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This thread went up as a PREVIEW on Friday afternoon so everyone could see what will be up for auction on Sunday. I am using this same thread for the auction that begins on Sunday at noon.
In addition to the items pictured below, if you see something from the Artists in Our Midst post, or something from his gallery’s web page that you are interested in, most of those items can be up for auction, also. But please clearly identify the item so Joey Maloney can set the starting bid in advance because he won’t be around to do that on Sunday. If you didn’t identify extra items in advance, you can still big on them KNOWING that there is no guarantee that your desired item will be available for sale.
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Joey Maloney is next up with some of his wonderful glass work – to auction off for Ukraine!
Just as with MomSense and Quiltingfool, the winning bidders will enter the winning amount through the Balloon Juice for Ukraine thermometer. Winner obviously gets to choose one or all 5 of the organizations in the thermometer.
Auction Time
Auction Starts: NOON on SUNDAY (Eastern time)
Auction Ends: 7 p.m. on SUNDAY (Eastern time)
Two Ways to Bid
Put your bids in the comments, as we did for the MomSense Ukraine auction.
Send email to WaterGirl with your max bid amount, and I can bid in the comments for you. Send email to watergirl at balloon-juice.com
New Auction Rule
(suggested by lowtechcyclist, put in place by WaterGirl, a method used successfully on another board somewhere.)
The auction will end at the specified time unless there is a bid in the last 5 minutes, in which case it ends as soon as 5 minutes goes by without an answering bid.
We can make that 10 or 15 minutes, instead of 5 minutes, if you guys think that’s better or more fair.
Joey Maloney was recently featured in Artists in Our Midst. If you missed it, check it out.
If you see something from the Artists post, or something from his website that really catches your eye, you are welcome to ASK in the Auction comments if that item can be available for auction. If he is agreeable, he will then set the opening bid at whatever feels right to him, depending on how attached he might or might not be to that particular item. If you haven’t mentioned an item by end of day on Saturday, you can still identify an item you are interested in, and bid on it, with no guarantees of anything until/unless Joey Maloney gives the nod.
Update: This auction raised $785 for the people of Ukraine! Big thanks to Joey Maloney for his generosity in sharing his talent with us, and thanks also to everyone who participated!
The winning bidder gets their choice of any one of the mezuzah cases shown here. If you like more than one you can multiply your winning bid. Sizes vary but all are between 4-6cm by 11-15cm.
Click here for the really his res version, so you can see these close up.
Minimum bid: $40
Astro-bowl #2. Iridized gold over a streaky substrate. Approx 18cm diameter. Minimum bid, $200.
Ruins. Approx. 15cm square. Includes frame but not backlight. Minimum bid: $100.
For the discerning Terry Pratchett fan, this multimedia Discworld atop 4 elephants atop the Great A’Tuin. The Disc is geographically correct! Note that after shipping you will probably have to reglue the elephants to the Great A’Tuin’s back. Minimum bid: $450.
WaterGirl
There’s lots of great stuff on his gallery page:
Old School
I’ve learned something today as I was unfamiliar with mezuzah cases.
For those who would be interested in those lovely things, I thought I’d ask for clarification: Will there be only one winner of a mezuzah case? Top bidder or bust?
indycat32
Is the auction Saturday or Sunday? You mention both days.
answer: SUNDAY
Ruckus ??
The link for the cases doesn’t work for me.
WaterGirl
@indycat32: Oops! Auction is Sunday. I fixed it up top.
WaterGirl
@Ruckus ??: It doesn’t work for me, either. I just sent email to Joey Maloney. He lives in Israel, does anyone know what time it is there?
WaterGirl
@Old School: I will let the artist answer that one. He lives in Israel, and I’m not sure what time it is there at the moment (too lazy to google) but I did send him email just now.
Ksmiami
Hmm. Just wrote a response to Jeffrey Sachs for his amoral and idiotic CNN op Ed saying Ukraine should just give up. Here’s his email in case in anyone else has an opinion.
[email protected]
Old School
@WaterGirl:
Currently 12:15 a.m.
WaterGirl
@Old School: Maybe look for answers to questions in the morning, then?
SiubhanDuinne
@WaterGirl:
Israel is seven hours ahead of Eastern time. So it’s a little past midnight Saturday morning there.
WaterGirl
Maybe this will help? If you click on it, it opens in its own window, and you can enlarge it.
Mart
For real ‘muricans 4-6cm by 11-15cm is about 2.25″ x 5-6″
zhena gogolia
@Ksmiami: I heard someone refer to that today. Jeffrey Sachs needs to shut up about anything involving Eastern Europe now and forever.
