BRATTLEBORO — Brattleboro Area Hospice announces a new retail and auction experience in Brattleboro: Pop-Up @77 Flat.
On Gallery Walk Fridays, beginning in May, and each month to follow through December, a new pop-up auction window will be unveiled at Experienced Goods, the Brattleboro Area Hospice Thrift Shop at 77 Flat Street.
Each window will be unique and will feature an assortment of curios. The items in the window will be available for online bidding from midnight of that evening throughout the following month.
This is a new spin on the Hospice's annual Cherished Goods Auction that has traditionally taken place annually in the fall. All proceeds will benefit Brattleboro Area Hospice programs and services.
Pop-up retail, also known as pop-up store (pop-up shop in the UK, Australia and Ireland) or flash retailing, is a trend of opening short-term sales spaces in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
Organizers encourage residents to subscribe to the online auction site and to bid monthly and throughout the year on items they fancy.
On Friday, May 6, a kick off unveiling will take place in front of Experienced Goods. Instruction cards for registering to bid will be available, along with a raffle and special favors to those who attend.
The months-long event will conclude with a Pop-Up Shop and party that will take place in fall 2016.
In preparation for this event, organizers are calling on the community to donate knick-knacks and collector curios, scarves, retro clothing, period jewelry, and art. Smaller furniture is also welcome.
Those with items to donate may call Ann Fielder at 802-254-8174.