Help the Denver Museum's Building Fund and
Earn a Tax Deduction

The Denver Museum of Miniature, Dolls & Toys has lost their lease after 29 years!  They have created a Building Fund to use for buying their own property so it can't happen again.  You can help them and yourself by donating a house or room box to be sold at the Seattle Miniature Show through a silent auction.  As the agent for the Museum, I will accept no more than 5 donations to be sold Saturday and 5 donations to be sold Sunday.   When the sale is complete, you will receive a receipt from the Museum for use when preparing your taxes.  You establish the value of the donation yourself, either in advance of the donation or after it has sold.  The Denver Museum is a non profit 501c3 organization. 

Silent Auctions - Both Days

Tin House, circa 1950, and all original furnishings
Donated by Gayle Fenner

Shadow Box from the Minneapolis Convention 2004,
filled with souvenirs and items obtained there
Donated by Barbara Renken

The box is 10 inches square, 4.5" deep, electrified and accessible from the back. It sits on four small 'feet'.

Custom-designed and hand-crafted Cape Cod Dollhouse -  1/12 scale
with furnishings
Donated by Meg Miller for Silent Auction on Saturday, March 3, 2018

Dimensions:  36" wide x 24" deep x 30" high

1/2" scale 2-Story House
Donated by Judy Lancaster for Silent Auction on Saturday, March 3, 2018

This 14" house is completely furnished and landscaped within its white picketed borders!  Protected in a 16" Plexi-cube.   

Bespaq Curio Cabinet
Donated by Kathryn Gooding, Asta Minis

This desirable piece of furniture in 1/12 scale is mahogany with two functioning drawers below. 

Tia's Tea Shop
Donated by Sheri O'Brien

A quaint little tea shop in two stories.  Dimensions:  8" deep x 17-1/2" high x 11" wide.

An Brooke Tucker Original Room Box
Donated by Jacqui Cohen

This box is from 1976 and sits on a shelf.  The frame is 22" wide and 27" tall; the box is 20" deep.  It is electrified with an on/off switch.

Other Ways You Could Help --

Go Fund Me -- 

The Denver Museum has created a Go Fund Me campaign and that is where you could be a wonderful part of making their next 30 years happen so they never hear those awful words again, "you have lost your lease". 

You can also make 401k, IRA, stock donations, including monthly deductions from a checking account or credit card charges by contacting the Museum directly.

Spread the Word --

In addition to making donations the Museum needs your help to share this situation with as many people as possible. Even small donations by huge numbers of concerned and supportive individuals can make this happen.

Picture the ten members of your miniature club each pledging $10.00 a month to the Building Fund.  That comes to $1200 a year!  Now multiply that by 100 clubs in the country.  $120,000 a year