We are half way through the Birthday Auctions, so time for an update on how the bidding is progressing. At this point, we have already nearly tripled my original goal! This is what I mean by that:
When I had to set the starting prices for the items on eBay, I had a (modest?) goal in mind. A “price list” on Save the Children (see right) informs us that a shelter kit that provides safety and warmth to a family, costs 250USD$. That was my original marker when I calculated the total of all starting prices of the various fan items, including the privately auctioned custom RAPS. That initial goal was reached even before all items received a first bid because some items very quickly received several bids, driving the prices.
We already crossed the 500 USD$ mark early yesterday evening, which means we could effectively sponsor TWO shelters.
Overnight, more bidding activity happened, and now, on Sunday morning, we have crossed the next marker: As it stands, the combined bid prices add up to 821 USD$ (725 Euro), which pushes our reach to THREE shelter kits. All items have received at least one bid, which means that everyone of the auction items will be sold!
Bravo and a massive thank you to all of you who have made bids and supported this auction so far!
In detail, these are the current bids (in USD$):
1. Framed/mounted Richard Armitage autograph
184.02 $
Auction ends: 22 Aug, 2016 17:54 BST
2. Unfram
ed/unmounted Richard Armitage autograph
101.35 $
Auction ends: 22 Aug, 2016 23:45 BST
3. Unframed/unmounted Richard Armitage autogra
ph
80.97 $
Auction ends: 22 Aug, 2016 21:13 BST
4. Framed/mounted Richard Armitage 
autograph
134.83 $
Auction ends: 22 Aug, 2016 22:36 BST
5. One commemorative poster pull-out The Hobbit AUJ
5.66 $
Auction ends: 22 Aug, 2016 22:23 BST
6. One Hobbit Movie Guide – AUJ
37.37 $
Auction ends: 22 Aug, 2016 21:58 BST
7. One Empire magazine, issue with Th
orin Oakenshield hologram cover
70.78 $
Auction ends: 22 Aug, 2016 21:31 BST
8. The Crucible theatre programm
e
45.30 $
Auction ends: 22 Aug, 2016 21:22 BST
9. RAPS “King Oleron” 
(Alice Through The Looking Glass)
70.92 $
Auction ends: 22 Aug, 2016 23:24 BST
10. RAPS “Love Love Love”45.30 $
Auction ends: 22 Aug, 2016 23:36 BST
45.30 $
Auction ends: 22 Aug, 2016, 23.59 BST
The framed autographs are proving particular favourites – proving how dear tomorrow’s birthday boy is to our hearts. Owning a fan item that he has once touched? 😉 I can not fault you for that – I am already happy that these items are attracting your generous bids!
You can continue to bid for these items via clicking on the links above. If you are interested in the custom RAPS, you can send me your bid via e-mail to guylty@photographer.net (more info on the link above, scroll to bottom of page).
At this stage already a heart-felt THANK YOU to all who have reblogged, blogged, RT, tweeted, posted on Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest etc. I will spend today starting on that list of names that has to go into the raffle for a RAPS.
Guylty Pleasure 
Macht echt Freude, diese Auktionen zu beobachten. Mal sehen, ob du den 1000er packst
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Das wäre ein echter Traum! Und wer weiß, vielleicht klappt’s. eBay ist ja dafür bekannt, dass es in den letzten Minuten erst so richtig abgeht…
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Eben. Da sind sicher einige, die bereits mit einem Höchstgebot auf der Lauer liegen und dann in den letzten 15 Sekunden zuschlagen. Wird spannend sein zu beobachten 😀
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Vielleicht sollte ich am Ende mal die heiße Gebotsphase filmen… ist immer extrem spannend.
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Yaaaaaaaaaay! Great news! ❤
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Whenever I do an auction, it’s always a joy to get up every morning and see whether anything has moved…
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And it always does.
I am clicking my mail every 2-3 hours to see if I was out bidded and usually I am, so it certainly is moving on. 😉
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While I commiserate with you, I am very happy for the auction as such. And we have now crossed the 1000 $ mark!!!! What an amazing result already. Let’s see what the final 24 hours bring…
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I would dance if I could, but all I can say now is: YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES! AArmy did it again!
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Indeed, this dance- and scream-worthy. So happy!
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Great news! So hope we can reach 1000! Fingersx
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Going great guns, Guylty!
The photos are mouthwatering, and even more desirable because they’re Guylty exclusives you won’t find anywhere else.
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Aw, that’s sweet of you to say xx. I wasn’t altogether sure whether I was pushing my own work a little bit too much by having my own pics of him signed. In the end I decided on them, not because I think they are the best (they are not – there are better pics out there) but because I own the rights to them and I can publicly show them anywhere I want.
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Just an FYI I’m not sure why but the custom RAPS doesn’t come up on eBay for me. Listed under items for sale there are 10. Awesome that your auctions/donations are doing so well!
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Hi Tree – no, the custom RAPS is not on eBay. If you click the link provided in this post, it’ll take you back to yesterday’s post where I explained the procedure for the custom RAPS 🙂
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Sorry 😦
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OH WOW! So awesome!
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🙂 You can depend on the Army to be at the ready for charity drives. Fantastic result, and still getting better.
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Way to go!
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Thanks – and thanks for signal boosting
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Congrats!
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Cheers, Grati – all credit to the Army 🙂
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BID UPDATE for the Custom RAPS: Current highest bid now at 60$. Bravo to the generous bidder.
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Ich schaffe es zur Zeit leider nur immer mal wieder drüber zu lesen. Unglaublich was Du da wieder auf die Beine gestellt hast. Ich drücke ganz fest die Daumen und Hut ab! Du bist ein echter “Spendensammler” ❤
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Vielen Dank, Suzy – ich kann nur den Hut selber ziehen vor Leuten wie dir, die direkt vor Ort anpacken und mithelfen. Ich bin dankbar, dass wir hier so viele Freunde im Fandom haben, die an Fundraisern teilnehmen, und so einen Beitrag leisten.
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