Ellen Burgin
Flower Spurs, 2021
Acrylic and Posca markers on aqua board
8 x 8 inches framed; image size is 4 x 4 inches unframed
Starting Bid: $200
Estimated Value: $400
Current Bid: $200
Item #50: A selection of KRUPSKAYA books
9 books: Noah Ross, The Dogs; Maria Sledmere, Cinders; Jennifer Soong, Comeback Death (2024); Companion, Sofía Córdova, Rebeca Bollinger, Pam Martin, Yedda Morrison (2022); Kim Rosenfield, Tràma (2004); Rene Gladman, The Activist (2003).
Starting bid: $55
Estimated value: $150
Current bid: $75
Item #49: Amy Trachtenberg - Ecstatic Voyaging ceramic tile
Amy Trachtenberg
Ecstatic Voyaging, 2019 hand glazed ceramic tile 12 x 6 inches/ prototype for BART Station artwork
www.amytrachtenberg.com
Starting Bid: $150
Estimated Value: $300
Current Bid: $225
Item #48: Commissioned Portrait Painting by Connie Zheng
Connie Zheng
General portrait in color (two people max)
Size and complexity dependent on final winning bid amount (up to maximum size of 40 x 36 inches); gouache on double-sided drafting film for semi-translucent look and feel, 8 x 11 inch
Starting bid: $500
Estimated value: $800+
Current bid: $600
Item #47: Hope Mohr - Intergenerational Diagram
Hope Mohr
Intergenerational Diagram, 2024
Felt, wire, emboridery thread
Courtesy of the Artist
Starting bid: $35
Estimated value: $100
Current bid: $50
Item #46: Hope Mohr - Pink and Gold
Hope Mohr
Pink and Gold, 2024
Felt and embroidery thread
12 x 12 inches
Courtesy of the Artist
Starting bid: $35
Estimated value: $50
Current bid: $35
Item #45: Maxe Crandall - Write a Poets Play with Maxe Crandall, Or Play Consultation
Maxe Crandall
Write a Poets Play with Maxe Crandall, Or Play Consultation
Whether you love or are disinterested in theater, this experience is for you!
Should You Choose to Write a Play:
First, we'll talk on zoom or in person & cook up a scenario. Then we'll write back and forth in a document, or (more likely) devise a process of our own. I'll hold your hand through the highs and lows of writing for the stage, and soon enough we'll have a 10-minute play ready to present in the finest halls and alleyways your city has to offer.
Should you choose to have a consult:
I can give feedback like nobody's business. Send me <30 pages, and we'll talk for at least an hour about what's working and what might take you in new directions. Zoom or in person.
Starting bid: $55
Estimated value: $300
Current bid: $55
Item #44: Syd Staiti - Watercolor Pet Portrait
Syd Staiti
Watercolor Pet Portrait
One of the best kept secrets of the Bay Area BY FAR, Syd Staiti's amateur pet portraits are for sale for the first time ever. Lean back and relax as Staiti's meticulous brush paints a perfect likeness of your beloved pet in soothing autumnal tones (or other tones, depending on the color of your pet). BONUS: Bid high enough, and you'll upgrade yourself from a postcard size to a pet portrait of luxury. Billboards are surely the limit!
Starting bid: $50
Estimated value: $
Current bid: $125
Item #43: Michelle Tea - Liberation!: A Trio of Art Sticker Tags by Michelle Tea
Michelle Tea
Liberation!: A Trio of Art Sticker Tags by Michelle Tea
Three 3-D sticker tags created by queer author, organizer, and publisher of Dopamine Books --and former Bay Area denizen--MICHELLE TEA. Must have for your queer art collection! +Super rare googly eyes
Courtesy of the Artist
Starting bid: $40
Estimated value: $
Current bid: $45
Item #42: Miriam Klein Stahl - Six art prints
Miriam Klein Stahl
six poster art prints-- literary and political
Starting bid: $50
Estimated value: $250
Current bid: $40
Item #41: David Buuck - Literary journal/small press consultation with Tripwire publisher David Buuck
David Buuck
Literary journal/small press consultation with Tripwire publisher David Buuck
90-minute video or in person meeting to discuss your project! Great for new(er) editors and publishers just starting out, especially those interested in pursuing non-mainstream, non-“professional” publishing endeavors.
