CGarchitect Charity Auction for Japan Earthquake/Tsunami Relief

[Jeff Mottle]

In light of the recent events in Japan, CGarchitect decided to approach a number of our friends in the industry to host a charity auction in support of the ongoing relief efforts being undertaken around the country. Thanks to the generosity of many companies in our industry we have received over $23,000 in software, hardware and entourage donations. I want to personally thank everyone who contributed for their outstanding generosity!

 

All of the items up for auction are being sold on ebid.net at the link below. The auction starts at 12:00pm EST on Sunday April 3, 2011 and will run for 10 days. All items are being sold without reserve and will be delivered to the highest bidder. All of the proceeds raised from this auction will be donated to the Red Cross and earmarked for the Japanese relief efforts. Please bid generously.

 

AUCTION WEBSITE

http://cgarchitect-charity-auction.ebid.net/

 

Below you will find a list of all of the items being auctioned as well as links to the company website for those looking for additional information about the products being auctioned. Due to ebid listing rules we can not post these direct links on the auction listing, so please use the links below:

 

AUCTION ITEM PROVIDERS

 

ambientLight Multibuy Complete Texture Bundles (5 copies each) ($193 retail value) http://www.ambientlight.co.uk

Autodesk - Autodesk SketchBook Designer NFR (5 Copies) ($495 retail value each) http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/index?id=15793589&siteID=123112

CGschool On-Demand Videos (10 videos) ($299 retail value each) http://www.thecgschool.com

Chaos Group - V-Ray for 3ds Max ($1350 retail value) http://www.chaosgroup.com

Easy3D Source - 5 Pack Texture Bundle (2 bundles) ($250 retail value each) http://www.easy3dsource.com/

Evermotion Super Bundle 1 ($2700 retail value) http://www.evermotion.org/

Evermotion Super Bundle 2 ($2700 retail value) http://www.evermotion.org/

Evermotion Super Bundle 3 ($3220 retail value) http://www.evermotion.org/

EXlevel - GrowFX (5 copies) ($325 retail value) http://exlevel.com

Frank M Constantino/QUARTET ON STAGE/Giclee Print http://www.fmcostantino.com/

Frank M Constantino/Streetside Shrine/Giclee Print http://www.fmcostantino.com/

IMSI - TurboCAD Pro Platinum (3 copies) ($1495 retail value each) http://www.turbocad.com

IMSI - Beam Analysis Tool (3 copies) ($295 retail value each) http://www.idx-design.com/IDX/IDXBeamAnalysisTool/tabid/281/Default.aspx

iToo Software - Forest Pack Pro ($254 retail value each) http://www.itoosoft.com/forestpack.php

iToo Software - RailClone ($212 retail value each) http://www.itoosoft.com/railclone.php

Jason A. D. Shirriff - Dubai Series #5/Giclee Print www.jasonshirriff.com www.anschelgallery.com

Jim Faecke/Miami/Giclee Print

Jim Faecke/Ninenweb/Giclee Print

Jim Faecke/St Saturnin/Giclee Print

Jim Faecke/Vizcaya Museum/Giclee Print

Luxology - modo 501 ($995 retail value) http://luxology.com

Next Limit - Maxwell Render ($1271 retail value) http://www.maxwellrender.com/

Strata - Strata Design 3D CX ($695 retail value) http://www.strata.com/products/strata_3d_cx_suite/strata_design_3d_cx/

Wacom - Intuos4 tablet - Medium ($349 retail value) http://www.wacom.com/intuos/medium.php

Edited April 5, 2011 by Jeff Mottle

[neko]

nice idea, jeff.

 

i was just browsing the auction, and was almost going to ask a stupid question (how to actually bid), but i see it doesn't start until a bit later today.

[Jeff Mottle]

Thanks. Yeah it starts in about 25 minutes and will run for 10 days. I hope we can generate a lot of money for the relief efforts! Some really good stuff up for auction.

[Slinger]

May contact Intel, nvidia and AMD and see if they will donate some hardware

[Jeff Mottle]

May contact Intel, nvidia and AMD and see if they will donate some hardware

 

Thanks! I did reach out to a few of them, but did not hear back, but it can never hurt to try another avenue.

[engo]

Hi Jeff, is the auction USA citizens only?

[Jeff Mottle]

Hi Jeff, is the auction USA citizens only?

 

No it's open to everyone.

[JuanManuel]

Hi, I successfully won a bid to one of the items (strata design cx, yay!). I also payed via paypal. I'm new to ebid (and bidding in general), so what comes now? I have only received a confirmation from paypal that the money was sent, but not from cgarchitect or ebid. Is this normal, and I just have to be patient? Anyway, it is nice to be able to help, and get an excellent piece of software at the same time! Juan

Edited April 15, 2011 by JuanManuel
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[Jeff Mottle]

You'll get an email from me shortly. THere are a lot of people and winnings to coordinate (Around 90+ emails) and I'm about half done. I'm also in Europe on business, so it's taking a bit longer, but you should see something in the next day or so. Sorry for the delay.

 

Cheers,

Jeff

[JuanManuel]

Oh it's ok, I can wait Have fun in Europe!

[wasteland giant]

funny thing about this. was going to bid. even set up my ipad to alert me. Except it didn't. And I was awake in the other room on the computer too at the time. (2am AUS time).

 

next time then.

[Jeff Mottle]

I wanted to thank all of you who participated in our auction to support the Japanese relief efforts. Thanks to those who donated auction items and those who successfully bid on each auction we were able to raise $8,200 for the Red Cross Japan Relief Efforts!

 

Thank you again for your generous support of our first ever charity auction!

 

Jeff Mottle

Founder

CGarchitect Digital Media Corp.

[brianzajac]

Congrats Jeff! This money is really going to help out some desperate people. I wonder if the Red Cross will tell you what their plans are with the $8,200...