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2009-10-18

Big Night for St. Francis!

We had another successful fundraising auction for the St. Francis school on Saturday night. The last time I check we had raised over $50,000!. Total for the evening was over $100,000. Plus, a couple of student art projects sold for over $3000.00 in some exciting spirited bidding.

2009-10-09

Jacob is moving on.

One of my good friends, and longtime ringman at both my car and fundraising auctions is moving on. Jacob is the one on the left. Along with my other ringman Calvin, Jacob has worked with me for past four years, he's moving on to Austin Texas to purse his real passion of playing the Blues's, keep a look out for him he going to be famous.

2009-05-31

Montessori Earth School

My son and I finished up a wonderful night of raising money for his school. We raised over $80,000 for the evening, plus through the special appeal we raised enough to replace the aging fencing around the school, and with parking a premium we sold the three best spots for those who hate to wait for $2100.00 each!

2009-05-18

Fly Fishers of Oregon

I sold five of these spectacular etched bottles of Oregon wine for $250-$350.00 each with all the proceeds going to the Murtha Creek Project. The total raised was over $40,000 another record-breaking auction in 2009.

2009-04-01

My favorite car

The economic conditions is starting to hit the car guys hard. These two Lamborghini's were recently seized. If you want to own one you'll need between $125,000-$150,000.

2009-03-09

St. Thomas More Auction

We had another successful auction on Saturday March 7th, for St. Thomas More Catholic School. We raised over $200,000 in an action-packed evening which saw several item bring thousands more than they have in past years. Thanks for your support.

2009-03-01

West Linn Baseball auction.

We had another successful fundraiser this weekend. Over $60,000 was raised to improve the baseball fields in West Linn, Oregon. The surprise of the evening was three pairs of donated Blazers basketball shoes which brought a combined total of $2600.00, with Brandon Roy's fetching $1900.00 for his all-star Nikes.

2008-08-07

Campfire auction

2008-06-21

Real Estate auctions

I had the chance to work at my first Real Estate auction this past weekend. Great experience, over 200 homes up for sale with the majority being sold. This is how real estate is going to be sold in the future, watch for more exciting news about these types of auctions.

2008-04-04

Auctioneering in Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Selling a brand new Lotus, I got to drive the car before the auction, and it was fast on those open roads around Teton Village.

2008-03-21

Invest in the best.

The other night while finishing up a fundraising event a patron came up to me and told me she had never seen so much money raised in such a short amount of time. And she was right. An auction is one of most effective way to raise money for any kind of group. Whether it is a large auction or small, hiring someone who is familiar with the processes involved in making a fundraiser both profitable and fun is essential Which mean it literally pays to hire a professional fundraiser for your event. Depending on what your groups needs are I can create a fee structure which will work to make your event sucessful. I typically charge a flat fee, but if you are interested we can do a percentage of the gross of the oral auction. Send me an email today, so we make your non-profit event PROFITABLE.

2008-02-12

Omsi 2008

Brad Caldwell with one of the biggest supporters of OMSI Howard Hendinger.

2008-02-06

Racing tractors

In my family everyone raced something. Here is a shot of me at a tractor pull in Nebraska in the early 70's.

2008-02-06

A great guy, my dad.

Great day at the races back in 1977.

2008-01-26

We all look good in a tux.

Another great auction for OMSI this year. The special appeal raised neary $150,000. From left Calvin Mariani, Brian Grindy, guess who?, Brad Caldwell

2008-01-26

Getting ready for the big auction.

Enjoying myself before the start of the OMSI auction with some of the OMSI Board of Trustees.

2008-01-26

Working with a real professional.

Judiaann Woo, was the MC for our night at OMSI. Judiaan is the editor-in-chief for Pastryscoop.com, plus she can be seen on the Food Network and the Today show.