The Bozeman Art Museum’s fourth annual Miniature Art Auction took in $30,425 on Friday night, and the museum said every lot sold.
That total was posted on the museum’s GiveButter page after the event, along with a note that pieces marked unsold on the software had been paid for in person. The evening itself ran from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Baxter Hotel, 105 W. Main Street, and was free to attend, the museum’s event page said beforehand. Bidding was silent and ran through GiveButter, in the room and online. Lots closed between 7:45 and 8:30 p.m. in 15-minute waves.
This year’s sale was billed as “Minis & More,” a mix of small works and some larger paintings, all of them original and all donated. Opening bids started at $5 and moved in $5 steps, with an option to set a maximum. The museum held a preview at its gallery on Nov. 3. Winning bidders could pick work up at the Baxter after 8:30 p.m., later at the museum on West Main, or by shipment.
The money supports the museum’s exhibitions and education programs. For a small institution that lives on events like this, a sold-out night is the cleanest kind of news: the work left the building, and the budget is a little less tight than it was on Thursday.
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