Please see the included links for additional information. Jim -----Original Message----- Subject: Celebrity Auction The Historical Society of Baltimore County (HSBC) will be holding its first Celebrity Auction. Hobnob with the celebrities of the nineteenth century at our first annual Celebrity Auction. Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Mary Todd will be mingling with the bidders, while the 148th Pennsylvania Volunteers will be camped outside the Almshouse. You might even spot a modern day celebrity at the auction. There are a large number of items that have been donated. Among the items up for bid are Orioles tickets, breakfast with Mindy Basara and an invitation to WBAL channel 11 news, prepaid gift cards to Baltimore metropolitan area restaurants, florists, and landscaping nurseries, as well as art work, jewelry, passes to the National Aquarium, the Baltimore Opera Company, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra tickets, DVD & VCR combo units, and much much more! Please see our website for more details. The website also lists all the lots up for bid as well as their starting price, and it is being updated daily with more items. www.hsobc.org/celebrityauction.html The auction will be held on April 1, 2006 at 2:00pm at the Historical Society of Baltimore County's historic Almshouse located in Cockeysville, MD. All proceeds from the auction will go directly to the HSBC's emerging oral history project being called the Threads of Baltimore County. Please see our address below and refer to the website for directions. Girl Scout Troop 4189 will have concessions available for purchase at the auction. Accompanying the auction on April 1 & 2, there will be an encampment of the 148th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Civil War Re-enactors. The 148th was stationed in Texas (Cockeysville) on the west side of York Road from the Almshouse. Come and join the fun, support the Historical Society of Baltimore County, see a reenactment, and bid on some wonderful items at our Celebrity Auction! Historical Society of Baltimore County "Stewards of the past for the present & future." 9811 Van Buren Lane Cockeysville, MD 21030 phone (410) 666-1878 fax (410) 666-5276 www.hsobc.org <http://www.hsobc.org/>