Silent Auction Items
July 6th through the 11th, 2026
During the week leading up to Sturgis Library’s garden tours as part of the Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival, we are holding a silent auction of items donated by generous businesses, organizations, and individuals. Please stop by to bid (early and often!) on this great selection of items.
We will also be offering a lecture on Color in the Garden Throughout the Year on Tuesday, July 7th from 3pm to 5pm (admission to the lecture is $10). Our garden tours will be held on Saturday, July 11th, 2026 from 10am to 4pm, with $5 admission to each garden. The silent auction will end at 4 PM on Saturday July 11th.
If you can’t bid in person, you can place an absentee bid by emailing Library Director Lucy Loomis at director@sturgislibrary.org, or calling her at 508-362-6636 and letting her know your high bid. She will bid for you.
Comedy Club Package
Donated by the Barnstable Comedy Club
4 tickets to each of the 4 2026/27 season shows
A centennial yearbook
One 1-year membership
Value: $555
Books and Blooms Basket
Donated by Lucy Loomis
Rustic journal with a tree decoration
Packets of seeds
Sunprint cyanotype paper
Flower press
Book themed notecards
2 small floral Portmerion dishes
Grabie Watercolor Flower bookmarks
2 books: I’d Rather be Reading and Literary Trails of Greater Boston
Value: $125
Great Outdoors Collection
Donated by the Barnstable Land Trust
BLT hat
BLT keychain
BLT sticker
1 year BLT membership
Barnstable trail map
Book: Wildflowers of Cape Cod
Value: $70
Hydrangea Tote
Donated by Barnstable Market, Nirvana, Lucy Loomis, and Beacon Gardens
Hydrangea Thermal Tote
Book: Hydrangea Happiness by C. L. Fornari (2026)
$25 gift card to Beacon Gardens in Osterville
$30 gift card to Nirvana in Barnstable Village
Value: $110
Beach Bag
Donated by Sandy Neck Provisions, Sturgis Library, and Maureen Floyd
Sandy Neck Provisions hat
Sandy Neck Provisions water bottle
Cape Clasp horseshoe crab necklace
Book: Cape Cod & the Islands Family Fun Guide
Value: $110
Edward Gorey Collection
Donated by Edward Gorey House
Gorey tattoos
Collectible 2026 Exhibit Catalog: O Sordid Type
2026 Official Family Membership for free admission to Gorey House
Gorey pin
Gorey bookmark
Gorey bookplate
Gorey sticker
Value: $100
Sturgis Library Collection
Donated by Sturgis Library
Low Tide tote designed by Edie Vonnegut
Barnstable Village coloring book by Liz Mumford
Horseshoe crab necklace by Cape Clasp
Sturgis Library mug
Sturgis Library hat
Sturgis Library history
William Sturgis biography by Gregory Williams
You’ve Never Been to Barnstable by Kurt Vonnegut
$10 gift card to the Sturgis Library Book Shop
Sturgis Library sticker
Value: $130
Whale Watcher Basket
Donated by Hyannis Whale Watcher
Gift certificate for two adult Whale Watcher tickets
2 Whale Watcher t-shirts
Value: $180
Art Tile
Created and donated by Marieluise Hutchinson
Tile with a winter scene of house and barn
Value: $70
Course Cruiser Bag
Donated by Sturgis Library
Course Cruiser Premium Golf Cooler Duffel (holds 32 cans) with hidden stash compartment, side pockets, bottle opener, and more.
2 six-packs of Corona beer
Value: $160
Plant Pot Collection
Donated by Country Gardens and Sturgis Library
Pottery plant pot
Garden trowel
Garden scratcher
Garden clippers
Garden gloves
$25.00 gift certificate to Country Gardens
Value: $115
Plants and Pillow
Bidding on this item will end on Tuesday July 7th after the gardening lecture
Donated by Claire Murray and Country Gardens
Embroidered Hydrangea Basket pillow
$25 gift certificate to Country Gardens
Value: $65
Something Fishy
Donated by Osterville Fish 2
$75 Osterville Fish 2 gift Card
Osterville Fish 2 t-shift (size L)
Value: $100
Literary Collection
Donated by Janis Daly
3 books by Janis Daly
-The Unlocked Path
-The Path Beneath Her Feet
-Under Two Flags
Set of five literary notecards with envelopes
Value: $75
Wine Time Basket
Donated by Daphne Northrop
Four bottles of fine wine
Divina olives and pepper spread
Floral cocktail napkins
Value: $95
Beach Fun Tote
Donated by Maureen Floyd
Large Beach Tote
22-piece beach/sand toys: bucket, shovel, sea creatures, and sandcastle-building kit in mesh bag
Large Delta kite
Waterproof playing cards
Oversized beach towels
Toss ‘n Catch beach game
Two books about sea creatures
Value: $110
Japanese Garden Basket
Donated by a Library patron
2 books
-The Art of the Japanese Garden: History/Culture/Design – by David and Michiko Young
-A Single Rose: a Novel by Muriel Barbery
Map of Kyoto
Package of assorted Japanese sweets
Package of Japanese gift wrapping paper with assorted designs
Bottle of sake
Value: $80