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Selected non-art items to be featured in live auction

Kensington Tobbaconist

Cigar & Scotch Basket (THE MACALLAN Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky-12 Years Old & ROCKY PATEL 8 cigar gift pack, 4 Decade Robusto’s, 4 ITC 10th Anniversary Robusto’s)

John Doe’s Guitar Case - Punk Icon Touring Guitar Case (used for touring for 5 years) with Personal Note

LedgeRock Golf Club

Foursome - 4 Greens Fees and Carts

Wine Tasting in Your Home

Wines from Manatawny Creek Winery - Featuring 16 Bottles of wine and 1 Port (9 kinds to taste with friends) 1 Dozen Manatawny Creek Wine Glasses, 2 Wine Coaters, Wine Label Tags, Dark Chocolates to taste with the port, Gift certificate for cheese and crackers.

Manatawny Creek Ramblers

Acoustic Concert in Your Backyard/Home

Dining Out Package

TGI Fridays $30, Outback $50, Ugly Oyster $25, Austin's Restaurant & Bar $25, Texas Roadhouse-Royersford Location Dinner for Four Passes worth $60, $100 gift certificate to Anthony's in Pennside.

Penn Ave Shopping Basket

Firefly on Penn - Recycled Billboard Handbag, En Gry & Sif Ant Eater Pillow plus $25 Gift Certificate from Scout, $25 Gift Certificate to Shoo!, Cany Wrapper Purse and $25 Gift Certificate to Imagine That, Music CD from Curious Consignments, Handmade Scar

Marx's Dog Training Center of Berks County

2 Gift Certificates

2 Hour Private Class/ Set of 12 Group Obedience

Chadds Ford Package

Brandywine Package

10 Complimentary Admission Tickets to Brandywine River Museum, $30 Dinner Gift Certificate to P.F. Chang's China Bistro, 4 Longwood Gardens Complimentary Admission Tickets, 2 Complimentary Admission Tickets to Winterthur Museum & Country Estates & more

Vintage Silver Cordial Set in Case

Vintage Silver Cordial Set in Velvet Case purchased from Portabella Road Flea Market in London, England in 1985

Sorrelli

Fixation Collection

3-Piece Set - Necklace, Bracelet and Earrings

Jim Collins

Signed Art Set and Signed Copy of Book Good To Great: Why Some Companies Make The Leap and Other's Don't

The Humane Society of Berks County

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The Humane Society of Berks County

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Art for Arf's Sake Art Auction

& Pints for Pups Beer Tasting and Auction Preview

Thank You!

Thanks to the artists, patrons, attendees, corporate supporters and volunteers who helped to make this year's Arf's Art Auction & Pints For Pups the best and biggest ever! With your help,we raised $60,000 for the animals and services of the HSBC! We had the best art and highest bids ever! If you missed it, sign up for our e-newsletter so it doesn't happen again!

Check out what you missed below!

Auction: Saturday, April 26, 2008, at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, 6:00-9:00 PM. Tickets are $25.

Jump to Breaking News Announcements to see available art and items by clicking here! Check out details for online bidding!

Download a PDF of the Auction Program Book by clicking here (it's formatted a little goofy for the printer, but you'll figure it out!).

The Art for Arf's Sake Art Auction is back for 2008 and it's bigger and better than ever! The auction returns to the GoggleWorks with even more space a little later in Spring this year (the snow forecasts for an early March Auction were giving us seizures!). Pints For Pups has expanded again and has a new home in 2008 at VF Outlet's Designer Place! There's lot's of exciting new things happening with PfP, so surf on over to that page, too!

Great food, great music, great drink, and great company are yours for the asking at Berks County's premier animal welfare event. A little bit auction, a little bit gala, a little bit party, and a whole lot of fun! Best of all, when you buy art at this auction, you are helping to save animals- think about that every time you admire that painting you bid up to stratospheric heights!!

All of our favorite local artists are back again and in 2008 we have an extra treat: some great friends of the animals and the Humane Society that are a little better known for other things are donating original art and unique items in support of the auction, friends such as: Jack Logan, Jim Collins, John Doe, Betsy Lewin, Max Estes, Janet Stevens, Eugene Chadbourne, Jan Brett, Ed "Moose" Savage, and They Might Be Giants!

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descriptions of their

donated items and learn how to bid online.

I know, we can hardly believe it either! We can't wait to see what these amazing artists send us but we know it will range from signed original manuscript pages to original paintings and illustrations! We are so grateful to all of these wonderful people for joining our dedicated local artists who have been helping us to make a difference in the lives and animals and their people for years!

And it's not just the art that is top notch in 2008. Musical entertainment will be provided by Grammy Award winning recording artist, Dave Cullen (click here for more on this extraordinary musician).

This year we will also be accepting early internet bids to make the items available to the world and all art will be posted online in advance of the auction (beginning March, 2008). Keep checking back for updates!

Breaking News: Online Bidding Option for those who can't attend the auction! Do you really want to bid on something but can't join us? Can't live without John Doe's Guitar Case but live in California? Well, we've got the option for you! You can now make a secure online maximum bid for any item in the silent auction. We will bid on your behalf at the auction up to your maximum bid and if you win, we'll ship you your item (or save shipping by picking up at the HSBC). If the item sells for less than your max bid, you hit the jackpot! Click here to jump to the Online bidding page for more details!

Download a PDF file listing art and items available for auction (with artists, titles, mediums and dimensions). This document will be updated regularly and ultimately be replaced with the official auction program just prior to the auction, so keep checking back!

Available works from the 2008 Art for Arf's Sake Art Auction or Pints For Pups Auction Preview. Click on the thumbnail detail to view the full image.