Ksmiami
@zhena gogolia: my note told him to find a moral conscience
Alison Rose ???
@Old School: I’d like to know too, or if there can be as many winners as items pictured. I’d like to try for one for my mom, but if there will only be one winner, I won’t be able to compete with some of y’all’s deep pockets.
WaterGirl
@Alison Rose ???: I really think the answer is VERY LIKELY to be yes, in the direction you are hoping for, but I will let him make the final call on that when he gets up in the morning.
Alison Rose ???
@WaterGirl: I’ll keep my fingers crossed :) They are absolutely lovely.
WaterGirl
@Alison Rose ???: Did you click the big image and then use Ctrl+ to make it even bigger? Some of them are downright gorgeous when you see them up close.
Ruckus ??
@Ksmiami:
I think you have to tightly define morals and conscience, separately and together, in simple words and short sentences. It may still not actually penetrate, which might be the original problem.
Alison Rose ???
@WaterGirl: Yes, there are a few in particular I’ve got my eye on.
MomSense
Those are so cool. I think my dad might like one.
Glidwrith
I went looking through the gallery. Do you think Joey would put up the lava plate called pahoehoe? Says it’s 11 cm square, picture posted June 11 2018.
Joey Maloney
Hi everyone, sorry to be so late to the party. Time zones, how do they work?
Herewith answers to the questions in order:
I don’t know why the hi-res link is not working for people. I see WG has a workaround.
Yes, only one winner for the mezuzah cases, top bid or bust. The reason is simply I have to ship all these internationally to the winners and if all twelve of the cases had to be shipped individually that’s a lot of work (and expense, since I’m eating the postage for the auction). If there’s an item you want and you don’t win it at auction, contact me afterwards via the gallery page and we’ll work something out.
I’m sorry, the Pahoehoe piece is not available. I think I gifted it to someone. This piece is similar. It’s about 15x25cm including the frame. Minimum bid $80, includes frame.
Glidwrith
@Joey Maloney: Hey, Joey. I’m still awake on West Coast time (11 pm ish). The alternative piece looks lovely. Hope I have a chance to bid on it at the auction.
WaterGirl
@Joey Maloney: Can you give us some sense of what shipping would cost (US dollars) for one of the smaller pieces?
Joey Maloney
Shipping with tracking and insurance for a mezuzah case runs about (the equivalent of) $10.
WaterGirl
LET THE AUCTION BEGIN!
SiubhanDuinne
@WaterGirl:
$100 for Ruins
Alison Rose ???
I’ll bid $40 for a mezuzah case, please and thank you.
WaterGirl
@SiubhanDuinne: $100 for Ruins from Subaru Diane.
WaterGirl
@Alison Rose ???:
$40 for a mezuzah case from Alison Rose.
WaterGirl
@Glidwrith: The alternative lava piece is up for auction, with a minimum bid of $80, which includes the frame.
Joey Maloney
@Glidwrith: If the other piece doesn’t suit you, I can make something for you that more closely resembles the one you liked. Same price, $80.
Glidwrith
@WaterGirl: I bid %80 for the lava piece.
ETA: $80, oops
WaterGirl
@Glidwrith:
Acknowledging the $80 bid from Gildwrith for the lava piece.
Glidwrith
@Joey Maloney: Thanks Joey. If I get outbid, I will certainly appreciate such a piece – I’ll pay for postage as well.
taumaturgo
Voting Record: Orrin Hatch
Favors the middle class 1.3% of the time
Favors the wealthy 98.7% of the time
Favors broad civil rights 18% of the time
Favors narrow civil rights 82% of the time
Favors Racial equality 20% of the time
Omnes Omnibus
Macron wins. 58-42.
PT&S
$90 for a mezuzah case, please.
Amir Khalid
@Ksmiami:
I can’t seem to find the Sachs piece on CNN’s website. Do you have a link, by any chance?
WaterGirl
@Omnes Omnibus: Wow, that was fast! I knew there was going to be a runoff but I didn’t realize how soon it was.
Score one for democracy. And one for everyone who predicted that Macron would win!
WaterGirl
@PT&S: Acknowledging PT&S $90 bid for a mezuzah case.
japa21
@Omnes Omnibus: Pretty much as you expected. As did I.
AndoChronic
Too late to inquire/ request (“Cthulhu calling down the moon”, approx 15 cm square)? Thanks.
WaterGirl
This is the one you mean, right?
It’s not too late!
Joey Maloney will have the final say, of course, but I don’t think it’s too late.Minimum bid is set at $100.
Joey Maloney
Can we do $100 opening for Cthulhu?
