BIDS UPDATED 11:58am 9/10 Farm Aid Charity Auction Begins Sept 3rd

Begins Sept 3rd at 10AM with bidding ending on Sept 10th at 12PM ET giving us 1 week of bidding.

First and foremost a huge thank you goes out to all of the fans, that donate items, and bid on these great items. We could not accomplish this without YOU. John and the staff at Farm Aid are always amazed how the Mellencamp fans pull together to help support the family farmer!

All funds we raise including anyone that would like to donate will be credited to "The members of Mellencamp.com Community

Payment is expected within 5 days of the auction ending. Checks, money orders and paypal will be accepted. Please note that anyone that is going to pay via Paypal they will need to include the fee. We are going to present the charitable contribution at Farm Aid 2012 so it is essential that payment is received within the 5 days of the auction ending so all payments are clear and one check can be issued. The staff at Farm Aid will receive a list of all of the fan club member's names that donate and/or win an auction item and receive a thank you letter from them. Please serious bidders only. Good luck and thanks for your support!

Below are the easy to bid step by step directions:

To bid on any of these items simply email [email protected]
Put the NUMBER and ITEM DESCRIPTION in the SUBJECT of your email
Your bid amount
Name, Address, Phone number in the body of the email

You will receive an email confirmation back of receipt of your bid; when and if someone bids higher than you we will notify you by email and let you have the chance to bid again! It's that simple! (If you do not get an email back IMMEDIATELY DON’T PANIC!) I go by the time the email is received. I will do my best to get back to all bidders in a timely manner.

Once there is a bid on an item I put the highest bids in red text here on the board in the thread.

If you choose not to bid on any items and wish to donate please email [email protected] we take donations up until the end of the auction!

Below are the first items up for bid with more coming! Fans are sending in their donations as we speak so keep checking on the list of items. BIDS THAT ARE SENT IN BEFORE START OF TIME WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

1. Autographed Epiphone AJ100 Vintage Sunburst guitar
HIGH BID 550.00

2. The Mr. Happy Go Lucky Package - Autographed Poster, Autographed Tour Book and MHGL Key Chain
HIGH BID $150.00

3. The Words and Music Package - Autographed Poster, Autographed DVD, Walk Tall Bracelet, W&M Matches, Window Cling and Cardboard Poster
HIGH BID $200.00

4. The Lonesome Jubilee Package - Autographed Poster, Autographed Album and Autographed Tour book along with 3 45's (Cherry Bomb, Rooty, Toot, Toot and Check It Out)
HIGH BID $311.00[/color]

5. It's About You - Autographed Poster and Blu-Ray DVD
High Bid - $200.00

6. Ghost Brothers of Darkland County - Size M Tee and Autographed Program
HIGH BID $80.00

7. Ghost Brothers of Darkland County - Size XL Tee and Autographed Program
HIGH BID $50.00

8. Houchens-Smith Stadium - Farm Aid Bowling Green Show - XL T shirt and Souvenir Cup
HIGH BID $20.00

9. Autographed Nothing Like I Planned Art Book, Autographed Nashville Arts Magazine
HIGH BID $200

10. The Scarecrow Package - Autographed Album and Tour Book with a souvenir radio pin
High Bid $200.00

11. No Better Than This Package - Autographed Vinyl, Autographed Album Poster, XL Tour Tee, and No Better Than This 2012 poster
HIGH BID $325.00

12. The Farm Aid Package - Autographed 25th Anniversary Poster, Farm Aid Bandanna, 25th Concert Program, 2 Pins, notepad and pen with Farm Aid magnet, 2 bumper stickers, Concert for America 2001 DVD
HIGH BID $125

13. Hand Written Lyrics from Ghost Brothers of Darkland County "What Kind Of Man Am I" and Autographed program
HIGH BID $300.00

14. Hand Written Lyrics from Ghost Brothers of Darkland County "Home Again" and Autographed Program
HIGH BID $600.00

Hand Written Lyrics from No Better Than This "Save Some Time To Dream"
HIGH BID $300.00
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The Fan Collection Human Wheels Cookin in the USA cookbook, SICA guitar fly swatter, a original John Mellencamp Official Fan Club Member bumper sticker, Minutes to Memories Key chain, Club Cherry Bomb Fan Sticker, and a human wheels guitar sticker.
HIGH BID $35.00
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