"from the desk of" postcard auction 2008

Grub Street mailed these 28 famous authors a blank, 5x7 inch postcard and asked each to create whatever they wanted with it. BIDDING IS NOW CLOSED. Come to A Taste of Grub and win! Find out how to bid on these! Also check out our Literary Silent Auction.

authors

Diana Abu-Jaber Steve Almond Charles Baxter D.Y. Béchard Sven Birkerts Chris Bohjalian Susan Cheever

Forrest Gander Jane Hamilton Alice Hoffman Adam Johnson Charles Johnson Pagan Kennedy Lois Lowry

Gregory Maguire Lee Martin Susan Orlean Ben Percy Tom Perrotta Robert Pinsky Tom Robbins

George Saunders David Shields Maya Sonenberg Ginger Strand Elizabeth Strout Daniel Wallace C.D. Wright

postcards

Susan Cheever	George Saunders	Elizabeth Strout	Pagan Kennedy
Gregory Maguire	Ben Percy	Sven Birkerts	Charles Baxter
C.D. Wright	Susan Orlean	Alice Hoffman	Robert Pinsky
Chris Bohjalian	Maya Sonenberg	Tom Perrotta	Charles Johnson
Lois Lowry	Daniel Wallace	Ginger Strand	Tom Robbins
Jane Hamilton	David Shields	Diana Abu-Jaber	D.Y. Béchard
Steve Almond	Lee Martin	Forrest Gander	Adam Johnson

how it works: online bidding

To bid on any item, send an email to sonya@grubstreet.org stating the item(s) you want, your most current bid, and if you want, your guess as to who wrote it! The winning bidder will receive the postcard whether or not they're right or wrong. We will update the current bids for every item at 12pm and 5pm every weekday.

how it works: at the event

After online bidding closes, the highest current bid for each item will become the starting bid at the evening event. If you are the highest online bidder at that time, we will contact you to request your maximum bid. Should no other bidder at the event bid higher than your maximum bid, the item will be yours. Last year, 4 online bidders ended up winning their item. Bidders at the event may continue to bid in-person from exactly 6:00pm to 9:00pm. The highest bidder at closing time-- whether from online or in-person-- will win.