"from the desk of" postcard auction 2009

Grub Street mailed these 29 prominent authors a blank, 5x7 inch postcard and asked each to create whatever they wanted with it. Place your bids now on these one-of-a-kind artworks and attend A Taste of Grub to see who wins. Also check out our Literary Silent Auction and the 2008 postcards.

postcards

BIDDING IS NOW CLOSED. FINAL BIDS ARE BELOW!

Dorothy Allison Final Bid: $120	Steve Almond Final Bid: $410	D.Y. Béchard Final Bid: $50	Sven Birkerts Final Bid: $110	Karen Brennan Final Bid: $140
Ron Carlson Final Bid: $210	Maud Casey Final Bid: $160	Susan Cheever Final Bid: $90	Matthew Dickman Final Bid: $70	Merrill Feitell Final Bid:
James Franco Final Bid: $200	James Franco Final Bid: $100	Lauren Groff Final Bid: $80	Amy Hempel Final Bid: $500	Alice Hoffman Final Bid: $140
Adam Johnson Final Bid: $50	Pagan Kennedy Final Bid: $150	Lois Lowry Final Bid: $125	Lorrie Moore Final Bid:	Stewart O'Nan Final Bid: $50
Susan Orlean Final Bid: $175	Peter Orner Final Bid: $50	Pamela Painter Final Bid: $250	Matthew Pearl Final Bid: $50	Ben Percy Final Bid: $60
David Shields Final Bid: $70	Elizabeth Strout Final Bid: $90	Daniel Wallace Final Bid: $275	Amanda Eyre Ward Final Bid: $50	Josh Weil Final Bid: $110

authors

Dorothy Allison Steve Almond D.Y. Béchard Sven Birkerts Karen Brennan Ron Carlson Maud Casey Susan Cheever

Matthew Dickman Merrill Feitell James Franco Lauren Groff Amy Hempel Alice Hoffman Adam Johnson Pagan Kennedy

Lois Lowry Lorrie Moore Stewart O'Nan Susan Orlean Peter Orner Pamela Painter Matthew Pearl Ben Percy

David Shields Elizabeth Strout Daniel Wallace Amanda Eyre Ward Josh Weil

how it works: online bidding

To bid on any item, send an email to sonya@grubstreet.org stating the item(s) you want, plus your most current bid. Bids MUST be in increments of $10. We will update the current bids for every postcard 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 A Taste of Grub on November 6th. If you are the highest online bidder at that time, we will contact you to request your maximum bid. Should no one at A Taste of Grub bid higher than your maximum bid, the item will be yours. Last year, four online bidders ended up winning their item.

Bidders at the event may continue to bid in person at A Taste of Grub from exactly 6:00pm to 9:30pm. The highest bidder at closing time-- whether from online or in-person-- will win.