WELCOME TO MY GOURD AUCTIONS!  I generally have LOTS of auctions listed, so feel free to check my other items.  All gourds are dry, clean, and ready-to-use.  Please check my feedback to see that I try hard to keep satisfied customers.  If you aren't happy after receiving your items, please get in touch and give me a chance to fix the problem.  NEW BIDDERS are WELCOME here ... and OLD BIDDERS are even more appreciated!  :-)

In the continental United States, the shipping charge for any ONE auction win is a flat $6.  Each additional win adds $3 to the shipping charge: 1 win = $6; 2 wins = $9; 3 wins = $12; 4 wins = $15; 5 wins = $18; 6 wins = $21; 7 wins = $24; 8 wins = $27; 9 wins = $30.  Winners in Alaska, Hawaii and Canada are asked to pay the ACTUAL shipping charges incurred for shipping through mail, please.  About nine wins generally fills even my biggest boxes, which means you should pay up, and then we'll be glad to start another box. (If you win the BIGGER gourds, often the maximum in a box is less than nine wins.)  Your auction wins may ship UPS or through the US Post Office, depending on the box size and where you live.  Your wins can cover auctions from several days; but PLEASE make sure to pay for any auctions won well before they are 30 days old.  After 30 days, auctions drop off ebay's invoicing system and keeping track of your wins / payments becomes much more difficult.

I list frequent shipping specials at $2, $1, and FREE shipping when combined, so watch for those.  You can tell in the titles as the $2 auctions start with "2:"; $1 auctions start with "1:"; and the FREE SHIPPING auctions start with "0:".  Remember you only get the special rate on COMBINED wins, so you always pay at least $6 for shipping for a FIRST item in the box, and then the combined rates come into play.

Real BIG GOURD isn't symmetrical and will either sit up or sit leaning back as in the last picture.  It's hard enough for carving, and offers LOTS of painting space.  You could hang this one as a very large project of some kind, or perhaps sitting as in the last picture it could have the top cut away and make a wonderful cornucopia (horn of plenty) for a fall decoration.  You can drill in holes and add dried flowers or other embellishments for a centerpiece of a different kind.  Could make a bird house big enough for small owls even!  Upright this one is 16 inches tall and it's 36 inches around.  No combined shipping deals here ... but still just $6 to ship anywhere in the continental United States.  Lots of gourd here, even if it isn't as rounded as we all might like.