Night Number one for the Prince Rupert Rotary Auction in the books, two nights remain to claim your bargains

The First of Three nights of bargain hunting got underway on Monday
as Prince Rupert's Rotarian's launched the 2017 edition of the Rotary Auction

Some familiar faces and a few new ones took to the auctioneers desk at the Lester Centre on Monday evening, as the 53rd edition of the Prince Rupert Rotary Auction hit the airwaves of CityWest Cable and Internet streaming platforms.

The auctioneers took charge of the airwaves at 6:30 quickly dispatching Rotarian volunteer drivers to destinations across the city with purchases through the night.

Just under 700 items have been donated for this years auction, totalling over 89,000 dollars in value and offering residents of the North Coast and beyond with the chance to do some Christmas Shopping as well as to help out a range of Rotary projects in the community.

One part television auction, one part a local version of Fallon or Colbert!
The Prince Rupert Rotary Auction continues through CityWest cable  and streaming.
With the puns, community fun and bargains available until Wednesday night

In addition to the bargains up for bid, the Rotary auction also has 750 Club tickets available for purchase until the cash prize award of Wednesday night takes place, as well those that participate in the three night event will also have a chance to win a 1,0000 dollar travel voucher.

While focused on the North Coast, those living out of the region can also take advantage of the bargains from participating Prince Rupert merchants and businesses, Those who live within the Bandstra Trucking service area can have their purchases transported for free to Bandstra warehouses across the Northwest.

The Rotarians pick up where they left off last evening, when night number two gets underway at 6:30, live from Prince Rupert's Lester Centre.

You can review the full package of Rotary bid boards and other notes related to the auction from our preview of the three day event from last Friday.

Prince Rupert's 52nd Annual Rotary Auction under way

The first night for bids is in the books, as Prince Rupert's Rotarian's opened the bidding at 6:30 promptly Monday night, setting in motion three nights of bargain hunting for North Coast residents by way of the Prince Rupert Rotary Club Auction.

Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce President Keith Lambourne held the centre spot on the stage Monday, providing the background to this years event, before turning over the festivities to auctioneers Sheila Gordon-Payne and Herb Pond.

The first item up for bid on the night was a book of the work of local photographer Lonnie Wishart, who donated her book to the Rotary Auction, one of many local residents and businesses that have contributed their work, goods or services to the Rotarians for the annual community fund raising effort.

The history of the Rotary Auction made for the focus of the first half hour as Doug Kydd introduced long time Rotarian John McNish who provided the historical footnotes of the annual tradition. Calling back to the early days of the auction as a radio event and it's migration to television over the years becoming a highly anticipated fall event each for local residents.

Vignettes from participating sponsors of the Rotary Auction were also featured through the first night of the broadcast from the Lester Centre. The short profiles providing a look at some of the local businesses that have joined in to lend a hand towards this years event.

The Auction can be viewed on Channel 10 and streams live online from the CityWest and Rotary Club websites as well.

You can review some of the items that are available for tonight and Wednesday night's broadcasts from the Rotary Auction website, you can also find more items of interest on this years event from the Rotary Auction Facebook page.

The events of Auction time could also find its way to the #RupertAuction  feed on twitter as the final two nights of this years event wind down.