Charlie and Nancy Shuman, with microphone, of Winthrop, have been mainstays of the Kennebec Valley Humane Society and pitched in at the organization's annual auction Sunday at the Augusta Country Club in Manchester along with Executive Director Hillary Robert, right.

Kim Nixon, of Gardiner, secretary of the board of directors of the Kennebec Valley Humane Society, shows off an apple pie that sold for $70 at the organization's annual auction at the Augusta Country Club in Manchester on Sunday.

Chris Walters, of Hallowell, a member of the Kennebec Valley Humane Society board of directors, bids on an item at the organization's annual auction at the Augusta Country Club in Manchester on Sunday.

This carved owl was one of many items up for bid at the Kennebec Valley Humane Society's annual auction at the Augusta Country Club in Manchester on Sunday.

Long-time Kennebec Valley Humane Society supporters Maryann Tiemann and her father, Phil Tiemann, of Augusta, listen intently to bidding instructions at the organization's annual auction at the Augusta Country Club in Manchester.