Monday, March 24, 2008

DM Library Silent Book Auction


The Friends of the DeMotte Library is offering book lovers the opportunity to name their price on several collectible titles during a Silent Auction throughout the month of March.

A variety of books, old and new, children and adult, are available through this silent auction, and are on display in a glass case near the library’s circulation desk.

Some items to be auctioned off include a 100th Anniversary Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Souvenir Program & Magazine along with two circus posters, the Civil War Era by James M. McPherson, an Elizabeth Taylor Collection of books and videos, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde and many other titles.

A booklet listing items is located on the display case that holds the materials to be auctioned off. Items may be bid on more than once, and bids may be checked during the auction for current prices. The winning bidders will be notified at the end of the auction.

For more information, visit or call the DeMotte Library at 987-2221.