2010 Auction Items.
Garnet and Sapphire Platinum Ring
This elegant ring showcases an outstanding quality garnet and beautiful brilliant cut white sapphire ring set in a modern oval platinum setting.
Value: $2,700
Generously donated by: Judy Castaillac
8' x 9' Medallion Persian Rug (G650-329-9020)
Make any room look elegant with this 8' X 9' beautiful hand crafted Indian wool rug, with navy blue primary base color. The rug registration number is in the title.
Value: $4,000
Generously donated by: Medallion Rug Gallery
Lori McIntosh, Portrait Artist
Portrait session with large 16” X 20” portrait of horse or dog with owner by renowned portrait artist Lori McIntosh, who specializes in fine art portraiture of horses, dogs and families….because they love you.
Value: $1,125
Generously donated by: Lori McIntosh
Shopping & Cooking with Chef de Cuisine Edward Higgins,
including Overnight Hotel Accommodation for eight people
Your group of eight will meet in Quattro Restaurant to kick off the morning with an espresso beverage of your choice. The group will embark on your culinary journey lead by Chef Edward to the Palo Alto farmers market. There he will walk the group through the market and help select some of the fresh ingredients for your cooking lesson. Here you will learn what is in season, what to watch out for, and how to select the freshest ingredients. Upon return to the hotel, the group will go directly into the kitchen, and start your cooking lesson. Upon completion, the group will be served in Quattro Restaurant with the Chef leading the lunch with a perfect wine pairing. Four overnight accommodations will be provided for the group to be enjoyed the night before the event. Value: $5,000
Generously donated by: Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley
Beautiful eight strand tassel 18kt white gold long necklace
designed by Kurt Wayne New York!
Beautiful eight strand tassel 18kt white gold long necklace designed by Kurt Wayne New York! The elegant necklace is 23" from top to bottom, and is registered and serial numbered. There are 84 round brilliant cut diamonds of F-G color, with an excellent VVS clarity, and a total weight of almost a carat in weight.
Value: $5,000
Generously donated by: Darren Mc Clung Precious Jewelry
Baume & Mercier Hampton Watch
This Baume & Mercier Hampton watch in XL size features a 34.1x45mm polished steel case, silvered dial, automatic movement and dark brown alligator strap with adjustable triple folding buckle. This watch is water resistant to 50 meters.
Value: $3,990
Generously donated by: Shreve & Co.
Framed Hermes Scarf
65 grams of silk from 250 cocoons, 90 centimeters square. During the twentieth century, the Hermès scarf has become a standard for good workmanship and discreet luxury, requiring up to two years of work to produce a collectible work of art that is an expression of its epoch. Six to eight weeks are required to meticulously prepare as many silk-screen printing frames as there are colors. For instance, in 1994, the “Celebrations of the Sun-King” required 1,200 hours of work to make its 35 frames. A true collectable. Value: $1,500
Generously donated by: Betsy Glikbarg
Roger Waters Sings "The Wall" Live
Two floor seats to sold-out show. Roger Waters, of Pink Floyd, will sing The Wall live at HP Pavilion in San Jose on Wednesday, December 8th. These are great reserved FLOOR tickets for this sold-out show. (Floor 3, Row 33, Seat 10 and 11) Waters will be singing with the almost all of the same musicians that played with Pink Floyd in The Wall performance on the wall in Berlin.
Value: Priceless
Generously donated by: Robert Ridenour
"Sense"sational Spa Splurge for five at Rosewood
You and your four friends will relax and unwind at Sense, A Rosewood Spa at Rosewood Sand Hill. Begin your journey with our soothing welcome foot ritual and a glass of sparkling wine. Afterwards, you will each enjoy 30 minute treatments, relax in our fabulous Sanctuary interior garden and lounge, and enjoy a delicious spa lunch.
Value: $1,750
Generously donated by: Rosewood Hotels & Resorts
Fabulous "Looking" Friends Pamper Package
You'll be everyone's new best friend with a Pamper Day for you and 2 friends! At SkinSpirit, Skincare Clinic & Spa you'll enjoy rejuvenating Signature Facials, 50 minute massages, skin care consultations with an aesthetic experts, and IPL/Photofacial treatments. Founded by Dr. Dean Vistnes, a Stanford-trained, board certified plastic surgeon, and operated by an exceptional team and medical staff, Skin Spirit offers a host of safe, effective, non-surgical cosmetics skin care treatments for men and women, combining a medical setting with the soft, luminous atmosphere of a spa.
Value: $2,000
Generously donated by: Skin Spirit
Day of Beauty for You and Your Horse
This basket of beauty includes: $500 certificate for Head Over Heals, $500 Non-surgical procedure with Dr. Steven Struck- plastic surgeon, $280 Fresh water pearl bracelet and necklace, $80 Manicure and pedicure, $70 Haircut at 1258, 2 Personal training sessions at Vivre Fitness, Horse acupuncture by Dr. Nancy Elliot, $250 Kiehls products for horse or self, $150 Earrings.
