Auction #29: Signed Fairy Tale Retellings & Personal Letter from Author Diane Zahler
Welcome to KidLit Cares, an online talent auction to benefit the Red Cross relief effort to help communities recover from Superstorm Sandy. Agents, editors, authors, and illustrators have donated various services to be auctioned off to the highest bidder, with donations being made directly to the Red Cross disaster relief fund. You can read more about KidLit Cares here. Now, on to the auction!
This auction is one of those one-of-a-kind holiday gift possibilities! Author Diane Zahler is offering a signed set of her three fairy tale retellings, including PRINCESS OF THE WILD SWANS, A TRUE PRINCESS, and THE THIRTEENTH PRINCESS, along with a personal letter from her about her inspiration for writing and her love for fairy tales. The letter may be personalized to your favorite young reader, writer, teacher, librarian, or school.
Opening Bid: $30
Auction Ends: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 10pm EST. (Any bids submitted in comments after that time will be void.)
A note about last-minute bidding: If you are used to computerized Ebay auctions that end at an exact, given second, please know that the KidLit Cares auctions donât work quite that way. Each auction ends when I post the âAuction closedâ comment. I do that when my computer turns to 10pm, but because I have multiple auctions to close at that time (also because I am human) it will not be a totally exact thing. (I have been working for years to try and clone myself, but to no avail, and I am particularly bummed about that at the moment. Those cloned Kates would have been great at closing auctions all at once.) At any rate, the winning bid is the high bid before the Auction Closed comment, even if the time on your computer reads slightly after 10:00. Thanks for understanding!
If youâd like to bid on this auction, check the current high bid and place a higher bid by leaving your name and bid amount in the comments, along with some way to contact you (email, FB or TwitterâŚIâm not fussy.) Winners will be notified when the auction ends and should be prepared to make an online donation to the Red Cross Disaster Relief fund in the amount of the high bid at that time. After youâve made your donation, youâll forward your receipt to me, and Iâll put you in touch with the person who donated the service you won so that the two of you can work out the details about how and when.   All services will be provided at the convenience of both the person making the donation and the auction winner, but this should happen within three months of the auctionâs end unless something else is agreed upon by both parties.
Good luck and thanks for bidding!
$30.00
$40
$45
-librarian and lover of fairy tales đ
$50
This auction is now closed. The winner is the high bidder whose comment and high bid are posted directly above this âend of auctionâ notice. If thatâs you, please make sure your contact information on that comment is current so that I can touch base in a few minutes to confirm that you won. Then, youâll use the Red Cross link below to make a donation in the amount of your high bid to the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. Please donât do that until I contact you, just to be sure. If your bid is listed after this notice, you are not the high bidder, as your bid came in after the auction closed. (We still appreciate your support, though!) Hereâs the donation link:
https://www.redcross.org/donate/index.jsp?donateStep=2&itemId=prod10002
After you have made your donation, please email me at the following address: k m e s s n e r at kate messner dot com (all lower case, no spaces) with your Red Cross receipt attached. On Monday, Iâll provide you with the information youâll need to get in touch with the donor of your item and carry out the terms of the auction.
Thank you â again â for your support in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. Your generosity will be a huge help to the Red Cross as the serve the people hurting the most in the stormâs path.
~Kate