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The Big Sale Finances

Sales at the 2000 Monster Book Sale totaled $48,849.86. This was down from the previous two years when our sales totaled over $60,000. The Bright spot was the auction which raised $3,205.50. This was the third year for the live auction and the best ever. A special thanks goes to Greg Shattuck and Associates, Auctioneers for their enthusiastic support of the book sale. They provided their services ant no charge and then went on to spend a bundle on books.

The breakdown of sales by day:

Friday: $8,500
Saturday: $32,500
Sunday: $7,800

The breakdown of sales by category:

Exceptional Books: $9,900
General Books: $35,700
Auction: $3,200

We took in 39 New Members and had 59 members renew their memberships at the door.

David Capshaw,Quentin Fennessy and Ed Burns