Benefit Auction for Families of 7 Lost on F/V Lily Jean
- walt kolenda
- 5 days ago
- 3 min read
Updated: 2 days ago
What follows are details of an online Benefit Auction for Families of 7 Lost on F/V Lily Jean.
As you likely know, on January 30th the Gloucester F/V Lily Jean went Down to Sea and we lost all 7 aboard. On January 31st, our shocked and deeply grieving community immediately began the process of providing comfort and aid in every way possible to the families and friends of the 7 souls who were aboard, and to the community at large, because that's Gloucester.
Benefit Auction
Cape Ann Auction is grateful to be part of such a strong and caring community, we feel honored to be part of this fold. And like so many of you, we want to help and we also seek comfort in our neighbors camaraderie & support.Â
One of biggest strengths of an auction house, is it's ability to raise funds quickly and efficiently. Inspired by our community, our owners and staff decided to help in a way familiar to our strength as a business - by holding an online auction - and to try to make the auction a community assisted effort. Because that contributes to the healing process, possibly more than the $ raised ever could.
In any event, if and whatever way you decide to participate, whether it be by sharing a social media post, donating an item, bidding on an item, telling a friend, or any other way you see fit, we think they're all equal in value if they come from the heart.
Again, we are deeply grateful. May God Keep the seven souls lost aboard the F/V Lily Jean, and May God Keep Gloucester, Thank You - The Staff of Cape Ann Auction.Â
Below follows information including the terms and conditions of the online benefit auction for the families of the 7 souls lost f/v Lily Jean, and instructions on how to register, donate and participate.
Registration for our auctions is easy and you only need to do it once for any auction we run. Look for this button on our auction page, or click the one below.
As usual, all bids start at $1 - no reserves, no shills, no bs.
100% of the net proceeds, including the buyer's premium, from this auction will be donated to the families of those aboard the F/V Lily Jean via Gloucester Fishing Community Preservation Fund (GFCPF) - (Please see the Terms of the sale for the "payment via check to the GFCPF only arrangement)
The first 20 lots of this auction are from Cape Ann Auction's Gloucester/Cape Ann memorabilia collection. The remainder was donated by kind people whom we'll thank in a post after auction has gone live. The auction lots are JUST beginning to be listed as of 2/7/26
and will be updated continually through Wednesday, March 11th. Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions, suggestions, or concerns. See our blog post for more details on this auction at capeannauction.com/blog Â
Cape Ann Auction and it's staff, will not bid on any lots donated by the public.
To donate an item for the auction, contact via email walt@capeannauction.com with the subject line F/V Lily Jean. Include some photos and details of what you have if possible.
We are limited as to: What we can accept, how we can allocate it to the auction, times available to accept donations. Generally, we are available by appointment at auction hall on 159 Maplewood Ave. Mon - Weds. from 10-5.
The deadline for donating items is Wednesday, March 11th at 5pm.
If you win the bids on anything, all item invoices must be paid for by check, even those which require shipping. Shipping fees for lots will be invoiced separately, and can be paid by CC, after a check has been received for invoices.
Word of mouth is the best advertising for an auction, and we humbly, but enthusiastically ask for extra help with this one. You can share this post, sign up for our email list, tell a friend, post it to your social groups, it's all a BIG HELP! So please hit the little 3 dots to pull up the share arrow to post to your friends.
