1st Annual Marjorie W. Memory Pottery Auction

Two classic pieces of traditional Seagrove area pottery will be auctioned to benefit the library in what will become an annual event.

The pottery was donated to the Friends of the Library by Stanley Hicks of Enid, OK, in memory of Marjorie Whittington Memory (1918‐2009) of Randleman.

Memory was author of A History of the Randolph Public Library, 1935‐1967, which she completed as her master of library science thesis at UNC‐Chapel Hill. Hicks, a pottery expert and collector, was a friend and colleague of Memory at the UNC‐Greensboro library.

To inaugurate the auctions, Hicks has donated a teapot and a tea bowl. The teapot, a Jugtown piece, was made in 1978 by Vernon Owens in a Sandhills glaze.

The tea bowl is an old Jugtown piece by Ben Owen circa 1930 in Chinese blue. The bowl has a large amount of red in the glaze which makes it more valuable.

The Auction

The pottery will be on display at the Randleman Library September 28‐October 3, the Seagrove Library October 5‐10 and the Asheboro Library October 12‐22.

The silent auction will begin at 9 a.m. Monday, October 19, at the Asheboro library, and close at 5 p.m. Thursday, October 22. The winning bid will be announced at the Friends of the Library program featuring Barbara Presnell at 7 p.m. that night at the Randolph Arts Guild.

How to Bid

To bid, visit the Asheboro library to obtain a bidder number. Bidders will be able to place their number and a bid on bid sheets accompanying the pottery display through the close of the auction. All bidding must be in person; no phone, fax or email bids will be accepted.For more information, call 336-318-6814.

All proceeds will benefit the Friends of the Randolph Public Library.