Silent Auction Prizes

loveislouder

ETA: I hit enter and it posted with nothing. I promise, not a DD.

 Hey guys, We've all seen silent auctions. What kinds of prizes do you like to see and hope to win? So far most people I've talked to like a lottery tree, a XXX prize, hotel stays and restaurant gift cards.

Does anyone have anything else to add?

sarawifenow

? Am I missing something?

climbingsingle

Booze 

Spa gift certificates 

sarawifenow

Haha ok! You had me confused there. I agree with @ClimbingBrideNY about the spa gift certificates. I love that kind of stuff!

 

What about gift cards to movies, a local winery tour, or even a personal chef to come into your home and make dinner?

southernbelle0915

I went to a fundraiser last night, so I'm primed for this!

Things I liked:

- sporting event tickets

- special event tickets (musicals, opera, symphony)

- gift certificates to various places (restaurants, spas, galleries, etc.)

- art

- cabin/second home (we "won" a week at this guy's place in Aspen)

- wine tours

- brewery tours

- gift baskets (food, spa, etc.)

- cooking class certificate

- homemade stuff (not like a kid's macaroni art... some lady had a gorgeous hand knit quilt that fetched a pretty penny)

- golf outings

That's all I can remember right now. What's your audience?

kmmssg

Golf stuff goes like crazy every year around here.  We have annual silent auction and I have seen some killer gift baskets put together around movie themes, chocolate theme, golf theme, spa theme, italian food theme, etc.

kat1114

We had a couple in law school. My favorite things were similar to everyone else so far, but for the sporting event tickets, I really only get excited if they are super good seats.

One kind of unique idea I liked was offering experiences. For example, one of our professors was a licensed pilot, so the auction prize was having him fly you and a guest in a private plane over the Grand Canyon.

loveislouder

In Manitoba we do things called "socials" as a fundraiser for many things - weddings, cancer research, anything that you want to raise funds for.

We're holding this social in memory of a friend of ours who died of brain cancer for cancer research.

It's essentially a big party with lots of drinking and dancing.

Audience : 18 - 75, but mostly 20 - 50

larrygaga

I thought this said Pizza's and I got super excited and then it wasn't pizzas, so may I suggest Pizza being a prize?

loveislouder

We give people pizza for free around 10 PM. No need to silent auction it :P