I just attended a church quilt auction where a lady did a lot of work to gather blocks and have the twins baseball players autograph 13 of the blocks. she told the auctioneer that he should get $1000.00 for that quilt. He would not quit until he got the $1000.00. I think it also depends on the auctioneers if they know the value of something, but I certainly wouldn't donate to an organization that would only get $25.00 for a quilt.