# Celebrity auction online

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/1998/10/27/celebrity-auction-online/
- Published: 1998-10-27T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

A group of Canadian celebrities have donated books for sale at an online auction
to raise money for educational projects in Canada. This “unique event” is being 
held in support of scholarships and bursaries for adult learners in literacy and
high school programs.

A visit to the site will lead you through a library of books, magazines, photographs,
art work, donated by politicians, authors, TV, film and sports stars, artists, academics.
Many of the works are personalised, telling you, with the click of a button, how
the book inspired the donor in their childhood, through their own education or current
work.
The event runs like a silent auction, with registered bidders browsing through
the 110 items, posting their bids as they find gems amongst the virtual shelves.
All information about bidders is kept confidential through a self-selected user 
name. Once the auction closes on 30 October, winning bidders will be contacted to
make payments over the phone or by cheque/money order. Goods will be delivered through
the mail or via courier.

Read UK Fundraising’s November 1998 [report](https://fundraising.co.uk/1998/11/22/online-auction-case-study/)
on the results.

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