Opera Carolina’s Spring Evening of Auction
Fine Wine, Contemporary Art and Exceptional Experiences
April 30, 2015
Hosted by Anne Carter and Dean Smith
Bank of America, Presenting Sponsor
Planning Committee
Shelly Landau
Jennie Wrenn
Barrie Benson
Martin Welton
Paige Roselle
Titi Cole
Callie Kelly
Karen Perry
Margaret Tugwell
Laura Philipson
Howard Bissell
Charlotte Lucas
Printemps in French or Spring in English, heralds rebirth, beauty, blooming flowers and blossoming
love. Opera Carolina celebrates our creative community with Printemps, a pastiche of culinary creativity,
exquisite wine, music and art.
The 2015 evening features a Benefit Auction with gallery and private collections of fine wine, contemporary
art, and exceptional experiences. Great cuisine, libations, entertainment, all celebrated with new and old
friends makes this a great evening out.
Net proceeds benefit Opera Carolina, the largest and oldest professional opera company in the region,
and second oldest in the Southeast. The Company serves more than 60,000 people each year and is heard
around the country by an additional 90,000 estimated listeners on NPR World of Opera, “….brought to
you live from Charlotte, North Carolina..”. Opera Carolina is a Charlotte-based, not-for-profit corporation,
serving 22 counties in North Carolina, South Carolina and Northern Georgia.
Acclaimed by the public and critics alike for its main stage performances of traditional and contemporary
operas, Opera Carolina is also a leading exponent in the field of Arts Education.
Visionary programming, exemplary casting, solid leadership, and stewardship defines Opera Carolina and
the company continues to strive to set the standard in generational development, ensuring a bright future for
grand opera in Charlotte, as befits our growing metropolitan region.
Heartfelt gratitude to our friends who actively support us in our shared vision.
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Contemporary Art
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Represented by:
Plansky
Spring Flowers, 2008
Oil on linen
36” x 24”
$6,500
$5,400
Elder Gallery
LIVE AUCTION
“I had the idea that I could look at the landscape and get lost
in it, and maybe find myself.” - Carl Plansky
Carl Planksy, artist, teacher, paint maker, maintained studios in Brooklyn
and East Meredith, New York and Budapest, Hungary. Born in 1951 in
Miami Beach, he studied at Maryland Institute College of Art and moved
to New York in 1970 to attend Hans Hofmann’s New York Studio School. He also studied with artist Joan Mitchell, a
close personal friend who was a strong influence.
Plansky’s paintings are drawn from direct observation, and revel in pitch-perfect color, compositional elegance, and
highly expressive brushwork. Also a respected and influential teacher, he guided students at numerous colleges and
universities as well as highly acclaimed art institutions, including a return to the New York Studio School in 2004 as a
faculty member.
Artist:
Plansky
Title:
Barn, Roche Guyon
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Size:
19” x 31”
Value:
$6,500
Opening Bid:
$5,700
Represented by:
Elder Gallery
LIVE AUCTION
Plansky spent a number of years painting in France alongside the influential abstract expressionist Joan Mitchell (19251992), who took much of her inspiration from Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline. Their shared sentiment was the
intent to not create a recognizable image, rather to convey emotions in their work.
Contemporary Art
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Chris Hayman
Sea Ranch III & Sea Ranch IV
(sold as pair)
Oil on canvas
24” x 24”
$5,200
$4,400
Shain Gallery
SILENT AUCTION
“Breaking up the space
differently creates a greater
energy, as well as interest
for me, with a new type of
sensibility evolving with more
emphasis on simpler abstract
forms.” - Chris Hayman
Contemporary artist, Chris Hayman, born in New York, now resides and works in California. The artist combines
and connects various linear forms with a variety of abstract language. Her lyrical compositions present a balance of
geometry and color exposed through multiple layers of oil paints. Hayman has been painting for over thirty years, and
her works are on display in both private and public collections nationwide. Note: color may not be best represented online.
