Strangercrombie 2008 supports foster kids through Treehouse
The 2008 Strangercrombie auction raised more than $50,000 for Treehouse! Treehouse serves some of the most vulnerable people in Seattle—abused and neglected children. Founded in 1988 by a group of social workers frustrated by the lack of resources for kids in their care, Treehouse helps over 4,000 kids a year with clothing, school supplies, tutoring (only one-third of kids in foster care graduate from high school, and only 3 percent graduate from college), and other critical services.
Want to contribute to these needy kids, but missed the auctions? Here's the Treehouse website.
Hot Auction
Buy The Stranger's "Hot Box" (We Can Be Bought!)
Donated by The Stranger
We’ll put whatever you want in the “hot box”—that colorful burst of information in the upper-right corner of The Stranger’s cover—for the issue of January 22. PRICELESS! OPENING BID: $1.99!
Closed at $330.00
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Bridezilla Scrilla Package
Are you getting married sometime soon? (If not, do you happen to require a glamorous, all-white dress?) Cicada will provide one wedding dress from its current line, valued up to $1,200. If that’s not enough to calm your pre-wedding-day jitters, Bevin Keely LMP, is providing one massage session to work out all the kinks. A $1,315 VALUE! OPENING BID: $1.99!
Closed at $745.00
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The Hold Steady Fan
In addition to a large the Hold Steady T-shirt, this package comes with a kick drumhead signed by all five members of the Hold Steady. We can’t legally tell you that some of the Hold Steady drummer Bobby Drake’s rock-star sweat is on this drumhead, but if you were to lick it, it might just taste salty! PRICELESS! OPENING BID: $1.99!
Closed at $150.00
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Seattle's Best Designer, Working for You
Corianton Hale, of Sleep Op design, toiled and wept for years as the art director for The Stranger. Then he got his shit together, went freelance, and has been winning design awards—including eight from Print magazine—ever since. The estimable Mr. Hale will design a silk-screened poster (great for bands!) or logo (great for new businesses!) just for you. PRICELESS! OPENING BID: $1.99!
Closed at $803.89
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So You're a Single Straight Man Who Likes to Hang Out in Pickup Bars
Dear dudey-dudes of Seattle: Can’t convince anyone to have sex with you? Maybe that’s because you don’t know the secret formula. First, you must impress a roomful of ladies with your popularity. That’s why we’re auctioning off the VIP booth at Venom for a night—no cover, no wait at the door, and you and 15 friends can be the envy of the club. Next, you must impress them with your wit, aka a black T-shirt (medium) that says (in white ink): “The Morrissey of you the less I like.” Haw! Punctuate whatever lucky conversation that begins with an invitation to nearby Amber for a three-course meal. That’s $625 worth of dudey-dude aphrodisiac and a lifetime of memories. OPENING BID: $1.99.
Closed at $200.00
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Throw Me the Statue Play a Private Party
Holy shit! Throw Me the Statue, the best young pop band in Seattle, with the handsomest frontman and catchiest tunes in Seattle, play a private show for you—the luckiest person in Seattle! They’ll play your house party, dinner party, wedding, picnic—or hell, just for you in your living room. Sitting on your couch. Plus, we’re also throwing in a generous gift from Lazy Boy Brewing Company. Um, can this roof be raised at all? PRICELESS! OPENING BID: $1.99!
See print catalog for more details.
Closed at $710.00
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So You Wanna Be a HUMP! Star
The winner of this pack receives the filming and editing skills of none other than Clint Berquist, the director of Seattle’s True Independent Film Festival, who’ll shoot and edit your submission for HUMP! 2009. (You provide ideas, actors, and location; he provides crew, editing, and two hard copies on DVD.) This package also includes a basket of toys from Love Zone to use in the film. Also, you’ll certainly need carbs to keep up your stamina, so we’re throwing in four gift certificates for a variety dozen at Mighty-O Donuts! A $1,200 VALUE! OPENING BID: $1.99!
See print catalog or e-mail strangercrombie@thestranger.com for full description.
Closed at $325.00
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Narcissist Package
Got a band? A business? A message you want to send to the world? Dumb Eyes will design and print 1,000 double-sided, full-color flyers (courtesy of United Reprographics); 150 one-inch buttons, and a webpage devoted to whatever you want. To add to your burgeoning narcissism: You get your own two-hour evening show on Hollow Earth Radio—make sounds, play songs, speak in your own invented language, cuss (the freeform online-radio market can handle it)—for one night. And Jones Soda will give you 12 coupons for cases of customizable bottles (12 bottles per). Force your guests to down a liter of beautiful you! Not included: advice on how to deal with your new fame. PRICELESS! OPENING BID: $1.99!
Closed at $760.00
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Buy a News Story
The Stranger news writer of your choice will write a news piece on the subject of your choice, to run in The Stranger’s January 22 issue. PRICELESS! OPENING BID: $1.99!
Closed at $560.00
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Pizza Glutton
Stuff your pie hole with one extra-large pizza per month for a year from Sodo Pizza, a $40 gift certificate to Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizzeria, and a $100 gift certificate to Pagliacci. And a $100 gift certificate to Pizza Fusion. That’s nearly $1,000 worth of pizza! OPENING BID: $1.99!
