COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Nearly $52,000 was raised Saturday night during the 44th Annual Tibbits Auction which returned to a totally in person event.
With a “The Price is Right” theme, the evening featured games and prizes, in addition to the traditional silent and live auction.
Darin Spieth and Dan Satow of Spieth & Satow Auctioneers led participants through the bids.
Celebrating America’s number one game show, the event carried the theme throughout the theatre from popular games like Plinko and Punch-a-Bunch, to a life-size cut out of Bob Barker at a selfie station.
Following the auction, Tibbits Board President Chris Donbrock said, “Thank you to our sponsors, donors and the community for their generosity. The auction is important part of our annual operations for this next year.”
He also acknowledged the hard work of the committee, staff and all of the volunteers who assisted the event.
High bids for the evening came from three separate dinners donated by Kathy and Rick Merrill, one of which teams with Two Bandits
Brewing. Other experiences garnering high bids were donated by Keiss Jewelry, the Detroit Lions, Clemens Food Group, Altrusa International of Branch County, Southern Michigan Bank & Trust and Century Bank and Trust.
This year’s Barton S. Tibbits Sponsorship which gives the high bidder four tickets to every event at the theatre was purchased by Penny and Ed Geishert. The event also featured special trips offered through partnership with AmFund.
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