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Telethon 2019

2019 Telethon Home Auction

Thank you WA!

$42,596,034

Since 1968 Western Australians have raised over $349 million through Telethon for the kids of WA.

The money raised has helped make significant advances in treating some of the life threatening diseases that face our children today. Telethon also provides equipment, resources and critical services for children across Western Australia.

Sunday Night Telethon Story – 2 Hours Left!

The house, built by New Level in the same street as last year’s Telethon home, features fresh modern designs with spacious living areas. Built in Satterley’s The Hales estate, it has two outdoor entertaining areas and sits on a 450 sqm block.

The auction started off slowly, with Mr Baldwin attempting to set the opening bid at $725,000 — the same level of last year’s house sale. But there were no takers, and eventually the opening bid came in at $580,000.

John, the man who would eventually go on to make the winning bid, put his hand up to move the price up to $600,000 where it stalled for a few minutes. Mr Baldwin tried to get the next bid to come in at $620,000, then $610,000 — before accepting a bid of $605,000 from a bidder talking on the phone.

John upped the ante to $610,000 before a vendor’s bid came in to push the price up to $650,000. Finally, John made the winning bid of a $655,000 — a price Mr Baldwin said was such a steal he “should have been arrested for theft”.