black friday coach outlet doudoune coach pas cher paris femme france
black friday coach outlet
woman had even donated an entire collection of crocheted dolls that she had made of every single First Lady, not to mention Tricia Nixon's entire wedding party.Volunteer Joan Propp, who works in the household section, has seen some of the sale's more interesting sales items. She is in charge of barwear, and gets a lot of genitalia themed donations. "When we get something that's a little shady, for some reason I always get the risqu box," she said. "I have no idea how I became the porn queen of the White Elephant sale. It's a great distinction." The most interesting item she says she's seen in thirty years of volunteering? A teddy bear with a secret compartment inside to conceal a flask of liquor.Donations for the sale are collected throughout the year, and by January, Propp was working on the sale five days a week. "My husband is a CPA, and he's unavailable until after April 15, so it's a good time to keep busy," she said. "The man hours are terrific you get more out of volunteers than paid employees."The total income from the sale won't be announced for another two weeks, when the Women's Board will host a party for the volunteers, but the preview sale in January brought in $350,000, a record high, as well an uptick in early shoppers. "It's the best we've ever done in preview," said Joan Upshaw, a volunteer and cashier. "We had 1,000 more people."Last year's sale the group's fiftieth brought in $1.3 million for the museum. The four most lucrative departments were art, which raked in $110,000, books, photos and music, which made $124,000, jewelry, which brought in $145,000 and