Value: $2,180
Generously donated by: Judy Levin & Friends of the Horse Show
Pebble Beach Carriage House
• Five days and four nights in a fabulous 1928 Pebble Beach cottage
• Exclusive sunset cruise on a 43 ft Beneteau, and dinner as guests of the owners at the Monterey Yacht Club
This is a rare opportunity to enjoy the spectacular Pebble Beach area while staying in a fabulous cottage. The cottage was the barn of artist, Jo Mora and built in 1928. Each of the 4 suites has an adjoining garden. Furnished with TVs and hooked up for wireless connection, this jewel of a home is located 3 minutes from the prestigious Lodge at Pebble Beach and the Equestrian Center in the Estates area of Pebble Beach. The stay will include an exclusive sunset cruise on a 43 ft Beneteau, and dinner as guests of the owners at the Monterey Yacht Club. Dates must be on a mutually agreeable basis, and blackout dates apply.
Value: $10,000
Generously donated by: Rick and Sandie Srigley
A Custom Made-to-Measure Suit by Ermenegildo Zegna
Ermengildo Zegna's "su misure" service offers a unique luxury tailoring experience that makes it possible to produce tailor-made suits, jackets, pants, coats, shirts, ties in just a few weeks, respecting the client's size and preferences and maintaining the superb standards of quality for which Zegna is rightfully famous. Custom made clothes are fashioned by the tailors who skillfully drape and sew their selected fabric into shape, championing the traditions of quality craftsmanship and proving that there is still a need for the uniquely personalized and individual. Excludes Vicuna, not to exceed $3,500.
Value: $3,500
Generously donated by: Ermenegildo Zegna
Perrelet Dual Time Zone Men’s Watch
Perrelet Dual Time Zone Men's Watch in an elegant stainless steel case. This watch features an exhibition back showing the hand engraved movement of this timepiece with a trademark mineral crystal rotor to allow the owner to view its magnificent movement. This automatic timepiece, with second time zone located at the 9 o'clock window, provides both the city and the hours in that city. The second time zone can be independently set to allow the owner to see the time at his "home" location as well as the time in his local zone.
Value: $5,000
Generously donated by: Shapur Mozaffarian Fine Jewelers
Four Seasons Maui, Wailea, Hawaii
Four Seasons Resort Maui, a luxury resort in Wailea, is proud to present a Five Night Accommodation in a luxurious and breathtaking Ocean Front Suite. Discover aloha enchantment with chic sophistication while basking in Maui's driest, sunniest weather. Delight in the wealth of complimentary extras that have long been a signature of the Resort. On this white-sand crescent of Pacific paradise, allow Four Seasons to give you Wailea at its very best, and the high-value experience that has helped make it one of the world's most acclaimed resorts.
Value: $14,149
Generously donated by: Four Seasons Maui, Wailea
"Jubilee" by Samuel Price
This elegant portrait of a horse and rider was created by a technique called collage or photo-montage, and requires many hours of assembling, cutting and pasting hundreds of tiny paper pieces onto canvas to create a finished work of art. Samuel Price believes in the use of accessible materials as part of the natural process of creating art. Early in his career, he began cutting up magazines and newspapers lying around in his studio and gluing them to a canvas as a means of necessity. Only later, he learned how much art history preceded this natural progression of using everyday items as a valuable means of expression. Sam believes that if you love to make art, nothing should get in your way. Size: 36" x 48"
Value: $5,000
Generously donated by: Samuel Price
Audi sports car experience and weekend in Sonoma
* One-day R8 driving program for one person at The Audi Sports car Experience at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma
* 2-night accommodations for 2 at the Carneros Inn in Sonoma
* $250 gift certificate to The Farm restaurant at the Carneros Inn.
The Audi Sports car Experience is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that puts you behind the wheel of the highest performance vehicle Audi has to offer, the R8. With professional racecar drivers as your personal instructors, you'll learn how to drive this car as it was meant to be driven: on the track. This one-day program includes brief classroom instruction, progressive sessions of fundamental training in the paddock and lapping on the track. You have the opportunity to responsibly approach the limits of the R8 on a 2.52-mile road-racing course. The R8 one-day program takes place at the Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, CA. In Sonoma, you will stay 2 nights at the Carneros Inn, a luxurious resort in Sonoma valley. Enjoy the resort’s restaurant, The Farm, with a $250 gift certificate.
Value: $3,435
Generously donated by: Audi
Portrait in oil and mixed media by Paul Tumason
Award winning artist, Paul Tumason will provide a photo session of you, and create an oil and mixed media portrait on a 16" x 20" canvas. Travel fees may apply. Amongst the most visible of his work were collections of his work at the Center for the Performing Arts in San Jose, which included 30"x40" paintings of the principal players of the San Jose Symphony, and various subjects from the Ballet San Jose. Paul's knowledge of portraiture and photography has given him a tremendous insight into the psychology of what makes his clients excited and thankful for their portraits.
