The Salvation Army plans to sell the works by the end of this month and has started taking bids.

Bids have reached $5,000 for a Don Quixote lithograph and the crucifix, while offers for the rest of the artworks have reached $3,000.

This is the second time that Dali works have been donated to the Salvation Army. In 2004, several of the Spanish artist's works were donated to the organisation and an Internet auction was conducted.

Salvation Army officials are asking bidders to come to the store in person to cut out Internet auction firms that would otherwise take a chunk of the sale proceeds.