W. car and Company Inc. And we have a value with 12:50. Item Number 1 4 7 0 5. And this will go to the five highest bidders. Next we have a window pinwheel. Display here for a second. It it's rainbow colors. It was sent beautifully within the window of design to attract the slightest breeze can be used. I've listed all living conditions.

That's the slightest phrase. Oh yeah. OK. So I a enterprises is not an exchangeable retail value $10 item number 1 6 9 5 9 and would go to the six highest bidders. Hey David and here is the quickie. It is my distinct pleasure to offer you right now for my king of very very valuable service. Now I'll tell you what it is. I have feel the services of an electrician for an entire week. What do you think of that. Now this is something you got to think about it's going to go it's a cakewalk it's going to go in five or six minutes. The gusanos the electrical corporation of Boston will give you the services of an electrician for an entire week. You need to put in a new service. You need to do some wiring you need to hook up some new stuff. This is your opportunity. It's going to go in five or six minutes it's the King quickly donated by Kosofsky electrical

corporation of Boston a five hundred dollar value could be worth much more to you. So get the bids in right now. Think about it quick and get the bids in on a whole week of the use of the services of one electrician. Now let's sell aboard while waiting for these to come in. The eyeglasses gift certificate from Optik of Cambridge valued at $50. We are two high bidders in the high bid was $60. This six months free Home Box Office for the Cape from Cape Cod Cablevision valued at seventy one for $75. The $100 exchange order the credit from sealed tight of New England from Burlington divided a hundred dollars for $91. The $50 gift certificate for plans from the cracker nursery of Brewster valued at $50 one for $46. The little T Crabtree from Mali a tree surgeon of Manchester valued at fifty one point eighty five dollars. We had four high bidders on the dinner gift certificate from the chateau restaurant donated by Julia Middlebrook the restaurant there and we called them.

They we had four five. Four were successful because they were valued at 15. The high bid was 20. We got a $20 gift certificate three of them from keepers two of Marlboro for the restaurant. The high bid was forty nine dollars and dinner with wine $50 dollars worth of white cliffs of Northborough went for fifty two dollars and finally the pair of tickets to the whole series from the of the Clark University performing arts donated by the Performing Arts series there was divided 60 went for $60. Let me recap the services of an electrician the King quickly right now. Five hundred dollars worth. The services of an electrician and burnt to an entire week. Think about it think what you got to get done. We just had a bid for $300. It's not going to go for that but it is going to go in two or three minutes or spin the board and see what we got on the other side. All right first of all I don't know whose it may be. The guys that need to see this are watching the

tilt. I don't know if they're in the other room watching the other VUDU box. Pull them off. Well I'm off. I have. To. Two the two highest bidders I've got box seats two seats two tickets for Wednesday June 18th versus the Seattle Mariners a night game in beautiful and historic Fenway Park home with the Green Monster. Urmston winning of the donas from Boston. To. Box seats the best seats in the house night game Wednesday June 18th Red Sox vs Seattle Mariners. And let's see how we do on that. The two highest bidders next from Leetch mere optical shops Cambridge Stethem Denver's cetera. We have a pair of soft contact lenses. Now if you're ready for soft contact lenses This includes all of the necessary office visits all the accessory accessories you need to care for your lenses. Good for the contact lenses from any of the optical shops there in Manchester New Hampshire Framingham Springfield as well as Cambridge out of Denver's Leach mere optical shops. It's worth a hundred and

fifty bucks for soft contact lenses. Somebody is going to find that very valuable. Next I have stationery from a hub engraving company of Boston they're very well known for doing fancy work in an engraved stationery $100 worth engraved monogrammed dye two hundred and fifty sheets and envelopes of cranes could finish engraved in the color of your choice. This is fancy stationery. A wonderful opportunity from husband graving. Next from the wildcat in a Jack Frost shop in Jackson New Hampshire we have the Jackson village tennis package it's worth a hundred and twenty eight dollars. It is two nights lodging good breakfast but two people June 17 and 18 at Wildcat and Jackson New Hampshire and three days clinic with Jeff Hall pro-the Jack Frost job. Learn a little tennis court. Time each day in any of the tent courts in Jackson. June 17th and 18th in Jackson New Hampshire donated by the wildcat in the Jack pro-shop hundred twenty eight dollars worth next. From the Park Square in Hyannis

tonight. Any time in vacation apartment or college for two people at the Park Square in Hyannis. Subject to advance reservation and availability. Got to make reservations but it's 88 dollars worth two nights for two people at the parks we're in in Hyannis. Next. From the coastal sailing school in Marblehead. I have an evening cruise a beautiful three hour evening cruise for up to six people you and five of your friends aboard a 30 foot sailboat. 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.. Any weeknight Monday through Friday departs from Marblehead harbour. A license skipper a beautiful cruise on a 30 foot sailboat for six people hundred twenty three dollar value from coastal sailing school in Marblehead next to the three highest bidders restaurant meals from the Drogo house of Bedford Bedford New Hampshire. Bedford New Hampshire Dreamgirl house twenty dollar gift certificate to the three highest bidder for restaurant this is a smorgasbord featuring a variety of German specialties of 30 foot six foot long smorgasbord of fancy opportunity in Bedford New

