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Bill McDonough wins PABI house auction with a $65,000 bid, September 2004

Also PABI's House Auction 2004

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TypeEvent
Dates2004-09-06 – 2004-09-08
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Dates
2004-09-06 – 2004-09-08
Kind
Property transfer
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
propertyhousingcommunityfundraising
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

PABI opened three bids for its Sand Bay home on September 6, 2004, then held a conference-call auction. Bill McDonough won with a $65,000 bid; the article says the proceeds were profit for the Community House.

Evidence limits

The report does not provide a deed, move date, or final foundation and relocation costs.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, October 2004, "PABI's House Auction."
    Reports three opening bids of $50,000, $51,000, and $51,500, a conference-call auction two days later, and Bill McDonough's winning $65,000 bid, all profit for the Community House. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2004-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the auction result.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2004-10_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Bill McDonough wins PABI house auction with a $65,000 bid, September 2004”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-pabi-house-auction-result-september-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2004, "PABI's House Auction." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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