The TCMA holds a fund raising auction each year at the TSA Spring Convention.
You can recycle your old stuff into caves or help the TCMA by bidding on items at the auction!
| Auction Item |
Starting Bid |
Donated By |
Picture or Website |
| 50 Years of Texas Caving |
|
Carl Kunath |
 |
| Basket of Handmade Bat Shaped Soaps |
|
Diana Tomchick |
|
| Bed and Breakfast one night in the Presidential Suite (normally
$200.00/night) - near Dennison Texas (Lake Texoma) |
|
Daniel Dase |
http://www.mollycherry.com/ |
| Calendar: Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Cons Calendar (2) |
|
Gary Franklin |
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| Carbide Lamps: Antique |
$55.00 |
Jerry Atkinson |
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| Carbide Lamps: Antique Autolite |
$75.00 |
Jerry Atkinson |
|
| Carbide Lamps: Antique Guysdropper |
$75.00 |
Jerry Atkinson |
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| Carbide Lamps: Antique Horizontal Justrite |
$75.00 |
Jerry Atkinson |
|
| Framed Huautla Patch: Only 22 of them were ever
made and that was in 1980. They were sewn one at a time by hand.
|
$50.00 |
Bill Steele |
 |
| Goody Basket |
|
Evelynn Mitchell |
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| Handmade purse |
|
Mudhippies
|
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| Handle of Caver Approved Rum |
|
George Paul Richmann |
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| Helmet: Glow in the dark fiber metal |
|
RD Milhollin |
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| Helmet liner and carbide lamp used by UT caver David Hannah in mid-1950s. Has first version of UT grotto sticker. David died in January 2005. |
|
Barbara Hannah |
 |
| Helmet liner and carbide lamp used by UT caver David Hannah in mid-1950s. Has
second version of UT grotto sticker. David died in January 2005. |
|
Barbara Hannah |
 |
| Huipiles (Maya woven blouses) |
|
Anne Scott |
|
| Inflatable Boats (2) |
|
Evelynn Mitchell |
|
| Maverick Grotto Bull Newsletters - Paper Collection
|
|
RD Milhollin |
|
| Name the road to Punkin' Cave (includes street sign) |
$700.00 |
|
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| Narrated led trip for four to the back reaches (to the beginning of the Mile Long Crawl) of Honey Creek Cave, Texas' longest cave, with Bill Steele, one of
the original explorers. All equipment furnished. |
$500.00 |
Bill Steele |
|
| Nightlight Coon Hunting Lights
(2) |
|
RD Milhollin |
|
| Painting: "Emergence" acrylic on canvas |
|
Brenda Stolwyk |
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| Painting: Longhorn Cavern by Bob West |
|
Bob West |
 |
| Painting: "View of the Bridge" acrylic on artboard |
|
Wayne Peplinski |
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| Poster: Mammoth Cave |
|
George Veni |
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| Randy Water's Vertical Gear
|
|
Bob Cowell |
|
| Rare Children's book of mazes |
$50.00 |
Bill Steele |
example
page in pdf format |
| REI Caver basket |
$30.00 |
George Paul Richmann
|
http://www.rei.com/ |
| Tour: Airman's Cave, Guided |
|
Tammy Cox |
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| Tour: Airman's Cave, Guided |
|
Frank and Joanna
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