The auction will be held during the Brown County Fair in August 2004. Half the funds will go toward defraying the costs of the celebration, while the other half will be earmarked for area charities. Some items are truly unique and one of a kind. While most celebrities have sent autographed photos, a few gifts have been larger than Fleischmann anticipated. The script is hand-typed and highlights Stapleton's lines in that show.
Some items are timeless.
Steve Muscatello Ron Fleischmann has written letters and e-mails to musical acts that span the past several decades. Other top signatures come from former President Gerald Ford, former astronaut and senator John Glenn, actors Richard Gere and Dustin Hoffman and computer mogul Bill Gates. Fleischmann acknowledges that some items won't sell at all. He wrote to the Timberwolves and received an autographed photo of backup forward Tom Hammonds, who rarely plays now, and will likely be a footnote in team history by 2004. Also, an autographed John Randle item might not fetch much by 2004, now that the former Viking defensive tackle has traded in his Purple Pride for Seahawk teal in Seattle.