Contemporary Art
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Represented by: Rainer Lagemann
Devotion (Pablo), 2014
Stainless steel, welded
20” x 8” x 38”h
$8,000
$5,800
New Gallery of Modern Art
SILENT AUCTION
Born in Dusseldorf, Germany, noted sculptor Rainer Lagemann moved to the
San Francisco Bay area in 1988. In 2008, the Artist moved to Miami to join its
developing art scene, and is widely recognized as being instrumental in shaping
Miami’s prestige in the art world. Widely known and exhibited here, Europe and
Asia, Legemann’s work picked up the tradition of Picasso, allowing him to explore
the rich and exciting environment of highly abstracted figurative sculpture.
Perhaps taking his cue from Cubism as he uses hollow metal squares to sculpt the human form, strong and delicate at
once. Each square represents the trials and tribulations of life.
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Roberts Mars
The Great Day Has Come
Mixed media
48” x 36”
$11,000
$8,300
New Gallery of Modern Art
LIVE AUCTION
Robert Mars’ artwork chronicles an evolving fascination with The Golden Age of
American popular culture and celebrates the icons of the 1950s and 60s by taking
inspiration from this culture long past. His iconic figures continue to evolve through
the application of a rich color palette and tongue-in-cheek attitude. Much of Mars’
earlier work evokes a vintage quality of design and pays homage to the idealized age
of growth and hopefulness that was prevalent in the USA at the end of the Depression.
Still evolving, Mars merges his own concept of personal idols with those of mainstream culture, Mars is able to focus
his work on a deeper analysis of personalities and trends. More recently, Mars’ artwork has shifted toward the culture
of celebrity, and he is amazingly attuned to the fact that these instantly recognizable and larger-than-life ‘personalities’,
uniquely represented, continue to resonate with contemporary American culture.
A graduate of Parsons School of Design, Mars’s eye for a distinct facet of American history is impeccable and his ability to manipulate the color and wordplay of vintage printed material has earned him reference with the likes of Andy
Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Damien Hirst, and Richard Diebenkorn among other masters from the School of Pop.
Mars’ work is exhibited worldwide including museum collections in Munich, Tokyo, Amsterdam, London, Boston,
New York, Los Angeles, Laguna Beach, Atlanta, Aspen and Naples.
“My favorite artists and bands I have on repeat as I work are Kill County, Horse Feathers, Black Angels, Jimi Hendrix,
Woods, Youth of Today and Jason Molina.” - Robert Mars
Contemporary Art
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Damien Hurst
Green Quad, 2011
Woodblock
19 1/4” x 19 1/4”
$6,200
$5,600
New Gallery of Modern Art
SILENT AUCTION
Born in Bristol, England in 1965. While a student at Goldsmith’s College,
he organized and curated a student exhibition titled “Freeze” in 1988. The
participants of this cutting edge show became the Young British Artists, who
largely defined and dominated the contemporary art scene in London during
the 1990’s. At the exhibition, Charles Saatchi, a prominent contemporary art collector and cofounder of the London
advertising agency, became impressed with Hirst’s work and began collecting it, initiating Hirst’s commercial success in
the art world. In 1991, 3 years following “Freeze”, Hirst had his first solo exhibition at the Woodstock Street Gallery.
Hirst works in a variety of media. Like Warhol and Jeff Koons before him, Hirst is interested in the consumption and
commercial aspect of art, as well as the monetary scale on which art is judged and purchased. His paintings, which he
creates in two varying styles, are thematically linked with mass production and consumer culture, as were Warhol’s.
In his first style of painting, Hirst creates an arrangement of same sized colored dots and sets them against a plain background.
“I probably discovered the most fundamentally important thing in any kind of art…the harmony of where color can exist on
its own, interacting with other colors in a perfect format. To create that structure… I suddenly got what I wanted…pinning
down the joy of color.” The spot paintings are amongst Hirst’s most widely recognized works. Of the thirteen sub-series
within the spots category, the ‘Pharmaceutical’ paintings are the first and most prolific; dating from 1986 – 2011.
