Matches' eBay auction items; meaning about hiatus?

Hello, Matches' family (from manager, Miles):

Matches' memorabilia and collectibles are now up for sale at eBay.
seller = thematchesauction2009

Also, searching for "matches memorabilia" or "matches collectibles" should turn up the listings.

Note that the ending times are not all the same. Some are 7 day auctions and some are 5 day (as they were put up on eBay over the last few days), but all close by Thu or Fri.

Some more items may go up for auction in the next day (but maybe with shorter auction periods).

Below are the names of the auction listings, in no particular order.
About half of these were just listed in the last few hours (now 5pm, PST, Sunday 8/16), so they may not show up in searches for another half a day.

(Apologies to anyone confused as I took down this entry for a half an hour after alerted that some items were not appearing in searches.)

the Matches memorabilia backdrop "Henry" head 6'x6'
the Matches memorabilia backdrop "Strike" logo 4'x10'
the Matches memorabilia backdrop DecomposerScene 10'x10
the Matches memorabilia DecomposerCrow backdrop 19x14
the Matches memorabilia, stencil of the Matches' logo, well used
the Matches memorabilia, Shawn's guitar from the Locals
the Matches memorabilia, bass case, stenciled Matches
the Matches memorabilia, bass drum case, with stencil "the Matches"
the Matches memorabilia, briefcase w Henry logo stencil
the Matches memorabilia, cables and cords bag
the Matches memorabilia, photo prop, creepy black arms ....
the Matches memorabilia, photo prop, White Flag-Bird
the Matches memorabilia, Salty Eyes TV from Video
the Matches memorabilia, Bass Drum front, button graphic
the Matches memorabilia the Locals one-way sign
the Matches memorabilia, crow props, molded #1 of 3
the Matches memorabilia, crow props, molded #2 of 3
the Matches memorabilia, crow props, molded #3 of 3
the Matches memorabilia crow props, altered #1 of 4
the Matches memorabilia crow props, altered #2 of 4
the Matches memorabilia crow props, altered #3 of 4
the Matches memorabilia crow props, altered #4 of 4

I have an email address just for questions about these auction items:
thematchesauction@gmail.com

Take note of shipping and handling charges, which are to be paid separately from the eBay auction payments for winning bids.

Many of the buyers will be in the Bay Area and can pick up the items at the Fillmore show 8/23. Some items are just too difficult to ship, and some will be impractically expensive to ship out of the U.S. (but that's up to the buyers).

Handling charges are needed because most of these will be taken to a commercial shipping service to be boxed and shipped.

Some blog, myspace, messageboard postings have speculated about whether this auction of memorabilia means anything significant to the Matches' plans.

No. This means nothing. (so much nothing's going on.)

Now would be an appropriate time to move out these objects of history whether the Matches were now planning their next tour or whether they announced they hate each other and will never make music together again (neither, of course, which is the case).

And given what the Matches have announced - an indefinite hiatus, it certainly makes sense to clear out and close out their storage room, their trailer, the rehearsal room, various closets and garages (such as mine), as these odds and ends of the Matches' (and the Locals') last nine years or so are best in the hands of appreciative fans. We hope these random pieces of the Matches' own experience and their stage presence might be reminders of powerful music, meaningful live show moments, and, often, connections and bonds between audience members that grew out of shared tastes in creativity and music. Have the Matches' been a band? a cult? a community? Maybe some of all three.

What's next for the Matches? When?
Nothing is clear -- nor need it be.

This is a hiatus, not just a break, so they will not return together soon. They might never get back together. However, as they are very knowldgable fans of other bands and, also, shrewd observers of the performing world, they know that to claim they are breaking up without any possibility of reunion would be false.

At the same time, there is no undeclared scheme to reunite, no secret plan.

The Matches have spoken directly, honestly and transparently to you in saying this end of this phase of the Matches is "an indefinite hiatus." You know as much as they do what will happen or when it will happen, if anything ever will happen, in the Matches' future.

For now, they are thrilled to have their fourth album so taken to heart by their dedicated fans (so moving to me, as well, to read such laudatory comments), they are filled with excitement to be playing these two big shows as old friends on stage with more friends filling the venue, and they are primed and eager to move ahead with creative explorations in new settings.

Things change. That is something good. It can be hard for those most closely affected by the change, as it was difficult for the Matches to acknowledge to themselves that this was the time for a different road, but, still, still -- change is good.

Like yesterday,
- Miles
(Miles Hurwitz, Matches' manager)