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Aloha and Welcome to the 2009 Hawaiian Islands Vintage Surf Auction Site
This year's Surf Auction proved to be a resounding success! Over 3/4 of a Million dollars changed hands with new records established across the board! We'd really like to thank Quiksilver Waterman Collection for their support. Without a doubt, this auction raised the bar and set the standard for future auctions to come. This event comes on the heels of four previous successful events in 2001, 2003, 2005 & 2007. No question, this was the best yet! With 379 registered bidders and thousands of interested viewers, it was the most well received auction to date.
The results have been posted for the "Main" auction lots, the "Silent" auction lots and the "Art" sales as well. On that note, we'd like to thank Steve Power, Rick Price, Lee Clark and Darryl "Von Weirdo" Miller for their art displays and contributions to make the auction a success. Special thanks to SurfTech for the great pre-auction Bar-B-Que. A big Mahalo to Duke's Restaurant in Waikiki for a great pre-auction party. Thanks to Quiksilver's Mel Puu for the superb music entertainment.
This auction would not have beenpossible without the support and attendance of the legends of our sport. Special thanks go out to Joe Quigg, Matt Kivlin, Greg & Jed Noll, Bing Copeland, Matt Calvani, Bob "The Greek" Bolan, Bob "Ole" Olson, Dick Brewer, Mike Eaton, Ben Aipa, Charlie Galanto, Henry Preece, Buffalo Keaulana, Kimo Hollinger, Peter Townend, Bill Barnfield, Chuck Andrus, Mark Richards, Jock Sutherland, Rick Value,Ricky Grigg, Fred Hemmings, Danny Mack, Joey Cabell, Kathy "Gidget" Kohner- Zukerman, Bob Lundy, Dick Hoole, Jack McCoy and the dozens of other luminaries, legends and hero's of our sport that made this gathering so special!
Please take your time to go thru the auction program and familiarize yourself with the items that were on offer. Then you can check the auction results to see what auction lots went for. As noted, there were a number of items that broke records! We had a 96% sell-thru rate on the main auction, so incredible support across the board.
On behalf of my entire auction staff, I would like to thank all who attended, put in proxy bids in advance and bid on-line. Special thanks to "Surfing Live" iTV 360 for the great live webcast, to SWB Consulting for running the on-line bidding, and to Dave Elliott & Megan Lockhart of Davesurf.com for the superb website. A very special thank sand kudos to Bruce "Buzz" Hansen for the incredible poster artwork and the layout for the event program.
So until we see you back again for the 6th Biennial Hawaiian Islands Vintage Surf Auction, we say Mahalo and Aloha!
Randy Rarick
Event Producer
