Sounds ok to me -- as long as it's a silent auction. Before I read the above description I was picturing you up on the stage doing a typical nonstop auctioneer's spiel... (haha!)

"I have 35 let's hear 36 come on 36, 36? do I have 36? 35 going once, 35 going twice, 35, SOLD to the lady in the pink hat for $35"