KSKA Great Certificate Auction

Join Us for the 2010

All kinds of Gift Certificates to all kinds of places…..you will find it here! Deals you won’t want to miss……

Tune in to KSKA, 91.1FM:

Saturday, May 15 from 9a.m. until Noon
&
Sunday, May 16 from 1p.m. until 4p.m.

Bid by phone on all kinds of certificates including those for use at your favorite restaurants, entertainment facilities, sporting events, home and auto repair shops, spas & salons, and much, much more.

Don’t miss the excitement and convenience of Bidding by phone at 907-550-8484 or 1-800-478-5256.

For their part in making this event possible we thank our major sponsor:

All proceeds benefit public broadcasting right here in Alaska, helping us to provide quality programming that informs, educates, inspires, & connects Alaskans of all ages.

LIVE Auction: The Live auction happens on the RADIO

You are invited to tune into KSKA 91.1FM

Boards of 5 items will be described and featured for bidding. Listen, and when you hear an item you are interested in, stop and pick up the phone and call in your bid. Each board will be presented for only 6 minutes. So, be ready to act fast!

Each day of the KSKA Great Certificate Auction we will feature 22 boards each having 5 items.
The items numbered in the 1000’s will be presented on Saturday, May 15th.
(Click here for the May 15th list of items.)
The items numbered in the 2000’s will be presented on Sunday, May 16th.
(Click here for the May 16th list of items.)

WHEN:

Saturday: May 15, 2010 9am to Noon

Sunday: May16, 2010 1pm to 4pm

Listeners may bid on items by calling 550-8484 or 1-800-478-5256 during the broadcast.

WHERE:

On the radio at KSKA 91.1FM

Special item available to our viewers & participants!!!

Fly Fishing Women Explore Alaska by author, fly fisher-woman extraordinaire & Alaska’s own Pudge KleinKauf. This book is a unique combination of an adventure story, a great gift book with more than 100 color photographs, and a how-to-guide with fishing techniques, twenty of Alaska’s best flies, and much practical information for planning the fishing trip of a lifetime. As a winner of the Benjamin Franklin Award, Pudge’s first book was donated in supported of public broadcasting. Call in and support this event and KSKA radio with a contribution of $35 or more & a special autographed copy of this book can be yours while supplies last. Thank you, Cecilia “Pudge” Kleinkauf, for being a friend to KAKM, KSKA, and APRN public broadcasting.

The 2010 Northern Lights Coupon Book

This popular local product is published annually right here in Anchorage and is full of outstanding 2 for 1 and high-dollar discounts at more than 200 restaurants in the South Central area. From casual to fine dinning, cruises, museums, car rentals and more, yours to experience when you call in or come by and make a contribution of $50 or more to KSKA radio. This is a great way to support the auction and Alaska public broadcasting. Available now while supplies last at KAKM studio, 3877 University Drive. Our thanks to Jeff and Northern Lights Entertainment.

Bidding by Phone

When you hear an item announced on air that you would like to bid on, call us immediately:

550-8484 in Anchorage
1-800-478-5256 outside Anchorage, toll-free

We have a total of 10 phone bidders to take your call and bid with you. If you don’t get through, hang up and keep trying – many times bidders on the phone will drop out as prices rise, thus freeing a phone line for a new bidder.

NOTE: Your signal is slightly delayed from actual events in the studio – up to several seconds. Therefore, turn down your radio volume while on the phone and simply listen to and talk with your bidding operator. They will keep you informed of current bids.

