it seems to always be disappointing, discouraging and frustrating to donate quilts to local activities for auctions---you can sometimes do better if the organization is going to raffle the quilted items- if they are motivated to sell the tickets- i've had quilts i put $75 into go for $15...
and said---why didn't you just give them away as a door prize???
i stopped donating to some- a couple i still donate to i just don't want to know---what ever they do--what ever they get---i don't care- i don't want to know- i gave the quilt up---it's no longer mine- it just doesn't matter what happens to it next...having that attitude about it has saved my feelings---like giving quilts to family members- it's theirs---if they want to use it to have a picnic on the ground- or stuff it in a box under their bed- i don't have a say anymore- i gave it up.