Auction

At 3:45 p.m. on March 20 in the Hunter Center, there will be an auction of work by eight artists that has been donated in advance. Winning bidders will also receive the pieces completed as part of the Iron Artists competition. The donated works will be on view all afternoon in the Hunter Center.

If you can’t make it to the event, you can still contribute to Kidspace. Email your auction bids by 9:00 p.m. on Friday, March 19 to kidspace@massmoca.org. Be sure to include your name, address, phone number, and email. We will let you know the following week whether you were a lucky winner.

• 1.

  Luisa Caldwell
  Flower Bundle, 2010
  Acrylic paint, fruit stickers on paper
  18 × 14 in.
  Retail value: $1,200
  Bid for this item on eBay

• 2.

  Richard Criddle
  Mustard Man
  Collage/digital print 9 × 13 in.
  From the exhibition It's Rude to Stare, 2007
  Retail value: $250
  Bid for this item on eBay

• 3.

  Debora Coombs
  Mr America, 2009
  25 × 12 in.
  Hand painted & kiln-fired stained glass
  From the exhibition Menfolk at the Cochrane Gallery, London, 2009
  $5,000
  Bid for this item on eBay
  
  This panel arrives fresh from exhibition at The Stained Glass Museum in the South Triforium of Ely Cathedral in England. Photo: Kevin Kennefick

• 4.

  Victoria Palermo
  Susan B. Anthony Slept Here, 2007
  Rubber and mixed media
  14 × 14 × 5 in.
  Retail value: $450
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  Artist's Note: Pictured on this pillow-shaped sculpture is the childhood home of Susan B. Anthony in Battenville, New York, where she lived from age six. Battenville is located about 50 miles from Anthony's birth place, Adams, Masachusetts. The house has been purchased by the State of New York for the purpose of historical preservation.
  
  
  
  

• 5.

  Long-Bin Chen
  Avalokitesvara, 2006
  16 × 9 × 12 in.
  New York phone book
  Retail value: $5,500

• 6.

  Matt Bua
  Scrapball and other upcoming structures
  Ink on paper
  11 × 14 in.
  Retail value: $250
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  Important info: these are structures to be built.

• 7.

  Linda Price-Sneddon
  Blue Mountain
  Flashe paint, pen and ink on paper
  Framed, 14 × 14 in.
  Retail value: $850
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• 8.

  Timothy Basil Ering
  3 autographed books
  Necks Out for Adventure, Frog Belly Rat Bone, The Tales of Despereaux
  Retail value: $45