It's time for a little auction to help support the Forestry Forum. This isn't THE auction, but a bit of an appetizer for the real deal on the other side of the Holidays...and it's seasonal! What's up for auction is a Christmas CD by the Brass Band of Battle Creek. The proceeds will go to the Forestry Forum. Christmas music and brass are a perfect combination (if I do say so myself!). I'm on the CD, which is why I thought I'd put it up for auction, with Jeff's approval.
This is my first Ebay auction, and I tried to set up two items, but it wouldn't let me do it since I'm a newbie. So I made two different auctions, they can be found at these two links:
Auction One (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4807711136&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1)
Auction Two (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4807711424&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1)
Auction Three (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4809542840)
The auction will end next Sunday, so I'll be able to send it out on Monday, and I'll deposit the proceeds into Jeff's Paypal Donation box here on the forum.
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Boy am I going to enjoy listening to Paschale , I mean hey I am going to check that out right now, I dont do paypal anymore but ya"ll know me right ? My money orders is good ! Yeah ya"ll know me ? Right ? :D :D 8) 8)
KEWL! I got a copy of that C.D.! Ya'll are missing out if ya don't bid on one of these and get your own copy!
Hey somebody outbid me , DanG you charles :D I will wait and shoot a big one in at the end :D you"ll see :D 8)
Ordinarily I snipe bid, but I kinda thought this one would be more fun to bid as ya go.
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Its mine its all mine ! :D :D
Hey, this is FUN!!!!!!!! :D :D :D
If you two keep this up for the next 6 days, those cds will be over $1000. :o
I am not crossing the Mackinaw bridge without this c.d. ! :D Boy am I gonna snipe you guys :D :D
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I've never heard Christmas Music and Brass...........
Well, not YET anyways................... :)
Well, I'll be, y'all are going to it! 8) I think this bodes well for our idea of a full fledged auction. :) At the rate you guys were bidding...I shoulda put about five of those things up there. Things have quieted down...and I bet they'll stay quiet until next weekend. ;)
Oh, and UNCLEBUCK, your check is good anytime. I put that little comment in the Ebay listing about personal checks just in case nobody on the forum was interested, and somebody I didn't know bid on it and won. Looks like the winner's definitely gonna be somebody from the FF...it just remains to be seen who! ;D
Thanks for bidding guys...it's for a good cause! 8)
Oh...btw...you can check the music out here:
http://bbbc.net/pages/main/listeningpost.htm
Wow! Y'all make good music. :)
Scott Thornburg's "Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms"
almost had me in tears. What a clear, mellow, deliberate and 'on note" Cornet he plays.
Man I had to bid three times just to get there but #2 is mine for now.
tag your it :D :D :D
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So you're the one.
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alright I'll jump on this as well.
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There, that's better! :)
:D :D :D :D I bet the people that are looking at these auctions that dont know about the forestry forum are scratching their heads and wondering why it is that people are willing to pay so much for christmas music :D :D ;D
just watch.. someone else will go out and invest a fortune on buying more of these CD's to sell on e-bay, and not a soul will buy them.... They will sit there and say " I dont get it...."
:D everytime I bid I cant stop laughing , this is way too much fun but I want everyone to remember I am going to snipe ya"ll at auctions end :D :D Hey ck whats snipe? I went huntin for them once when I was little guy , got a whole sack full ! :D
Puh skoll ee
What are the chances these two CD's will be autographed by the phamous trombonist? Might be worth more if they were just 'two of a kind', don'tcha think?
Just layin in the weeds here, thinkin' 8)
Yeah! or maybe signed by the whole band. ;D
Hey good idea , I want mine signed personally by the world famous master of the berry bushes! :D That is if I should be lucky enough to be around my computer at the very last seconds of the auctions end ! 8)
Quoteeverytime I bid I cant stop laughing , this is way too much fun
ME TOO!!!!!!!! :D
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Yeah! or maybe signed by the whole band.
hey you get em signed and ain't no telling how much they'd be worth...... :)
Course just so you know, everybody else is WASTING THEIR TIME!!!!!!!! ;D
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Hey ck whats snipe?
