Fine Art + Craft Online Auction to benefit the family of CNET's James Kim

about the auction

An auction of fine art + craft to benefit the family of James Kim organized by sisters Lisa Congdon and Stephanie Barnes and their mother Gerrie Congdon. 100% of the auction proceeds will go to the The James Kim Memorial Fund. Auction items from the artists listed below will be available for bid starting January 3, 2007on eBay. There will be a link to the eBay listing for each item from this site starting the morning of January 3. Bidding ends January 7th. Thank you for visiting and bidding!

http://kimfamilyauction.typepad.com/

myra masuda :: stuffed donkey



CNET, 12/7/06:

The body of missing CNET editor James Kim has been located, authorities announced on Wednesday.

Kim had been missing in the remote southwestern Oregon wilderness for 11 days and was found at approximately noon on Wednesday about half a mile from the Rogue River, authorities said....

Kim, 35, left his family's stranded estate car on Saturday morning searching for help and never returned....After being rescued in good health on Monday, Kim's 30-year-old wife, Kati, and daughters Penelope, 4, and Sabine, 7 months, have been reunited with family members....

James Kim was a senior editor covering digital audio who also co-hosted a weekly video podcast for the Crave US gadget blog. He had been writing a book on Microsoft's Zune MP3 player. Formerly, he was an on-air personality on the now-defunct cable television network TechTV....

Upon hearing the news, CNET readers immediately began to post condolences on the site's message boards. They also sent emails to Kim's co-workers expressing their sadness.

"James kept his wife and kids alive while sacrificing his own life and I believe all men who read this story will hold James in the highest regard as a man among men who gave his two children the rest of their lives," one reader wrote....

http://news.cnet.co.uk/digitalmusic/0,39029666,49285875,00.htm

Really great blogs!

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unfortunately, the site seems to be having problems and they can't accept bids right now . . . I'll check back later to see what kinds of prices are happening . . . probably beyond my means, but you never can tell . . .