AndoChronic
@WaterGirl: Cool. Purely guessing by comparable size/ bids of a couple others posted and knowing nothing of the complexity or his attachment to the piece I’ll bid $150 plus pay for shipping. (Cthulhu calling down the moon”, approx 15 cm square) Thanks.
AndoChronic
@Joey Maloney: I was in the ballpark!
WaterGirl
@Joey Maloney: done!
WaterGirl
@AndoChronic: Acknowledging the $150 bid from AndoChronis!
AndoChronic
@WaterGirl: Belated yes it is. And, thank you.
AndoChronic
@Joey Maloney: Thanks for offering it! My son is fascinated with krakens and cthulhus.
WaterGirl
@AndoChronic: It is a nice piece!
AndoChronic
@WaterGirl: Indeed. It’s beautiful.
greengoblin
$225.00 for the Astro bowl
WaterGirl
@greengoblin: I was just about to say that I can’t believe no one was bidding on the Astro bowl. That is the one I would be bidding on if I didn’t already have a ridiculous number of glass pieces in my home.
So happy to see that someone else loves it, too!
Acknowledging the $225 bid for the Astro bowl.
greengoblin
@WaterGirl: Hopefully I am meant to have it!
WaterGirl
@greengoblin: Fingers crossed.
J R in WV
@Ksmiami:
Nice that Sachs disclosed his love for putin and his old-fashioned fascist movement so soon. Perhaps he could be indicted for his political work for a nation under severe sanction?
WaterGirl
With just over 30 minutes left to go, here’s where the auction:
Winning bid on Mezuzah cases gets their pick of mezuzah cases.
I have asked joey Maloney if others who are interested in mezuzah cases can get them, as long as they pay shipping. Waiting to hear back.
Please correct me if I have anything wrong or missed something.
SiubhanDuinne
@WaterGirl:
They are all beautiful and/or striking pieces. Joey Maloney does stunning work. We are lucky to have him as a jackal and an artist in our midst.
Tenar Arha
$100 for a mezuzah case
WaterGirl
With just 5 minutes to go, here’s where the auction:
Winning bid on Mezuzah cases gets their pick of mezuzah cases.
I have asked joey Maloney if others who are interested in mezuzah cases can get them, as long as they pay shipping. Waiting to hear back.
If no bids in the last 5 minutes, the auction stops at 7 pm sharp.
WaterGirl
@SiubhanDuinne: His work is lovely! I have absolutely no use for a mezuzah case, but some of them are so pretty I want them anyway!
SiubhanDuinne
@WaterGirl:
I know the feeling!
Glidwrith
Oooh, anticipation….
WaterGirl
The Ukraine auction for today is now ended!
greengoblin
Yay for me – yes?
WaterGirl
And the winners are:
The two mezuzah runners up, I am still waiting to hear back from Joey Maloney on whether you can still get cases after the top bidder gets their choice. Assuming you would pay shipping.
Mezuzah cases – PT & S – $90.00
Mezuzah cases – Alison Rose – $40.00
Glidwrith
@WaterGirl: Woohoo!
So now, chuck $$$ into the Ukraine fund, then communicate behind the scenes for address?
SiubhanDuinne
@WaterGirl:
Does that mean I am now the happy owner of Ruins? Yay!!
What’s the protocol for paying? Bid amount directly to the Ukraine thermometer and then notify you in a comment? And what about shipping costs? Do we pay those directly to Joey Maloney?
ETA: And what Glidwrith asked: do we email you with our shipping address?
WaterGirl
Congratulations to all the winners!
That’s $655 raised for Ukraine, and possibly another $150 or so if the mezuzah folks are able to get theirs.
All you do is donate through the thermometer, forward your confirmation email from ActBlue to me, and send me your name and mailing address. Once I get the info from all 5 (or 7) I will send the names and addresses to Joey Maloney.
Any questions?
WaterGirl
@SiubhanDuinne: You are the happy owner of the Ruins! :-)
WaterGirl
@Glidwrith: And you are the happy owner of the Lava piece!
WaterGirl
@greengoblin: You are the proud owner of the coveted Astro bowl! Congratulations.
WaterGirl
@AndoChronic: And you are the proud owner of Cthulhu calling down the moon! Has you son seen the photo, or will this be a surprise?
AndoChronic
@WaterGirl: Awesome! Thanks for facilitating WaterGirl and thank you Joey for your beautiful art. Q: How do we cover shipping for our items for Joey?
WaterGirl
@Tenar Arha: Congratulations!
Do you know which mezuzah case you want?
If you click on the image at #12, you will see a larger version, which you can scale up with the + button. From there, you can use Ctrl+ to make it even larger.
greengoblin
@WaterGirl: Thank you, Watergirl and J. Maloney!
