The Sweetest Little Thing: a fundraiser for Struts Gallery and the Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada

The Sweetest Little Thing 2012 is a fundraising art auction that begins online and transitions into a live event. Event timeline:


1 February 14 February 5 pm 14 February 7:30 pm 14 February 11 pm
Online bidding begins. Online bidding ends. Live auction begins. Live auction ends.
New works added daily. Absentee Maximum bids will be accepted until 7 pm. Absentee Maximum bids are carried out by proxy. Winning Absentee bidders will be notified on 15 February.
All times are Atlantic Standard Time (AST)

How to Bid

Online Bidding

  1. Create a new account (even if you had one previously)
  2. Follow instructions to begin bidding on works
  3. Monitor your active auctions from your Account screen
  4. At the close of online bidding, leading online bids become opening bids at the live auction.

Live Event Bidding

  1. Bid online, if you wish, from 1–14 February, 2012
  2. Get dressed up in your finery and come to the live auction at the Owens Art Gallery, Feb 14, 2012, 7 pm
  3. Place bids in person

Absentee Maximum Bidding

  1. Bid online, if you wish, from 1–14 February, 2012
  2. Download, complete & submit an Absentee Maximum Bid Form (133 KB PDF) before 7 pm AST on 14 February, 2012. Please note: we suggest downloading this to your desktop and filling it out with the free Adobe Reader rather than using your web browser.
  3. We execute your Maximum Bids during the live auction

Questions and Assistance

Payment and Shipping

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