What do you think of it so far?

Any Brit will recognize the line from the Morecambe and Wise Show.  The correct answer was “Rubbish”.

That pretty well covers my attitude to 2009. As far as I can tell, fundraising auctions are down about 33.3%.  That is the average and as such paints a pretty useless picture.  A more accurate description is that auctions are all over the place.  A few have even exceeded previous years totals, but more are down.  Some are down two thirds.

Any input from other events would be much appreciated.