So what would you bid?

[Tom McAndrew]

Saturday night, after the Blue-White game, I attended a Special Olympics event hosted by SuePa. Every year I've attended this event, there have been quite a few items available for silent auction. This year, one of the auction items was a combo package -- a PSU wrestling headgear signed by Coach Sanderson, and a PSU B1G Dual-Meet Champions visor that was also signed by Coach. The minimum bid was $50. Somebody put in a bid for $55, and somebody else upped that with a bid of $80. That was about half-way through the event. I was hoping to see what the combo package went for, but I got involved in multiple conversations, and wasn't near the auction sheets when the silent auction ended. So I have no idea how much money this package raised.

Keeping in mind that this was a fundraiser, if you had been in attendance at the event, what would you have bid for this package?

 

[Pennstate1985]

I would have been more interested in just the headgear, but would have gone as high as $200 for the package. I support charities and one is the Special Olympics. My thought is that they should allow online bidding for those of us 800 miles away.

 

[SRATH]

200-500

 

[D3wrestler]

Probably 150-200

 

[aalion]

I would have bid $500 for the headgear, but subtracted $50 because visors are lame.

 

[Just another PSU Fan]

I tend to go with the flow on bidding wars in charity auctions, I'm not going to raise the bar $100 if the next bid is $75

for common items with a signature by Cael, let's say $350 for the lot would be my high mark, appropriately bidding of course ...

 

[aalion]

I tend to go with the flow on bidding wars in charity auctions, I'm not going to raise the bar $100 if the next bid is $75

for common items with a signature by Cael, let's say $350 for the lot would be my high mark, appropriately bidding of course ...

I get this... I am always torn between supporting a charity to the max that I can afford vs outbidding someone for something they might really want alot more than I do. I already have some Cael and team signed stuff - I'd hate to out bid someone who might have wanted to give to their kids or something.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

I tend to go with the flow on bidding wars in charity auctions, I'm not going to raise the bar $100 if the next bid is $75

funny story in relationship to what you stated.

One of the items in the auction was a black and white drawing of JoePa. I've seen copies of this picture before. If I recall correctly, it was drawn by someone that used "409" in various heights in a creative way to draw JoePa. I'm not sure if this drawing was the original, or a signed print copy.

Trustee Anthony Lubrano has a lot of JoePa memorabilia, but doesn't have this picture, and decided he wanted it. He bid multiple times for the item. When they announced there was 1 minute left in the auction, he found that his previous bid had been topped. So he upped the highest bid by $100. Sometimes, when you really want something at a silent auction, you have to take an aggressive approach.

I believe that trustee Lubrano got the drawing, but I didn't verify that with him before he left.

 

[El-Jefe]

Spyker would bid $500 and not pay for it.

 

[diggerpup]

Visor ?? Blah ....


Although the signed headgear is super cool.

I’d bid $100, and keep upping incrementally until about $200.

 

[lobo lion]

If the headgear was what Bo was wearing when he pinned MyMar, I bet we'd all pay substantially more. I'm guessing that would bring something in the $500 to $1,000 range, though not from me, what with two daughters getting married this year.

 

[Pennstate1985]

If the headgear was what Bo was wearing when he pinned MyMar, I bet we'd all pay substantially more. I'm guessing that would bring something in the $500 to $1,000 range, though not from me, what with two daughters getting married this year.

double congrats!!

 

[pawrestlersintn]

I would have bid $500 for the headgear, but subtracted $50 because visors are lame.

Yeah, lame.

 

[horraybeer]

Me and the wife goto charity events every 2-3 months. I budget 2k for each and would pay that for that headgear cause the end cause is what matters.

 

[7brwnpsu]

I would bid $250, then my wife would take her white-out out of her purse and eliminate my bid. She would rather bid and leave the item behind. I can't overcome her two questions. Why do you need it and where would you put it. That is why I sleep with Cael's Wheaties Box under my pillow.

I married an antihoarder.

 

[Pennstate1985]

I would bid $250, then my wife would take her white-out out of her purse and eliminate my bid. She would rather bid and leave the item behind. I can't overcome her two questions. Why do you need it and where would you put it. That is why I sleep with Cael's Wheaties Box under my pillow.

I married an antihoarder.

Well, the headgear can be worn at all times to show support for PSU wrestling. Morning, noon, and night.

 

[Dogwelder]

Well, the headgear can be worn at all times to show support for PSU wrestling. Morning, noon, and night.

Just ask Willie!

 

[7brwnpsu]

Jason Nolf could use it. I think in one of Tikk's photos, the closeup showed his was well used. I was surprised based on how little time it is used in matches.