Our TV Auction is now over but we still have items for sale.
Please check out the after auction list.
Please
contact us for volunteer opportunities to either solicit and/or retrieve items from businesses or craftspeople in your community.
Or, you can help by donating an item or product for the Great TV Auction.
To find out more, either
e-mail or call us at 800-884-1717 and ask for the "Auction."
Partner with MPBN, one of Maine’s principal cultural and educational institutions. Join us for the magic, fun and excitement of our 38th MPBN Great TV Auction.
Visit often - new items are being added frequently and be sure to check the On-Line Auction.
As a donor: Since 1972 donors, volunteers and buyers from Maine and beyond have joined together during the fun and excitement of the Great TV Auction to support MPBN. Merchandise and gift certificates donated by generous businesses like yours are promoted in print, on television and on the web. Eager-to-buy shoppers will click to bid on-line April 1-May 3 or call in their bids during our live auction April 23-26 and April 28-May 3. A full page ad on-line and a link will bring them to your web site before they place their bids.
WHAT IS THE MPBN GREAT TV & ON-LINE AUCTION?
It’s a live televised and on-line shopping extravaganza benefiting your business and the television and radio stations of MPBN.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
All merchandise and certificates valued at $70 or more donated by businesses and individuals are presented on auction.mpbn.net and live on television. Enthusiastic buyers shop for items and call in their bids during the live auction or click to bid on-line.
WHO IS WATCHING?
A potential of over one million customers throughout Maine and parts of New Hampshire and eastern Canada shop via television, worldwide through live streaming on the Web and on-line.
HOW CAN YOU BENEFIT?
For 38 years thousands of local and national businesses have benefited through a partnership with MPBN. You can:
* Market your product or property to a large, willing and ready-to-buy
audience on TV and on-line
* Promote your company’s name and location on television, in print
and on the web with a link to your web site
* Attract new customers
* Market a new product or put current inventory to work
* Earn the respect of your community, employees and customers by
supporting MPBN
* Gain tax deductions as permitted by law
As a Sponsor: underwrite a portion of the Auction
As a bidder: view thousands of items donated by businesses from throughout Maine and beyond.
Thanks!