2023 Symposium Silent Auction
Welcome to the 2023 Grand Canyon History Symposium Silent Auction, where you can help support Grand Canyon Historical Society! Bids are taken on the Silent Auction table at the Shrine of the Ages. Winners will be announced Saturday morning, November 4, 2023.
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Item #1 Polished lacquered photo on finished architectural fiberboard frame. The photo is the upstream view from Toroweap. This item weights 40# and has a sturdy wire hanger. It is 56” wide by 45” high overall. The image is 48” wide and 37” high. There is some slight scuffing on the edges of the frame. Minimum Bid $200
Item #2 Framed computer generated photo canvas of the downstream view at Toroweap in reverse. This is a Primovision Fine Art Photography piece by Robert Gertz of Phoenix. This item weights 5# and has a sturdy wire hanger. It is 40” wide by 50” high overall. The image is 29” wide and 39” high. This piece is in good condition. Minimum Bid $200
Item #3 Framed computer generated photo canvas of Separation Canyon from the Shivwits Plateau road to Kelly Point. Frank Barrios took this photo and had it converted by computer to a painting. This item weights 5# and has a sturdy wire hanger. It is 27” wide by 33” high overall. The image is 23” wide and 30” high. The backing cover (not the image) has a 5” tear in it. Minimum Bid $200
Item #4 Delightful Journey by Barry Goldwater, New, 1970. New book still wrapped in protective plastic. Publication date 1970. Minimum Bid $70
Item #5 The Last Canyon Voyage, by Charles Eggert, 2020 Univ. of Utah Press, New, Minimum Bid $24
Item #6 Carving Grand Canyon, by Wayne Ranney, 2005 1st edition copy collectible, signed. Minimum Bid $17
Item #7 Through the Grand Canyon From Wyoming to Mexico by Ellsworth Kolb, 1920 Edition. Unsigned (rarer believe it or not). (Slight water damage on bottom 1/4th of book, first 80 pages only). Minimum Bid $28
Item #8 Through the Grand Canyon From Wyoming to Mexico by Ellsworth Kolb, 1927 Edition. Unsigned (rarer believe it or not). Clean, like-new copy. Minimum Bid $35
Item #9 Compendium of twelve Grand Canyon history books, a great way to jumpstart a Grand Canyon history library. Minimum Bid $140. This compendium includes:
Navajo Bridge: Challenging Nature's Barriers to Transportation by Jerry Cannon
A Complete Life: The Autobiography of John Franklin Wright
Floating Hogans In Monument Valley: Remembering the First Marina in Navajoland by Wanda Morlan Eilts
Hijacking A River: A Political History of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon by Jeff Ingram
John H. Riffey: The Last Old-Time Ranger by Jean Luttrell
Last Homesteader on the Arizona Strip by Jean Luttrell
In A Better Place: Cemeteries & Gravesites of Grand Canyon by Kern Nuttall
Big Water Little Boats: Moulty Fulmer and the First Grand Canyon Dory on the Last of the Wild Colorado by Tom Martin
Bobby, Brighty, and the Wylie Way: A Collection of Stories, Letters, and Memoirs by Martha McKee Krueger
From Powell to Power - A Recounting of the First 100 River Runners through the Grand Canyon by Otis Reed "Dock" Marston
River of the West by David Liggett
Quicksand and Blue Springs: Exploring the Little Colorado River Gorge by Stephen West Cole
Navajo Bridge: Challenging Nature's Barriers to Transportation by Jerry Cannon
A Complete Life: The Autobiography of John Franklin Wright
Floating Hogans In Monument Valley: Remembering the First Marina in Navajoland by Wanda Morlan Eilts
Hijacking A River: A Political History of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon by Jeff Ingram
John H. Riffey: The Last Old-Time Ranger by Jean Luttrell
Last Homesteader on the Arizona Strip by Jean Luttrell
In A Better Place: Cemeteries & Gravesites of Grand Canyon by Kern Nuttall
Big Water Little Boats: Moulty Fulmer and the First Grand Canyon Dory on the Last of the Wild Colorado by Tom Martin
Bobby, Brighty, and the Wylie Way: A Collection of Stories, Letters, and Memoirs by Martha McKee Krueger
From Powell to Power - A Recounting of the First 100 River Runners through the Grand Canyon by Otis Reed "Dock" Marston
River of the West by David Liggett
Quicksand and Blue Springs: Exploring the Little Colorado River Gorge by Stephen West Cole
Have an item or two you would like to add to the Silent Auction? Please contact Kevin Schindler via email here.