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Carpet auction Benefits
good Causes
WeaviNg Hope
Date: 28 September 2012
Venue: Kent Ridge Guild House
Numerous unique
carpet weaves were
put up for auction in
fundraising efforts at
the NUSS Fundraising
carpet auction, ‘Weaving Hope’. Fifty
percent of proceeds, which amounted
to more than $35,000, went towards
supporting the Community Care
Sub-Committee’s
community outreach
programmes such as
Groceries on Wheels,
Children’s Christmas
Bash and Chinese
New Year Festive
Gathering for the
Less Privileged.
With NUSS on
a mission to help
maintain the warm
and inspiring smiles
of some very special
individuals and
groups of lessprivileged
people
in the community,
members bidded on many carpets
on auction offered by Lotto Carpets
Gallery, a well-established carpet
trading businees started by the Mir
family since late 1950s.
Many were attending a carpet
auction for their first time and the
auctioneer expertly guided members
through the silent auction segment
held in the lobby. Members were
encouraged to take a
look and feel the 30
unique weaves which
hung on the railings
throughout the Kent
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Ridge Guild House lobby
during the silent auction
“There is no better
reward for success
in life, business
or work than
in contributing
to charity – it
touches the heart
and fulfils the
spirit in life.”
professor victor Savage
Winning bidder
segment and to write their bids on
bid sheets.
Members were then invited into
the Della & Seng Gee Guild Hall
to feast on delectable Kashmiri
cuisine as well as to view the
showcase of some of the Mir
family’s personal collection placed
all around ballroom, with one
breathtaking carpet piece dating
back 400 hundred years. Diners
were also treated to a mesmerising
performance by a pair of sitar and
tabla master musicians from the
Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society
during the dinner.
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NUSS and Lotto Carpets Gallery collaborated for a special night of carpet auctioning
with half of the evening’s proceeds donated to NUSS Community Care’s worthy causes.
The live auction segment
highlighted 50 exquisite carpets
shown piece-by-piece on centrestage
with each piece’s background and
origins expounded on through the
evening. Paddles were raised during
the live auction in a bid for carpets
of members’ choices, sometimes
with a little friendly competition
from other avid bidders.
Professor Victor Savage, one of the
pleased winning bidder for his prized
carpet remarked, “I made a silent bid
during the open auction. I needed a
long carpet for my hallway so, the
carpet served both personal practical
and charitable reasons. There is no
better reward for success in life,
business or work than in contributing
to charity – it touches the heart and
fulfils the spirit in life.”
JAN-MAR 2013 THE GRADUATE 19