Hey uncle buck, I'll teach you at the end of this auction!!!!!!!!! ;D
Right now, having tooooo much fun to worry about it!!!!!!!!! 8) 8) 8)
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That is if I should be lucky enough to be around my computer at the very last seconds of the auctions end !
hey, got me a nice little free program that'll do it all by itself for me!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D
This is way too much fun, I couldnt wait to come in from the woodshop tonight. :D I suppose someone will finsih me off but right now I"m a getting after it ! :D
I tried to get a bid in last night, but with this slow conection I was always two bids behind. ::) I bet if the bids bet to be over $1000 I will have plenty time bid. ;)
eBay probably has the switchboard lit up, and National Security has been alerted, and the Pentagon has scrambled the 'jets' for what's goin on here. :D
Wait'll puh-skolly tells 'em Monday what their CD's are goin for. ;D
Quote from: Tom on December 12, 2005, 08:17:29 PM
Wow! Y'all make good music. :)
Scott Thornburg's "Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms"
almost had me in tears. What a clear, mellow, deliberate and 'on note" Cornet he plays.
Thanks Tom. :) Scott's a good friend of mine--he's one of the professors of trumpet at Western Michigan University and I play with him in the faculty brass quintet there. I'll pass on those kind words to him!
I have a short, little solo moment, FWIW, on a tune from the album "Sing, Sing, Sing." It's on the tune "The Sweet Shepherdess." If you listen to it, and hear the first strain, it starts out with euphoniums, and then the trumpet comes in. There's a little pause at the end of the strain. The tune comes back in with a solo trombone--that's me! ;D
This'll be fun to tell my friends what's been going on with this--they won't believe me! :D This has been fun watching this go, and you bet, I'll be sure to autograph this for the winning bidder. (I'm not sure if that will improve the value or not ::)). At these prices, that's the least I can do--really, I should hand deliver the CD and play a couple of Christmas Carols in person! :D
Wish I could have the whole group sign the CD's--I'm not in the band anymore, unfortunately. I was in the group for about ten years or so, and recorded all of those CD's with them except the second LIVE CD, and a few of the tunes on the first LIVE CD. My job with the symphony is much busier now, and it's harder to get out to do things like this. But it was fun while it lasted, and it's fun having those CD's as memories.
Is Herb Albert still alive? He may be jealous.
DanG You folks really like your christmas music.
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Hot DanG!, like a couple two or three pups chewin on a rag doll......this is amazing........ :)
Puh-skolly had a great idea......
You guys are crazy! 8) I think ya need to start going up by smaller increments...at the rate we're going, by the end of the week, I'll have to hire the band to actually come play Christmas Carols on Christmas Eve for you guys. ;D
Thanks for bidding...
Wait'll the 'snipers' hit at the end............. smiley_singsongnote01 smiley_singsongnote01 smiley_singsongnote02 smiley_singsongnote02
Paschale ya need to be thowing them thare glod cd's in more often ;D ya better start copying the replacements. :)
Quote from: getoverit on December 12, 2005, 10:31:10 PM
just watch.. someone else will go out and invest a fortune on buying more of these CD's to sell on e-bay, and not a soul will buy them.... They will sit there and say " I dont get it...."
Maybe that's puhskolly's grand master plan??!! hehe
Seriously, I am having a ball watching this!
Quote from: Paschale on December 13, 2005, 06:56:51 PM
at the rate we're going, by the end of the week, I'll have to hire the band to actually come play Christmas Carols on Christmas Eve for you guys. ;D
Quote from: Paschale on December 12, 2005, 11:38:07 PMAt these prices, that's the least I can do--really, I should hand deliver the CD and play a couple of Christmas Carols in person! :D
Hey, Puh!
Do these kind offers extend to me???
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I'm sure they do Asy, just send him an airline ticket! ;)
Better yet, send two and I'll come along to keep him out of trouble! ;)
I love it ;D! Yous guys ares thes coolests 8) 8).
Quote from: Furby on December 14, 2005, 05:40:48 PM
I'm sure they do Asy, just send him an airline ticket! ;)
Better yet, send two and I'll come along to keep him out of trouble! ;)
Furby and I are on our way, Asy--and we take requests! ;D
Well, at the rate this auction's been going, I decided I better add the third CD I picked up last weekend into the mix. 8)
So, tomorrow night, at around 10:00, I'll add a three day auction on that one, which means it will end at basically the same time as the other two auctions. Get ready for the gavel to drop! smiley_smash
I think it'll be fun watching how this third one goes. Watching the bids is half the fun! Or maybe all the fun! ;D
Thanks for bidding guys...like I say, it's for a good cause!
hey guys...