Hampshire $20 each to Three-Eyes bidders next to the five highest bidders pay attention to this one from Marshall Pontiac Dobson incorporated of Saugus. You get a watch and you get your car entirely diagnose the watch is a Texas Instrument. Five function LCD digital watch in a gold case finish and plus and plus And plus you get a complete diagnostic computer print out a factory trained technician put your car through a series of tests present you with a checklist to show you how it should run more efficiently. They'll do everything to add everything to the five highest bidders a watch and a complete diagnosis of your car. A gift certificate. Finally on this board from the fire bar and restaurant of Chelsea. $50 gift certificate dinner for two drinks entertainment. Everything but the gratuity or tip. All right here we go. Now we're going to sell us King quickly we are going to sell a king quickie goose of Skillman brickle corporation of Boston offered the

services of an electrician for an entire week. They've added a $500 high bidder said $600. That's liquidy Peters. If one more one or more of our kind donas is a merchant in your neighborhood. Be sure to stop in and tell them you heard their names or saw their merchandise on the channel to auction and patronize them too. They supported public broadcasting in Boston with their contributions. Channel 2 is grateful to Dunkin Donuts the leader in coffee and doughnuts for their support of this all important fundraising activity. Both Channel 2 and Dunkin Donuts are dedicated to bringing you quality products and service by voting right now. You can help support public broadcasting. And. Quality programming. Channel 2 is grateful to McCall and Warner for their generous helping underwriting part of the cost of this day of the auction. Leggatt McCall and Warner. Is a full service commercial and industrial real estate corporation which shares channel to its commitment to excellence

and service to the community. This is John WGBH Channel 2 in Boston. And here we are. And here we are table and Marcia Hall. Go ahead Marcia. David. The. Cuticle. Bracelet 14 carat gold donated by Foxborough jewelers in Foxborough retail day 350 went to 80. Went to 80 and the two speed cassette deck donated by the Avnet and tech Hi-Fi retail value of $350 went for $310. And the one. Step plus Polaroid camera donated by Polaroid corporation of Cambridge which outside of $68 went for $70. Somebody is going to have a lot of pictures and the Afghan home donated by Dorothy Caselli of Massachusetts.

Retail value of 125 went for a high of 1 0 3 and the abstract painting by Suzanne hoze retail of retail value $800 went for $375. Somebody is going to have a nice living room and then the Calvin Klein hundred percent suites work killed donated by the casual mail stores of New England of Shrewsbury modeled by Chuck shash so elegantly went for eighty one dollars. And that our table David Marsh that's wonderfully ready to sell it now for one of the climaxes of the channel till 15th auction. We have Philip Collier who's going to tell you all about the coin hall winner. Coming to the end user in just a few weeks ago. Ready to how much. How much 285 you go close to 300. I don't think it's going to go like 350 350.

Christian you were telling me before that you had a wish what was your wish. This is my piggy bank. That's how a going to get some coins in here that's already been counted Can you lift that up. Wow. How much you think that weighs. 50. Pounds. That's probably about right. Fifty pounds. Too. I think you're going to get the 350 OK. Good to. See. You because. Once you come around here and take a look and you can read it off for us Christine. What's that black How much. I'll.

Pay 393 and a half dollar. You know what. It's not the last half dollar. I have one in my pocket that belongs to my uncle. Oh I'm going to contribute that to the cause. There we go three ninety four sixty eight. Thank you very much. I. Enjoy doing it. Oh never had so much fun. We can do. Be. Glad you brought some fans along with you. And we we appreciate your perspective in the coin hall and we thank you all so for your very kind contribution to channel 2. My pleasure. Our thanks also to Cowper's in ly brand for donating the coins into the Brent coin counter company who provided the coin counter. Thank you again Clyde grant from Natick. David back to you. Here we are Philip thank you very much. We're over here contact will be and we have a new auctioneer citizen cedis and she is going to let her go. She's been a volunteer table captain. We couldn't have done it without her. So now let's see what you can do as an alternate. Susan go ahead.

