06/11/2025
The Foster and District Historical Society is having a Silent Auction of items donated by members as a fund-raising effort towards its Building Fund. The Fund is for the construction of a new pavilion which will include a secure, environmentally-controlled store for the Museum’s collection of valued documents and artifacts. This will also be a display area devoted to the display of dairy farming equipment telling the history of the original small dairy farms which were an important part of the social and economic development of South Gippsland.
The items for auction will be displayed in the window of the old “Inside Out” shop in Main Street, Foster, for the first two weeks of December 2025. Successful bids will be opened in the presence of an impartial scrutineer and declared on Wednesday 17th December.
Items on offer include the following:
1. An original framed and signed oil painting, “An Old Timer” of an old gum tree near Sale, painted in 2001 by the late Konstanty Kucewicz. Reserve value $450.
2. A Moorcroft art pottery vase, in its original box, “Melody”, designed by Sian Leeper in 2006 and made in 2009. Well marked on the base and with a Reserve value of $500. Highly collectible.
3. An original framed drawing in coloured pencil of a Pied Cormorant entitled “Waiting for the next catch”.
4. A giant Teddy with a box of children’s toys.
5. A large Stag’s Horn Fern.
6. A print in the form of a greetings card, of a water colour by the then Prince of Wales.
Bidding forms and envelopes are available in the new “Inside Out” shop.
Alternatively, bids can be made online to
secretary@prom countryhistory.org.au
Please make clear the item and bid value, and your contact details in the event you bid is successful.