Alison Rose ???
@WaterGirl: I will happily pay for shipping if JM is able and willing to send it.
SiubhanDuinne
@WaterGirl:
I’m thrilled! Have had my eye on it since you first provided a link to Joey Maloney’s artwork.
AndoChronic
@WaterGirl: I just showed it to him. He loves it! Me too! I’ll of course display it in shared location.
WaterGirl
@SiubhanDuinne: I’m so happy for you! And you get to hang it in your new abode! Extra thrilling, I imagine.
WaterGirl
@WaterGirl: Oh yay! So glad your son loves it!!
WaterGirl
@Alison Rose ???: He lives in Israel, so I imagine he is in bed right now.
I’m sure we’ll hear from him tomorrow. :-)
Glidwrith
Contribution made, confirmation received, forwarded with address to Watergirl.
Tenar Arha
@WaterGirl: I’m really dithering between the that bright yellow Star Trek, or the iridescent spray of flowers (?) on reddish ground. Are those flowers or is that more a Chagall type bird in a bush? (It’s the one on the lower right below the starfish).
greengoblin
I have also deposited my contribution and forwarded my ActBlue receipt to Watergirl.
AndoChronic
Receipt and address sent to you WaterGirl.
Tenar Arha
@Joey Maloney:
hi, question regarding a mezuzah
The one with what looks like an iridescent spray of flowers (?) on reddish ground. Are those flowers or is that more a Chagall type bird in a bush? (It’s the one on the lower right below the starfish).
WaterGirl
@Tenar Arha: I blew it up as much as I could and I’m still not sure. It’s beautiful, though.
WaterGirl
I have everything I need from the top 5 bidders – except that Tenar Arha has to decide which mezuzah she wants after she hears back from Joey M.
In the morning, Joey M. can also answer about shipping details.
Thanks everybody! Beautiful glass, and we get to help people in Ukraine. win-win
WaterGirl
Alison Rose and PT & S –
I’m sure we’ll hear from Joey M on the mezuzahs in the morning, too. Fingers crossed.
Alison Rose ???
@WaterGirl: I will check back on this post later tonight or tomorrow morning.
Glidwrith
@WaterGirl: Thank you! Do we watch here for shipping or our private email for when our purchase is on its way?
WaterGirl
@Glidwrith: I can send you all email when Joey M. ships them.
edit: Joey Maloney will email you the shipping information directly.
Joey Maloney
Hi to all, and thanks for your kind words about the pieces.
First, yes, the two runners-up for mezuzot can pick one.
Shipping will be via Israel Post to USPS, registered with insurance. For insurance purposes I will put the sale price on the piece on the customs document. My current understanding is the first $800 of imported goods are exempt from customs duty so no one should have to pay that.
If you give WaterGirl permission to give me your email address, I will send you the tracking number once your item is shipped. Expect a shipping time of anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 months. It used to be less erratic, but oh, DeJoy of dealing with USPS these days.
@Tenar Arha: The design on that mezuzah is whatever you want it to be, I guess :-) it’s just a roughly ש–shaped scatter of iridized frit
Alison Rose ???
@Joey Maloney: Yay! Please let me know the total with shipping and I will make the donation forthwith. I would love the green one with the red flower, bottom row second from left. And yes, WG is free to share my email with you
ETA or I make the bid price as donation and can PP/Venmo you the shipping costs? Let me know how you want to do it, I am happy to oblige!
Joey Maloney
@Alison Rose ???: I would say the latter method for the shipping costs only because I won’t know the exact amount until I take it to the post office.
WaterGirl
@Alison Rose ???: I see there is good news this morning!
Just donate through the thermometer, forward your confirmation email from ActBlue to me, and send me your name and mailing address. thanks
WaterGirl
This auction raised $785 for the people of Ukraine! Big thanks to Joey Maloney for his generosity in sharing his talent with us, and thanks also to everyone who participated!
Alison Rose ???
@Joey Maloney: Perfect, I will do the donation through the thermometer now, and then once you know the shipping fees, lemme know and I’ll send it along to you! Thanks!
Alison Rose ???
@WaterGirl: Donation made and confirmation forwarded!
Tenar Arha
@Joey Maloney: Thanks! I’ll let Water Girl know my pick ASAP, but I definitely think I’ll take it since it’s for a “future” doorway & it has enough colors to match just about a door of any color ;)
Tenar Arha
@WaterGirl: emailed you my pick & information. Thanks again for doing this.
WaterGirl
I now have names and addresses for all the buyers and have sent them on to Joey Maloney.