Official Bidding Rules & Procedures

Live bidding is done by phone.
Five items will be presented on a board at one time.
Each board will be up for bidding for 6 minutes. Any and all of the items on a given board can be bid upon by a single or multiple bidders.
After 6 minutes the board will be closed
The highest bidder on each item will be contacted as the successful bidder.
Each item being offered will be described and the donor and value given.
Listen to the announcers as they will continue to update the bidding information
If you hear of an item on which you wish to bid, immediately dial 550-8484 (in Anchorage) or 1-800-478-5256 (outside Anchorage) to initiate bidding.
The operator must take your name and phone number before you are allowed to bid.
The operator will tell you the highest current bid. Stay on the phone with the operator until you reach the highest bid you want to make.
There are up to 9 other simultaneous phone bidders
In the event of two identical bids, the Auctioneer reserves the right to determine which bid he or she considers first.
If you are the highest bidder, a confirmation operator will call you within one hour of the item’s sale to give you instructions for picking up and paying for your item(s).
The “Value” represents the donor’s estimated value of the item or the value recommended by the judges or research. This is not a “minimum” or “price” and is furnished only as a guide to prospective bidders.
We recommend bidders listen for restrictions such as expiration dates or call the station with questions between 8:30am and 5pm the week the auction is scheduled.

Condition of Sale

Proceeds from the KSKA Great Certificate Auction will benefit Alaska Public Telecommunications, Inc. (APTI), 3877 University Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508. APTI is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit / charitable corporation and operates KAKM Public Television (Channel 7), KSKA Public Radio (FM 91.1) and the Alaska Public Radio Network (APRN).
APTI assumes no risk, liability, or responsibility for the authenticity of the authorship of any property identified in the auction lists, website, or live radio presentation, (that is, the identity of the creator or the period , culture, source, or origin, as the case may be, with which the creation of any property is identified herein).
All property is sold “as is” and APTI does not make any warranties or representations of any kind or nature with respect to the property, and in no event will be responsible for the correctness, nor deemed to have made any representation or warranty of description, genuineness, attribution, provenance, historical period, or condition of the property, and no statement in the catalog or made at the sale of in the bill of sale or invoice or in the script of elsewhere shall be deemed such a warranty or representation or an assumption of liability.
APTI makes no representations or warranties, expressed or implied, as to whether the purchaser acquires any reproduction rights in the property.
APTI reserves the right to withdraw any property at any time before actual sale.
APTI reserves the right to rearrange the item presentation schedule at any time before or during the live auction.

Removal of Property (Item Pickup)

Successful bidders must arrange for payment and removal of purchases with 48 hours of their confirmed high bid unless other arrangements are made. APTI reserves the right to dispose of the property in any manner it deems appropriate if the successful bidder does not remove the property within the agreed upon period of time.
Payments may be made by cash, check, VISA, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover.
Gift Certificates may be mailed at an additional fee & may be sent certified
The purchaser shall be responsible for transporting his/her purchase unless mailing arrangements for Gift certificates are made.
Items may be paid for and picked up at 3877 University Drive, Anchorage, during regular business hours between 9am and 5:30pm.

Thank You!

Tremendous thanks go out to all our supporters, bidders, donors, volunteers, staff and to our major sponsor the Alaska Center for Otolaryngology and to Country Garden Farms.

Please allow us to…

say thanks to all the supporters of this year’s event – listed below

Major Sponsor: The Alaska Center for Otolaryngology

Financial Supporters & In kind Support

Country Garden Farms
The Bagel Factory
Dino Donuts
Subway
Northern Lights Entertainment
The Mileposts
Pudge Kleinkauf
America North Printers
Great Harvest Bread Co
Raven’s Brew Coffee

Live Auction Hosts

Announcers: Bede Trantina, Connie Huff, Kristin Spack, Ed Ratliff, & Steve Lindbeck
Phone Banks: Service High School Navy JrROTC Cadets, Full Circle Farm, and the Anchorage Education Association
Event Manager: Cindy Stophlet
Auction Assistant: Marla Bell, Thomas Speckels

Additional Thanks

On behalf of APTI, my heartfelt appreciation & thanks to all our donors, staff, volunteers, and supporters for the ongoing commitment of time, talent, treasures, & energy!

- Cindy Stophlet, Events Manager

Contact Us

If you have questions about the auction, please feel free to contact us.

KSKA public radio
3877 University Dr Anchorage AK 99508
907-550-8400 voice
907-550-8401 fax

Cindy Stophlet
Events Manager
907-550-8432 direct
cstophlet@alaskapublic.org

Live Auction Bidding
ONLY AVAILABLE DURING THE AUCTION
550-8484 for local callers in Anchorage
1-800-478-5256 for statewide callers outside Anchorage