Closed at $445.00
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Dungeons & Dragons Nerd
Let’s be honest—D&D is not cool again. It will never be cool again. But America is all about choice, right? About the freedom to be the kind of person you want to be! So if you want to bid on a collection of every fourth-edition Dungeons & Dragons book published through October 2008 (around 14 books, they say), you should. Go ahead. It’s your prerogative. Plus a $100 gift certificate to University Book Store, with its stellar science-fiction and fantasy sections. We’ll throw in a bitchin’ gift from the Anne Bonny just to help you keep up your cool points. PRICELESS! OPENING BID: $1.99!
See print catalog, or e-mail strangercrombie@thestranger.com for full description.
Closed at $285.00
Best Deals
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Our Strangercrombie Models' Unwashed Underwear
John and Joe, the steaming hunks gracing this year’s Strangercrombie Flesh Parade™ have generously donated the unwashed skivvies you’re gawking at right now with your big, boogly eyeballs. Joe is wearing red cotton AussieBum (men’s medium) and Josh is wearing the same in blue (and a size smaller). Smell the magic. PRICELESS! OPENING BID: $1.99!
Closed at $0.00
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Birth Control
Give a woman in your life a gift from Aurora Medical Services. Want to prevent a pregnancy? Give some unmatable male this “I love beer” hat and a goofy white-guy Afro wig from Sugartown Vintage—he’ll never get laid again. PRICELESS! OPENING BID: $1.99!
See print catalog, or e-mail strangercrombie@thestranger.com for full description.
Closed at $36.00
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Your 101 Dalmatians-Style Valentine's Day
Picture it: Valentine’s Day, you and your date at West Seattle’s Skylark Cafe & Club, delectating in spaghetti and meatballs for two (with salad and a bottle of wine, of course). Will the slurping up of an extra-long noodle lead to a blissful cinematic kiss? One thing is certain: There will be dessert. Then, stay for the bands or, you know, get a room! A $50 VALUE! OPENING BID: $1.99!
Closed at $41.00
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Bon Appetit, Sans Voyage
Learn about foreign cookin’ ways while staying right here on good old American soil with a demonstration cooking class from the Bon Vivant School of Cooking. Your class takes place in the fine private home of a fellow patriot right here in the Puget Sound area, God bless it. A $39 VALUE! OPENING BID: $1.99!
Closed at $42.00
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Gentlemen of Slog Calendar
And you thought you’d never get to see Mr. Poe engaged in, um, Bible study on the front steps of a church! This one-of-a-kind calendar features the men who make Slog comments special: Hernandez getting gropey, Elenchos holding a baby, and Joh wearing a loincloth made of bacon. PRICELESS! OPENING BID: $1.99!
Closed at $43.00
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Ladies of Slog Calendar
Turn the page each month with the dazzling Ladies of Slog, 12 months of Slog’s lady-commenters. Ever wanted to see Carollani trying to restrain a baby-eating bulldog? Or Scary Tyler Moore making muffins? Or Lara wearing a bikini made of bacon? This is one of a kind, folks—a special treat for the Slog addict close to your heart. PRICELESS! OPENING BID: $1.99!
Closed at $46.00
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30 Seconds of Christmassy Genius!
Fancy, award-winning writers/directors/animators Tony Mullen and Rob Cunningham (creators of the delicately crafted, comically pitch-perfect short film Gustav Braustache and the Auto-Debilitator) will make a 30-second surreal video Christmas card just for you! Send them a photo of yourself, your pet, your mom, your couch, or whatever you like, and they will integrate it into the video in some tasteful, respectful, hilarious way. You’ll receive the finished product on a lovingly gift-wrapped DVD. PRICELESS! OPENING BID: $1.99!
Closed at $51.00
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Dina Martina Superstar Fun-Pack!
Seattle’s favorite songstress/raconteur/train wreck offers up this dazzling Dina Martina Superstar Fun-Pack, including a brand-new Dina Martina T-shirt (your choice of size), a copy of Zamfir’s The Romance of the Pan Flute LP autographed by Dina Martina, and a VHS copy of the holiday film Mrs. Santa Claus starring Angela Lansbury—autographed by Dina Martina! PRICELESS! OPENING BID: $1.99!
Closed at $54.25
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Buy Party Crasher
Your party will seem like the best party in the history of the world when Party Crasher covers it in The Stranger’s January 22 issue. PRICELESS! OPENING BID: $1.99!
Closed at $60.00
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So You've Got a Naked Baby?
Did you just have a baby? Did you forget to buy baby clothes? It happens to all of us. Let us help dress your kid in style with seven onesies from Barackbaby.com, emblazoned with slogans like “Baby Got Barack,” and “Barack A-Bye Baby.” We ’ll also throw in one “Milking It” onesie from Puncontrollable.com to save your baby from the shame of nakedness on laundry day. A $150 VALUE! OPENING BID: $1.99!
Closed at $62.02
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