So I been thinking...maybe what I SHOULD'VE done, is mentioned that I had the third CD. I originally bought that third one so I'd have one around the house, since all of mine I gave away already. But...seeing how the auction was going, I thought it might be fun to add a third one--whatcha all think? Is it a good idea, or should we just keep it as it is? ???
If y'all think it's just fine, I won't add that third one, but if ya think it'd be a good idea, well I'll gladly pop it in the mix. I don't wanna aggravate any of you guys who have been so generous enough to bid on this CD. :-\
Whadya think--ya can IM if ya want.
I bet a third cd would be well accepted, Cktate would probably outbid me on that one too.
Well, since I didn't really get any negative feedback, and since Da Boss thought it was a good idea, here goes with a third CD. Get in from the ground floor... ;)
Auction Three (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4809542840)
It will end at the same time, by a minute or two...
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Get your money out people . I was going to send Jeff a donation for all my years of questions but this way is much more fun and then I get to hear Paschale . Aint that right ck ! ;D
EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!! ;D
danG nabbit sawmillbob......... >:(
This is sooooooooo much fun!!!!!!!!! 8) 8) 8)
Oh, and i've determined if you think you've even got the 'slightest' chance of outbidding me and Uncle Buck, you better get ready to dig DEEPER in yer pocketbooks........
And ABSOLUTELY remember it's for a GOOD cause!!!!!!!!!!
Ok cktate, I gave up and used the paypal donation option on the left
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WOW, good for you!!!!
I certainly didn't mean to make anybody else give up though on bidding on these 'priceless' Christmas CD's!!!!!!!!!
Just to keep everything on the up and up on the really 'odd' chance that I 'might' be outbid, well I'll match that bid with a direct donation to the FF!!!!!!! :)
Oh, and the ONLY way yer gonna know my top bid is to start bumping em up!!!!!!! ;D
Yep yep!!
Remember if you can't whip up on these 2 fellers you can help by using the paypal donation on the left over there!!
I can imagine that every bit helps keep this site chugging along!!
It's fun to watch the bidding...
they are all tied at $46 at the moment!
asy :D
Quote from: cktate on December 16, 2005, 02:29:54 PM
Just to keep everything on the up and up on the really 'odd' chance that I 'might' be outbid, well I'll match that bid with a direct donation to the FF!!!!!!! :)
It would be interesting if Wildflower or Jeff B made a really high bid on one of the CDs. ;D
or even PIGMAN for that matter!!!!!!!! ;D
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Now less than 24 hours, and the bidding has quieted down. Shhhhhhhhh.
I'll definitely be online in the final minutes, to see what happens. This has been fun!
YES IT HAS. :D
looks to me like we gonna be getting us some real bargains!!!!!!!!!! 8) 8) 8)
Nearly time!!!
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZpaschaleQQhtZ-1
Lookn' like Deernut, CK, and Sawmillbob are gonna get across the line...
asy :D
Asy, yer clocks are a tad early there. :D 12 hours left.
Soon gonna be coming down to the wire!!!!!!!! :)
Quote from: cktate on December 18, 2005, 06:49:16 PM
Soon gonna be coming down to the wire!!!!!!!! :)
One hour to go!!
Lookn good for you CK!
asy :D
Well I'm kinda dissapointed mine ain't the highest priced one.
Doesn't matter though, I'm a gonna win it anways!!!!!!!!
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HOLY smack-ins!!!
Lotta fight left in you, der ck Congrats
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I just sent Paschale an instant message, it simply said,
HOLY BRASS BELLS BATMAN!
All I can say is WOW!! :o 8) 8) 8)
That was fun! You guys are great, and all I can say is thanks for bidding on this CD. We did alright for the Forestry Forum, and I think this bodes well for some future auctions. Thanks to everybody who bid--you guys took this further than I expected, but that just goes to show how much we all enjoy this place!
I better get to wrapping up those CD's! ;D
Thanks again to everybody who bid. And Cktate...all I can say is smiley_clapping
I can NOT stop laughing!!!!!!!! 8) 8) 8)
So who's deernut and Sawyer650 anyway? ??? Come out, come out, wherever you are! ;D
You'll hafta look at the small gray circle under my 'deer' avatar. ;D
I thought that might be you, beenthere. 8) Thanks for bidding! 8)
(Man...I hope I didn't play any wrong notes on the CD!) :D
Quote from: Paschale on December 18, 2005, 10:06:09 PM
..........I better get to wrapping up those CD's! ;D
Thanks again to everybody who bid........
