Silent Auction 2023
How the Silent Auction Works
The silent auction will be a Vickery Auction, also known as a sealed-bid second-price auction.
In a Vickery Auction, each bidder may submit as many bids as they wish. However, only their highest bid will be accepted. Their other bids will be ignored. It is important to note that the time the bidder’s highest bid is received will also be recorded and it could impact who the winner is.
The bidder who submits the highest bid wins the auction, but the price is set by the second-highest bid.
In the event that two bidders enter the same winning price for an item, the winner will be the bidder who entered their bid first and the price will be the winning bid.
For MOS, the Vickery Auction has a number of advantages. First, it is very simple to hold the auction: we just need to record only each person’s highest bid and the time it was made, and then select the winner. Second, there is no advantage to bidding late in the auction; no information about other bids will be available. Third, a Vickery Auction results in an optimal outcome for all bidders.
If each bidder enters a bid of the maximum price that they are willing to pay for the item, then the Vickery Auction results in the optimal outcome for each bidder: either winning the auction at a price less than or equal to the bidder’s maximum price or losing the auction to someone who had a higher maximum price. Vickery auctions, with some modifications, are used in real estate by sellers of houses and on eBay.
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Dan Stouffer began painting full-time in 1979, leaving behind his career in book design and production management. Since then, his work has been shown in several museums and is in corporate collections throughout the country. He has won 60 national and regional awards along the way, some in such prominent competitions as Watercolor U.S.A., Rocky Mountain National and Arts for the Parks. In 2010, the Albuquerque Art Business Association designated him a “local treasure.” Dan Stouffer currently resides in Bosque Farms, NM, with his wife Jean.
Chalk Creek [framed original watercolor, 17″ x 13″, by Dan Stouffer]
Morning Riffles [original watercolor, 14″ x 11″, by Dan Stouffer]
Winter Reverie [original watercolor, 11″ x 14″, by Dan Stouffer]
Trail Mix [original watercolor, 14″ x 16 1/2″, by Dan Stouffer]
Ed Lewandowski is a self-described “pandemic painter.” During a bout with insomnia late one night in December 2020 at the height of the Covid outbreak, he discovered the Bob Ross Channel streaming on internet TV. After binge-watching several episodes of this iconic artist, Ed grabbed a couple of old brushes, some acrylic paints and a set of stretched canvases from his daughter’s craft closet and… he started to paint. Inspired by the magnificent landscapes of the Delmarva Peninsula, his art journey continues with additional landscape paintings exploration, including participation in local and regional plein air events. Ed is also the founder and co-organizer of the annual Paint Laurel Plein Air in Laurel, DE.
Atlantic Puffin [original oil painting, 9″ x 12″, by Ed Lewandowski]
Elizabeth Montgomery, an award-winning pencil artist, was a resident of New Mexico for many years. She was originally from the Northwest, where she received a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in art from Lewis & Clark College in Oregon. Her work has been represented in over 200 juried and invitational state, regional, and national and international exhibitions. Montgomery was active in various wildlife shows, benefits and endangered species fairs supported by the Sierra Club, the New Mexico Department of Game & Fish, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In 1987, the Rio Grande Zoo in Albuquerque, New Mexico, selected her to create their first official Christmas card.
Owl [print, 7 1/2″ x 6″, by Elizabeth Montgomery]
Owl Profile [original pencil drawing, 12″x10″, by Elizabeth Montgomery]
Koala [original pencil drawing, 12″ x 10″, by Elizabeth Montgomery]
Piggy [original pencil drawing, 12″ x 10″, by Elizabeth Montgomery]
Deer [original pencil drawing, 10″ x 11 1/2″, by Elizabeth Montgomery]
