A table by former Gov. Mike Easley sold for $3,400.

The two-term Democrat, who left office earlier this year, had made the simple walnut table on a special episode of "The Woodwright's Shop" in 2007.

He recently contacted UNC-TV, which is in the middle of a monthlong pledge drive, and told them he would donate the table.

The public TV station took bids during an episode of "The Antiques Roadshow" last night. It also offered tickets to an upcoming "Roadshow" visit to Raleigh.

Spokesman Steve Volstad said they do not know the actual value of the table, which was built and stained in about an hour by Easley and "Woodwright's Shop" host Roy Underhill.

But he said the station was pleased with the results of last night's drive.

"They both did really well," he said. "I don't know if it was realistic to think the table would go for $50,000, but we were happy with what it did get." 

Progress Energy underwrote a documentary based on Richard Moore's book.

The electric utility was one of four sponsors of "Faces from the Flood," a 55-minute documentary about Hurricane Floyd that aired on UNC-TV in 2004. (It also bought copies of the book.)

The public television station hired independent producer Donna Campbell, who had already made two documentaries on the hurricane, to make a third in April of 2003, while the book was still being written.

Campbell worked with Treasurer Moore and co-author Jay Barnes, tracking down many of their key sources for second interviews on film. Moore is also featured for three minutes toward the end of the documentary.

UNC-TV spokesman Steve Volstad said that the sponsors were found by a separate department. Moore and Campbell both told Dome they were not aware who the sponsors were during filming.

Each of the sponsors — Progress, Lowe's Home Improvement, First Citizens Bank and the nonprofit Broyhill Foundation — contributed $15,000.

The show aired on May 20, 2004, and has been broadcast six times.