Value: $3,000
Generously donated by: Paul Tumason
“Playtime” Bronze Limited Edition Statue by Ghiglieri
“Playtime” is a piece for the serious investor/collector. The statue is of a mare and her foal-- the depth of maternal love and joy is evident in the way the statuesque mare runs proudly beside her lively young foal. The artist, Lorenzo Ghiglieri, is internationally famous. In 1994, he was selected to sculpt the “Official American Bald Eagle," now on display at the White house and part of the permanent collection. His sculptures were presented to Pope John Paul II at the Vatican, President Ronald Regan, Mikhail Gorbachev, and King Juan Carlos. Tiger Woods, Luciano Pavarotti and General Schwartzkopf also own his work, to name but a few.
Value: $32,500
Generously donated by: Lorenzo Ghiglieri
Pizza Fiesta for 50 at Graniterock Design Center
Betsy Glikbarg and her crew of Horse Show Committee members (Pam Brandin, Susan Martin, Martha Edwards, Claire Biancala, Connie Hawkins, Rose Ann Woolpert) will prepare your pizza at a party for up to 50 guests at Graniterock’s Cupertino Design Center (1505 South DeAnza Boulevard). The center's authentic Italian pizza oven will be fired up for fresh out of the oven, mouth watering pizzas, and you and your guests will also enjoy an array of Italian antipasti, salads, and dessert, plus beer and wine. The Design Center is a lovely venue, spacious yet homey, and the setting will easily accommodate your party crowd. This is a perfect party for a special birthday, family reunion, business celebration, or any big occasion.
Make the attire casual and your party care-free with this Italian “fiesta!”
Arrange a mutually agreeable date for a most memorable event.
Value: $2,500
Generously donated by: Graniterock
Hand-made Custom Mattress & Box Springs from McRoskey Mattress Company
For over 110 years, every McRoskey mattress has been made carefully, lovingly, and almost completely by hand with detail of workmanship not possible in mass production. The craftsmen and women in Mc Roskey’s San Francisco workshop are dedicated to making the world's best bed. They also have a store now in Palo Alto. The winner will receive a $4,900 shopping spree at McRoskey Mattress Company to purchase, for example, a king size mattress and a box spring set, a trundle day bed or a custom sized mattress to fit a specific room or antique bed frame very comfortably!
Value: $4,900
Generously donated by: McRockey Mattresses
Reverso Squadra Classique Ladies Watch
Designed for ladies who tend to forget time, the Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 657 features the user-friendliness of a quartz movement and provides a second face available for engraving. While remaining faithful to its masculine, sporty, origins, the Reverso Squadra Classic has adopted a feminine personality with a highly distinctive style. Reverso Squadra Classique - Stainless steel, quartz movement, water resistant to 50m on an articulated rubber strap.
Value: $5,850
Generously donated by: Shreve & Co. and Jaeger-LeCoultre
A Paula LeDuc gourmet meal prepared in your kitchen for Ten guests
Paula LeDuc dishes are made with the best local seasonal and organic ingredients, seasoned with imagination and craft, and created to reflect your style. Paula has won many awards, and has prepared private dinner parties for such people as Opera Winfrey, George and Laura Bush, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, and a private reception for Barack Obama.
Value: $2,000
Generously donated by: Paula LeDuc
"Hudson River" Oil Painting by Larry Gray
This is a dramatic and atmospheric painting by the internationally recognized American painter, Larry Gray. His work is represented in the permanent collections of many of America's leading museums, such as the New York City Museum of Modern Art, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Chicago Art Institute, Brooklyn Museum, Oakland Museum, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Seattle Museum of Art, among others. His work has been featured in over 60 solo exhibitions across the world. This piece represents an important period in Larry Gray's development as a painter, and it’s one of his largest paintings. It was valued this summer at $8,500 in the current market. The painting depicts the atmospheric blending of clouds with the smoke from a major civil war battle, and explores the contrast between the realities of armed struggle versus the ways that artists often romanticize such conflicts.
Value $8,500
Generously donated by: Kim Dodge
Village Pub & Patz and Hall Wine Dinner
Back by popular demand! The Village Pub has graciously donated a dinner for 8 in their private dining room. Chef Mark Sullivan will prepare a tasting menu to be paired with wines donated by Donald Patz of Patz and Hall Winery. Donald has personally selected many exciting wines from his cellar which will include Patz and Hall's famous single vineyard Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs from Hyde Vineyard and others. Expires August of 2011. Private dining room based upon availability and requires a two week advance notice.
Value: $5,000
Generously donated by: Village Pub & Donald Patz, Patz and Hall Winery
Villa Tita in Puerto Villarta, Mexico
This magnificent luxury villa offers a vast beautiful view of the ocean and all of Puerto Vallarta from every room! The staff consisting of a cook, housemaid and houseman attend to your every need with never an intrusion. Amenities include:
• Accommodations for 10 adults in five suites, each with its own bath and a view of the bay and city
• Private heated oversized swimming pool
• Approximately 6000 square feet of living space
• Private lighted tennis court built to USTA standards
• Filtered water throughout the Villa
• Direct satellite TVs with English language channels, and CD Sound System
• Free WiFi throughout the Villa and Fax machine
Value: $11,000
Generously donated by: Villa Tita