David Buuck lives in Oakland, CA. He is the co-founder and editor of Tripwire, a journal of poetics (tripwirejournal.com).
Starting bid: $100
Estimated value:
Current bid:
Item #40: Susan Stryker - 🧟 A Signed Copy of "When Monsters Speak" with Handwritten Passage 🧟
Susan Stryker
🧟 A Signed Copy of When Monsters Speak with Handwritten Passage 🧟
Iconic lines from the essay "My Words to Victor Frankenstein Above the Village of Chamounix" handwritten by Susan, with a signed copy of When Monsters Speak: A Susan Stryker Reader (2024)
Courtesy of the Artist
Starting bid: $55
Estimated value:
Current bid: $150
Item #39: Chupan Atashi - Zourkhaneh
Chupan Atashi
Zourkhaneh, 2004
Digital print
13 x 18 cm
Courtesy of the Artist
Chupan Atashi (b. Tehran) is a visual artist based in Amsterdam, whose practice encompasses sculpture, drawing, animation, photography, writing, sound, performance, and installation.
Starting bid: $400
Estimated value: $750
Current bid:
Item #38: Laura Figa - Chiasmus XXXII
Laura Figa
Chiasmus XXXII, 2025
Graphite on paper
8 x 3.5 inches
Courtesy of the Artist
Starting bid: $325
Estimated value: $750
Current bid: $375
Item #37: Mike Chin - Uncanny Whimsy I: Dog Futures
Mike Chin
Uncanny Whimsy I: Dog Futures, 2025
Color photograph, vintage frame. Signed with certificate of authenticity
1 of an edition of 5
5 x 7 inches, 8.5 x 10.5 inches framed
Courtesy of the Artist
Starting bid: $30
Estimated value: $45
Current bid:
Item #36: Sun Park - Adobe Illustrator lesson
Sun Park
Adobe Illustrator lesson
Learn the basics of Illustrator, Adobe’s vector based program! This will be an introductory experience but prior experience with Photoshop, or other Adobe products is highly recommended.
You must bring your own laptop and download a trial version of Illustrator beforehand.
I am happy to gear the lesson towards your interests and goals (i.e. creating files for laser cutter, logo design, etc.) if you like.
Who is your instructor?! My name is Sun, I am a visual artist and I have taught digital art classes at SFSU and Union College. I ❤️ Illustrator and I hope you’ll love it too.
1.5 hour private session (or bring a friend if you like!) meet me in the Mission.
Starting bid: $50
Estimated value $150
Current bid:
Item #35: Keith J. Varadi - World Comma (Comma of the World)
Keith J. Varadi
World Comma (Comma of the World), 2012-2019
Oil and canvas
12 x 9 inches
Starting bid: $500
Estimated value: $1500
Current bid:
Item #34: Karla Wozniak - In My Room
Karla Wozniak
In My Room, 2023
Oil on canvas
14 x 11 inches
Courtesy of the Artist
Starting bid: $400
Estimated value: $1,400
Current bid: $600
Item #33: Sophia Dahlin - Spot in a Generative Poetry Workshop
Sophia Dahlin
Spot in a Generative Poetry Workshop
Good for one spot in a 2025-2026 Generative Poetry workshop, online or in South Berkeley
Starting bid: $100
Estimated value: $195-250
Current bid: $100
Item #32: Marcus Ewert - 90-minute tarot reading with Marcus Ewert
Marcus Ewert
Get your cards read by one of the Bay's beloved, Marcus Ewert!
BIO: An actor, writer, and director, MARCUS EWERT is the author of the award-winning 10,000 Dresses, the first picture book to feature a transgender protagonist, and the creator of the hit animated children’s series Piki & Poko, which appeared on MTV’s Logo channel.
Starting bid: $100
Estimated value: $250
Current bid: $105