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The following are the items that will be available at the Winter Gala silent auction. Preview and additional details will be available on the evening of the gala.
We would like to express our sincere appreciation to those who donated these items. Thank you for your support.
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Flying Spaghetti Monster Basket
Friend of the group, Brittany Bellows, organized and donated this basket of FSM and atheist memorabilia including one of her custom, hand-crafted magnets. This basket includes the following, however we may be adding one or two more items to it before the auction: 100% God Free Coffee Mug |
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La Manzana Verde
This lovely 16×20 framed print was created and donated by local artist Holly Porter. This print was entirely computer generated and took several weeks to paint. |
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God’s Brothel The Extortion of Sex for Salvation in Contemporary Mormon and Christian Fundamentalist Polygamy and the Stories of 18 Women Who Escaped By Andrea Moore-Emmett Andrea Moore-Emmett personally autographed and donated this copy of God’s Brothel. Additional background on this book can be found at http://www.godsbrothel.com/ |
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Snow House
This beautiful, framed, 11×14 original watercolor was donated by the multi-talented local artist Brittany Bellows. You can view more of Brittany’s work at http://www.flickr.com/photos/brigliadore/ |
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Light House
This beautiful, framed, 11×14 original watercolor was donated by the multi-talented local artist Brittany Bellows. You can view more of Brittany’s work at http://www.flickr.com/photos/brigliadore/ |
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A Lapel Pin
This isn’t actually an auction item. The Richard Dawkins Foundation gave us a great deal on these lapel pins, so we got enough of them to provide one for attendee at the gala. |
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Epiphone Guitar Package
Our friend Jesse Clarke donated this guitar package that includes an Epiphone guitar, electronic tuner, music stand and beginning guitar instructional material. Thanks Jesse. |
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Origins Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution By Neil deGrass Tyson and Donald Goldsmith Neil deGrass Tyson and Donald Goldsmith personally autographed and donated this copy of Origins. Additional background on this book can be found at http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/buy/books/origins |
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The Physics of Star Trek By Lawrence M. Krauss Lawrence Krauss personally autographed and donated this copy of The Physics of Star Trek. Additional background on this book can be found at http://krauss.faculty.asu.edu/books/the-physics-of-star-trek/ |
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The Better Angels of our Nature The Decline of Violence in History and its Causes By Steven Pinker Steven Pinker personally autographed and donated this copy of The Better Angels of our Nature. Additional background on this book can be found at http://stevenpinker.com/publications/better-angels-our-nature |
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Breaking The Spell & Science and Religion By Daniel C. Dennett Daniel Dennett personally autographed and donated these copies of Science and Religion: Are They Compatible? and Breaking The Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon. Additional background on this book can be found at http://www.amazon.com/Science-Religion-Compatible-Point-Counterpoint/dp/0199738424 and http://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Spell-Religion-Natural-Phenomenon/dp/0143038338/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1326163756&sr=1-1 |
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Sense & Goodness Without God A Defense of Metaphysical Naturalism By Richard Carrier Richard Carrier personally autographed and donated this copy of Sense & Goodness Without God. Additional background on this book can be found at http://astore.amazon.com/supportcarrier-20/detail/1420802933 |
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Olives & Ivy
This lovely 30×20 framed print was created by local artist Holly Porter and was donated by Richard Andrews. This print was entirely computer generated and took almost a year to paint. |
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Rosa Roja
This beautiful 30×20 framed print was created by local artist Holly Porter and was donated by Richard Andrews. This print was entirely computer generated and took almost six months to paint. |
