First I would like to say that I have never run a
Silent Auction.

I have
WikiHow on my homepage and every day it highlights one or two different explanations of how-to-do-something.....or make-something.
I find it all very enlightening and intriguing.
Anyway, today it has the
Silent Auction directions highlighted.
How to Run a Silent Auction - wikiHow
I have seen several questions on this board about fundraising ideas and how to do them. I thought that this looks like fun.
This post is mostly just to say how cool and fun
WikiHow is

and what a tremendous resource it is.
wikiHow - The How-to Manual That You Can Edit