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The SAQA Auction begins!

SAQA Auction 2012–Week 1. See below for more information and larger images.

The Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) annual major fundraiser, the auction, begins tomorrow morning!   The auction is in four phases this year!  As in previous years, for the next three weeks, a given set of 12 by 12 inch art quilts will be auctioned; the price is highest on the opening day, then goes down each day until the end of the week.  This year, there is a fourth part:  some of the quilts…including mine (GULP) will be live-auctioned at the International Quilt Festival.   The process will be similar:  the quilts will go on “sale” on Wednesday night at preview at the highest price, then will go down each morning and each afternoon in a set increment.  (And I’ll confess right here and now, I’m nervous and sure hope someone wants to buy mine!)

To see all of the quilts in this week’s auction visit the SAQA website here and here.   To find out more about bidding and details of how the auction works, go here.  SAQA has set up a way for folks who will not attend Festival can place absentee bids.  For information on that, please contact Martha Sielman, the Executive Director of SAQA via the contact page on the SAQA website or write to me for her email address (which I don’t want to put on the web and generate tons of spam for her!).

If I had unlimited funds, here’s where mine would go this week!

Happy Wolf by Nancy Erickson. Nancy’s style is instantly recognizable, and I always love her wolves, bears and people. This wolf is no exception! (Click on image to see larger.)

Nancy Ryan’s Madrona Tree calls to me with those incandescent leaves. Click on photo to see larger.

Sizing Up by Mary Pal. What Mary does with simple cheesecloth and stitch is stupendous. Click on photo to view larger.

It’s All Blue by Benedicte Caneill. Usually I’m not a fan of abstracts, but the vibrancy of the blues, the play of value from light to dark, and all her wonderful surface design make me love this quilt. Click on photo to view larger.

What would YOUR dream collection be?

PS–I almost forgot…here’s my contribution!

Conversations 3, by me (Sarah Ann Smith) will be in the IQA-Houston portion of the SAQA auction. This part of the auction-fundraiser begins on Sneak Preview night Wednesday, October 31!

 

2 Responses to “The SAQA Auction begins!”

  1. Jamie Fingal Says:

    I love your piece of the Getty in Southern California. It is a stunner, and I’ll look for it in Houston. I am sure it will be snapped up! Onward and upward.

  2. Dorothy Karman Says:

    I, of course, think your contribution is the best, but I do like the tree.