Deborah L Newton Legacy Endowment Benefit
May 23
10am to 5pmMay 24
10am to 5pmTerms & Conditions
B. Purchase options include:
- 1. Cash,
- 2. Checks written to Deborah L Newton Legacy,
- 3. On-line donations to Deborah L Newton Legacy Endowment (at https://cfnil.org/deborah-newton-legacy-endowment) which is a 501(c)3 plus allows for an IL income tax credit,
- 4. Zelle to deborahlnewtonlegacy@icloud.com,
5. Credit card payments (4% added to sale price) to Bennie's Cleaners (where sale is occurring) who will transfer funds to the Endowment.
C. All sales final, no warranties, items sold "as-is".
D. Select items priced as min bid. Paper bid forms deposited into a single common box which is open at end of each sale day to determine winning buyers for each of these items. emailed bids for these items to include:
a) item number (ie DNArt2, DNPers13, JZArt5, OArt18, FURN11, OO3, TL6, GC24),
b) propo$ed bid amount
c) method/time of pick up/shipping
d) email and phone number of bidder
All other items marked "buy now"
E. Sales attendants will be wearing ID Lanyards to assist in bidding an purchasing process.
Removal of items during sale to be only by escort by sales attendant following confirmation of payment.
Bring help for carrying/removal of items during and/or following days of sale.
Pick up of items on days following sale to be arranged with sale host (see email and phone number)
F. Not responsible for accidents during or following sale.

Privately Listed Sale
Description & Details
Sale proceeds to benefit the Deborah L Newton Legacy Endowment which funds annual Deborah Newton Awards (to a 7th/8th grade student and to an accomplished adult artist in perpetuity - https://cfnil.org/deborah-newton-legacy-endowment
Deborah was an accomplished and prolific visual artist in Rockford creating between 1700 and 3000 artworks in her lifetime.
She conceived of what is now known as Rockford's bi-annual ArtScene. The Deborah Newton Awards parallel two that Deborah received (The Katherine Lord Scholarship in the summer between her 7th and 8th grade) and (The Jessica Holt Purchase Award in 1992 placing one of her works in the permanent collection of Rockford Art Museum).
Items in sale are categorized as:
- Deborah Newton Art (DNArt1 through 5)
- Deborah Newton Personal Items (DNPers3, 5, 9, 10-20, 23, 24)
- Deborah L Newton Legacy T-shirts
- Joe Zimmer Art/Furniture (JZArt1 through 10)
- Other Artists Artwork (OAArt 2, 8, 11-14, 22)
- Other Furniture (FURN 6, 9-11, through 31)
- Other Objects (OO1 through 31)
- Tools (TL1 through 133)
- Glassware and Cookware (GC1 through 114)
to aide in sorting images and allow for identifying items
The host of the benefit is Joe Zimmer, Deborah's surviving 2nd spouse.




















































































































































































































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