Originally Posted by
CorgiNole
Our guild does a silent auction - items are donated with a base price set. For 30-40 minutes bids are placed (and raised) on sheets with each item. At the end of that period, unsold items may be claimed by the original donor or the base price lowered and offered to the membership (it was rowdy this year). All proceeds go to the guild.
I could definitely get "into" a yard sale type thing--where I kept the money for my stuff, but not get "into" one where the guild kept it all!