Saturday, May 16th was the SPCA of Central Florida’s annual FurBall Auction Spectacular. And, let me tell you…It. Was. Awesome. These guys and gals work SO hard to pull off this thing off, I don’t even know how they do it. Let this be my public applause (if you were my dogs right now you’d hear me clapping) to an amazing group of people.
Held at Sea World Orlando each year, the auction is a mega fundraiser for the SPCA here. There’s food, drink, wild animals roaming around (seals, anteaters, emus, you name it), tons of people and super cool stuff to bid on. This year’s dress code was Florida Tacky so there were spot-on ensembles of Florida crackers and overdone tourists.
It was pretty sweet. As far as fundraisers go, this is probably like the best ever. I mean, where else can you bid on a “Snip and Clip” neuter package which includes a vet appointment for your four-legger AND a vasectomy for the man in your life! I’m not kidding, it was there and someone bid on it because that’s what people do for the animals ’round these here parts.
So, what I’m crazy excited about is the money that Photohound helped pull in this year. Photohound Dog Photography donated 13 photo sessions for auction at the FurBall.
Images from those photo sessions will be selected to make the 2010 SPCA Calendar, available this fall. It’s a huge project and one that I’m always stoked to be a part of.
All 12 sessions went beyond the maximum bid as people clammered, competed and elbowed their way through crunch time.
By the time the lot closed, only 2 sessions were left, all the rest getting snatched up by guaranteed bids.
The last session available at the cutoff went into a bidding war and auctioneer was called over.
The cover of the calendar, which was part of the live auction, sold for $3,500 bringing the grand total to $12,500!! Ho-Lee Cow! I couldn’t have been happier or more pleasantly surprised with this outcome and I’m so thrilled to have been a part of it all. I can’t wait to meet all the winners. It’s going to be a fun summer. 
All photos by: John Taylor