Thanks to Puh-skolly for the idea, and the 'donation' of the
signed CD's.
you bet...I'll have that Sharpie out tomorrow morning, signing 'em. That will increase the value immensely. :D
Man...this was FUN!!!! 8)
Puh!
you're WRAPPING THEM???
I Woulda thought, especially the $127.50 one!!! You'd be delivering PERSONALLY!!!
Well done guys, I'm so pleased for you!
asy :D
Quote from: Paschale on December 18, 2005, 10:10:41 PM
So who's deernut and Sawyer650 anyway? ??? Come out, come out, wherever you are! ;D
Of course sawyer650 could be someone who is not a Forestry Forum member and just likes good Christmas music. ;)
Could be from KY too ;D
Whoever he is I LIKE em. ;)
Hey guys,
The CD's are on their way! 8)
I'm off to a party here in a few minutes, so I don't have time to send the three of you (Cktate, Beenthere and ??? ) your tracking numbers...but I'll send 'em on out later tonight, or first thing tomorrow morning. They should get to ya before Christmas!
Paschale
You missed a good joke. You should have followed Peterson's lead when Trevor suggested to Getoverit that he would have his saw by Easter. :D :D
:D :D :D
I sure hope Paschale did not mix up those CDs. It would be just tragic if cktate got one of the cheap ones. Since we all have heard that we get what we pay for, ck got the best cd. ;D
I STILL can't stop laughing!!!! 8) 8) 8)
Maybe pigman will get the high-priced one?
Just think, you guys are going to have a COPY of perhaps one of the highest priced Christmas CD's in history!!!!!!!!!! ;D
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Quote from: beenthere on December 19, 2005, 07:42:23 PM
Maybe pigman will get the high-priced one?
If someone sends me one, I sure would play and enjoy it. ;)
Well now I see 3 happy bidders , not a sniper in the bunch ! sawmillbob set a proxy and got busy and didnt get back in time but it was a definately a great time had by all . I am back to plan A sending christmas card ! Enjoy and Merry Christmas , that was a fantastic idea Paschale
Puh-skolly
Recieved the CD already, and it is great. Worth every penney ;D (and autographed too!)
Now, I need to prowl back into the archives to find out which song has your solo part, and then see if I can hear any wrong notes (as if I could tell :) ).
Thanks very much for your efforts.
Members
If anyone wants to rent this CD for a time or for next Christmas, just send your 'rent' money (any amount) to the FF and I'll mail (PM your address) the CD to you. :)
beenthere, bring that cd to the piggy roast next year so I can here it. Probably the only way I will ever here it. ;) ;D
There is a FedEx truck coming up my 1 mile long drive. Wonder what they have for me. Be back in a minute. It is a small cardboard box. Wonder what it could be. Now I know , it is a CD. Wonder who would send me a CD? It is from Grand Rapids Mi. It is from Paschale. 8)
I am listing to it now. That is the best CD I have ever bought. It is worth twice what I paid for it. ;D
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10432/brass_band_cd.jpg)
Are they signed Paschale or Dan?
Mine is signed by someone I never heard of. Dan something. ;)
I think thats the guy in India that does the black market recordings.
I spoke too soon and was going by my 10 second memory. ::) I was listening to the CD and didn't want to stop it to look at the signature. It is signed Paschale and some one named Daniel.
Quote from: pigman on December 21, 2005, 09:51:08 PM
It is signed Paschale and some one named Daniel.
Some guy named Daniel grabbed the pen outta my hand, and insisted on signing the CD. ::)
Glad ya got the CD. ;D Now I just need to figure out how to transfer your funds from my Paypal account to Jeff's. Paypal's not being too cooperative. ::)
Paschale, I noticed tonight that you had not claimed the money from paypal. :o If it stays there too long, I just might spend it on another auction. ;D
Well, I finally got my Paypal account straightened away, and sent Jeff the total of the donations from our first auction. Things went well, and thanks to Pigman, Beenthere and CKtate, we raised well over $250! Thanks guys for doing your part to help keep the Forum going.
It looks like our second auction is going well now too, and I hope this becomes a regular part of the fun on the forum, as well as helping to keep the lights on. If you have some ideas of things you'd like to auction off to help support the forum, drop Jeff a note and we'll have tons of fun with your item too!
Thanks to everyone who bid!