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<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: rgb(8, 59, 134); font-size: 14pt;">The Vassar Haiti Project</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 1;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: rgb(137, 2, 62);">H</span><span style="color: rgb(137, 2, 62); font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 24pt;">aitian Art Online Auction</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">The Vassar Haiti Project (VHP) is a collaborative, 501(c)3 nonprofit that engages students in life-changing education about global citizenship by promoting Haitian art and fostering sustainable development in Haiti. We organize art auctions and sales, which support the welfare of hundreds of Haitian artists and fund various initiatives in the mountain village of Chermaitre, Haiti.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Visit our <strong><a href="https://thehaitiproject.org/">website</a></strong> to learn more about our mission and initiatives.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Participating in this auction is simple</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><em>Just follow these 4 steps:</em></strong></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Tip:</span> </strong>During registration, please be sure to select "Receive Email or Text Notification When Out-Bid" to ensure you're notified when you've been outbid!</p>
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<td style="width: 88.4566%; height: 16.125px; border-width: 0px;"><span style="color: rgb(137, 2, 62); font-size: 14pt;">View our selection of Haitian Art Pieces</span></td>
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<li style="line-height: 1.2;">Click on any item to view its bidding specifics. Click item image to view it in more detail.</li>
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<p><strong><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Tip:</span> </strong>Click on the heart icon 💚 next to the paintings you're interested in to stay up-to-date on the bid activity of your favorite paintings!</p>
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<li><strong>Place your bid</strong> by submitting an amount in the Bidding Price Box.
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<p><strong><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Tip:</span> </strong>If you enter your maximum bid for the item, it will allow us to automatically enter incremental bids on your behalf, up to your maximum amount.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: rgb(22, 145, 121);">Tip:</span></strong> <em> </em>Click "<strong>Buy Now!" </strong>if you want to bypass the auction bidding process, and make certain you will take home your favorite painting.<strong><em> </em></strong><em>To ensure timely shipping, please submit payment within <strong>24 hrs </strong>of "Buying it Now". </em>Go to "My Account" at the top right corner of this page, and click on "Cart" to checkout.</p>
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<li>Checkout happens when the auction is over. All bidding will close at 3AM EST, Tuesday Oct. 3, 2023.</li>
<li>If you are successful in winning an item, a confirmation invoice will be emailed to you.</li>
<li>A shipping fee and NYS tax of 8.13% will be added to each item won.</li>
<li>Follow the link in the email and click the <strong>CHECKOUT </strong>button to pay for winning items.</li>
<li>All MAJOR credit cards and PayPal accepted.</li>
<li>Payments must be completed by <strong>Oct 7th.</strong></li>
<li><strong>You are financially responsible for your top winning bids.</strong></li>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to us.We kindly appreciate any amount which will go towards asset-based community development projects in Chermaitre. Click the button below to make a donation and learn more about where your contributions could go. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">View our extended collection of Haitian Paintings, Iron-sculptures, Handmade Quilts and Handcrafts not featured in this auction <a href="https://store.thehaitiproject.org/">Here</a>.</span></p>
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<td style="border-width: 0px;"><a href="https://store.thehaitiproject.org/shop/paintings/2" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><img id="fff-8a6739cd-891c-462a-a005-ef10b0376d14" style="float: right;" src="https://images-kewj8e9mgc.s3.amazonaws.com/2023/09/04/5099fd1b-c05b-4087-b359-2f291eca5e4e/AuctionLandingEditorObj/abfd6f62-9838-4027-bfc0-293959729f85.jpg" alt="VHP paintings" width="900" height="600"></span></a></td>
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