The 2024 CTEF Online Auction is over, and we can't thank you enough for being involved and helping CTEF raise $18,862.00!
These funds are critical to supporting the invaluable work CTEF does through its tile installation certification programs and continued education programs.
Thank You, Online Auction Donors!
First, there are the amazing and generous donors without whom the auction wouldn't have been possible. More specifically,
- Alice Dean
- Ardex
- Arto
- Blanke
- Best of Everything
- Built with Foam
- Custom Building Products
- Cortag Tools USA
- Daltile
- DW Sanders
- Edge Strip Kits
- Floor and Decor
- Grabo/Nemo Power Tools
- HB Fuller / TEC
- JLC Consulting
- Laticrete
- MLT
- Noble Company
- NTCA
- Portobello Americas
- Pro Knees
- Progress Profiles
- QEP
- Russo Trading
- Schluter
- Sika
- Tile Pro Source
- The Tile Doctor
- University of Ceramic Tile
What the Online Auction Donors Donated!
These wonderful companies donated items that appealed to all those who participated in the online auction. Essentially, they enabled CTEF to include a multitude of items worth $62,635 of particular relevance to tile installation professionals like you. We're talking...
- Tools such as mixers, saws, cutters, tool kits, trowels, floats, sponges, suction cups, shimming kits, and knee pads
- Materials such as tile, GPT, backer board, underlayment, mortar, shower niches, and kits, leveling clips, and grout, some bundled with an expert.
- Flooring product gift certificates
- NTCA membership offers
- A custom article or case study
- A Fishing Experience package
- A headquarters visit bundled with a fishing trip
- Online courses, and Beats by Dre headsets
- And more
Thank You, Auction Participants!
As nice as it is to have many wonderful products to include in an online auction, without you, our auction participants, there wouldn't be an auction.
Between December 2 and 7, the 2024 CTEF Online Auction attracted 50 bidders who made many bids, participating via desktop, laptop, phone, and other digital devices after initially registering at https://www.accelevents.com/e/CTEF-Auction-2024.
Top Auction Bids
The trip to QEP bundled with a fishing experience raised the most money: $2,200. This item combined a VIP tour of the QEP Corporate Office and a behind-the-scenes visit with the QEP product development team with deep sea fishing.
>> See When the CFI Take the CTI
The next highest-generating item was the trout fly fishing experience with Woody Sanders and Brad Denny. It garnered $2000.00!
By the way, the first-ever experience happened in 2023. The fact that this year's two experiences did so well highlights the value of getting to spend time with members of the tile industry in non-tile settings.
>> See What to Expect From an NTCA Experience With CTEF
CTEF 2024 Online Auction Results
In terms of results, the 2024 Online Auction generated $18,862 for CTEF as we mentioned above.
This is significant as those funds directly support the CTEF mission to improve the tile industry through certification, education, training, and participating in developing nationally recognized standards and methods.
>> Explore CTEF Training Programs
>> Explore CTEF Certification Programs
Thank You For Getting the Word Out About the CTEF Online Auction!
That's a wrap for the 2024 Online Auction. Thank you for making it happen. Not only are product donors and bidders important but all those who help get the word out about the event, and talk up what CTEF does for the tile industry are vital to the process.
We are doing the 2025 auction in June from June 15-22 and will begin asking for donations in early April. Please save the date!
Thanks for reading!