Thank you David. The first is a multiple to the three highest bid is autographed copy of one of the time a collection of poems for the young by David McChord illustrations by Henry became. It's donated by little brown and Company of Boston. The retail value there is no retail value it is an estimate. There is no price. Item number two is Seafair a three depth finder under-water informational tool a flash type sound. Whether you want to know the depth or need help with contour navigation anchoring or locating underwater objects to see fair three is a mighty handy tool. It was donated by EBSCO Inc of Westwood retail value one hundred ninety nine dollars. Item Number 2 5 5 0 and the item number on the first one which I didn't mention was 1 8 0 4 7. 3 A man's hand with Hamilton digital watch tells the day and the date stainless steel it is not exchangeable as donated by Styler and sons of Boston. Retail value is $225 and the item number is 5 6 5 1. Item Number four is a necktie quilt. Back with slate gray cotton it

is handmade it will fit a single bed and the ties are predominantly red and blue is donated by Erika Miree of Salem and the retail value is $200. Item number is 1 3 5 to 1. The next item is a watercolor. It is a beach scene red boat. Rich blues and greens money for ground. It was donated by the artist Joanne young as a retail value of three hundred fifty dollars. The artist has placed a minimum bit of a hundred and seventy five dollars on this item. Joanne young of Sudberry. Item Number 1 4 0 1 2. The. Last item is a royal blue sun dress model by Susie Bolton. It's 100 percent cotton. Bias cut top tie at the shoulders elastic waist for Gore skirt and hand-woven Guatemalans sash is exchangeable for different size size range six to 12. It is exchangeable is donated by uncommon wear again modeled by Susie Moulton. Retail value is sixty two dollars and the item number is 1 6

9 7 8. Thank you Susan. Hello I'm Sam Tyla. David Ives is taking a well-deserved break now I'm gonna be hit a one o'clock or however long it takes to get this auction done tonight. There's lots more merchandise to go. So don't go away here on table see is George Herbert a very bad Harvard trust. He's going to sell it as I should say. So quest item 7 first issues of magazines donated by George Goss of bridal bookshop in Boston retail value of $100. The high bid is one hundred twenty five dollars. The seashells from the west coast of Florida donated by Laurence Siegel of Mashpee Massachusetts retail value $90 and a high bid. And $25. The unsaid Topaz stone donated by Dr. and Mrs. Robert Ball of Newton retail value of five $135 and the high bid $140. The

Seabreeze panel fan donated by Gulf Coast fans think of Mollen a retail value of $105. The high bid $90 for Prince costumes of foreign lands again donated by George A bridal bookshop of Boston retail value $250 and the high bid is $147. Finally the evening gown model by Carolyn Jenkins donated by Silvio's dress from bridal job of Lawrence Massachusetts. The retail value $60 the high bid $50. Thank you. We thank you George and we thank Burbank's have a transfer there have an underwriting part of the cost of this day and the channel to auction and do all of the buybacks. What's it been such a big help to channel 2. I know you've underwritten great performances and Nova in the past. A very public spirited company and we thank you. Where can you take a ride keep their phones from being tapped. Tiptoeing through the London fog and keep track of your costs with a dandy computer in Studio B of course.

The land of the specials. Hi I'm Jon Hamilton. This is a 1980 agency. Donated to the Channel 2 auction by the Eastern Mass ANC Renault dealers. This is a tanned body but the one you'll be receiving has a white body with a tan vinyl top leather interior. It's a two door sedan with four time four wheel drive. It gives you a luxury plus handling. Believe me this car is comfortable. I'm tall and I fit in it very well. It comes with reclining seats parcel shelf rear window defroster woodgrain wheel am radio and a left remote mare. This car is donated by an eastern Mass AMC Renault dealers. Believe me it's a great car you should give it a great read. The 1980 AMC Eagle give us a call and give it a ride. OK that's your last look at John and have a check on the AMC Eagle. We will be selling it soon

tonight before the night's over so put your bid into overdrive. If you want this spirited car well now I'm all geared up for up to here. If you ever wonder how doubled not spies keep enemy agents from knowing the score. Our next item is probably their secret. It's a telephone scrambler. It's item ninety nine forty and we have two of them donate up by technical technical communications company of Concord and the retail price is eighty five hundred dollars. And this smart little device that you're looking at enables you to keep all your telephone conversations completely private is easy to install doesn't use much power to run and can be used on telephone. I am SSP and FM channels as a matter of fact I getting I've learned to divest myself of this coat. I'm not sure whether it was Sean Connery or maybe somebody else but I suspect gentlemen that if that phone rings it's a call

from after telling me that they're lifting my union card for this performance. Once again we have two of these items and they're going to the two highest bidders. OK. It's modeled to 0 7 design for a half duplex operation only where the end system requirements are probably to find out where future expansion to full duplex is not intended. Thus a user may take advantage of the lower unit price for the model to 0 7. In all such applications do you know what that means. I don't either but I'm sure you do. The model 207 is available in base station. RB the heck killer man pack or telephone versions which are fully compatible with Model 3 0 7 units using the same system. And again we have two of them. Item 9 9 4 will donate up by tactical communications retail price eighty five hundred dollars. Okay. So get to it if you will and if you want to scramble we'll help you now. Item 16 562 is a one week

excursion to England with three nights in London and four nights in Stratford upon Avon and this package is donated by the Hilton International's of London and Stratford upon Avon roundtrip airfare from either Boston or New York is donated by Charles for a rare breeding of Cambridge and the vet