Alliance purse auction returns to schedule The Alliance Review The Alliance Area Chamber of Commerce’s Charity Purse Auction, known as Bags & Bows, will return in 2021. The event will be 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 1 at Robertson Heating Supply, 2155 W. Main St. in Alliance. The event will feature a light refreshments, and various auctions items at multiple price levels. Among the most popular auctions during the 2019 event was the $10 swag bag event. Guests pay $10 for a bag, and inside they find one of a slew of prizes that could include lottery tickets, jewelry and gift cards. Gifts also could include a number, which the winners will take to a prize table to find a prize that matches their number.