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Geraldine Neuwirth
Untitled
Mixed media collage
13” x 9”
$950
$750
Hidell Brooks Gallery
SILENT AUCTION
Geraldine Neuwirth attended the American University before moving
to LA where she studied under the artist Martin Lubner for six years.
Lubner had his own teaching space in Los Angeles and was an Art
Professor at UCLA. Her work has been influenced by Elizabeth
Murray, Frank Stella, Terry Winters, and Arshile Gorky to name only
a few. Geradline handles paper in such a way that is only learned over
time with a mature hand and a unique vision complied from a life full
of experiences.
Contemporary Art
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Jane Schmidt
Fall & Summer (sold as pair)
Oil on wood
12” x 12”
$2,500
$1,900
Shain Gallery
SILENT AUCTION
Inspired by abstract expressionists, Jane Schmidt uses the subject of landscape to explore the edge between abstraction
and representation with an emphasis on the expressive use of color. Using decisive brush marks, Schmidt commingles
vibrant colors to create a visual experience for every viewer. Schmidt earned a Master of Fine Arts from Arizona State
University and has many accolades to her credit. She was chosen 2005 Emerging Artist by Phoenix Home and Garden
Magazine, and selected to exhibit at 2007 Florence Biennale, Florence Italy. The Florence Biennale is a premier world
art event where artists from around the world are chosen by a panel of art critics and historians to exhibit and compete.
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Selena Beaudry
WORD 60 & Touch of Green
(sold as pair)
Cut paper collage
17” x 15” (each piece framed)
$1,900
$1,600
Hidell Brooks Gallery
LIVE AUCTION
“All of my work is created by a series of marks or perhaps the lack of
marks. At some point along the way I began to cut up drawings. Cutting
up my work led to a rediscovery of my visual language. It brought
up questions in my studio practice. What is a mark and what can I do
with it? How can I push these marks in new and different directions?”
Through this formal exercise, the artist created her three bodies of work –
piles, collages and paintings.
Selena Beaudry lives and works in Charlotte and received her MFA from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Her work consist of piles, cut out collages and oil paintings. The focus of her paintings is color through loose gestural
brushstrokes. Her piles and cut out collages are intricate, delicate and precise as they weave across the paper.
Contemporary Art
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Hunt Slonem
Red Bunny
Oil on canvas
10” x 8”
$4,500
$3,800
New Gallery of Modern Art
SILENT AUCTION
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Hunt Slonem
Orapendula, 2012
Oil on board
20” x 24”
$11,500
$7,900
New Gallery of Modern Art
LIVE AUCTION
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Hunt Slonem
Yellow Bunny
Oil on canvas
10” x 8”
$4,500
$3,600
New Gallery of Modern Art
SILENT AUCTION
Hunt Slonem’s neo-Expressionist paintings of tropical birds, butterflies, bunnies and
Abraham Lincoln – all affectionally painted in the same informed yet childlike style –
catapulted him to wide acclaim in the late 1970s. Since then, the artist has achieved the status of an art world icon, with
works in the permanent collections of over 100 museums worldwide.
Slonen uses an abstract platform for his traditional subject matter, developed with gestured brushwork and bold
Warholesque repetitive compositions. Fascinated by the manipulation of paint, he works quickly and creates jarring
color juxtapositions. The textures achieved by Slonem’s trademark etching, further emphasizes the ethereal nature he
bestows upon his beloved subjects.
“Repetition is very important,” says the artist, who starts each day painting, treating the creative process as “a kind of
meditation,” he says. Included in this ritual are his famous bunny paintings – the result of a daily morning warm-up that
was sparked during a late-night revelation at a Chinese restaurant: that he was born in the Year of the Rabbit.
Contemporary Art
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Lynn Johnson
Two 4 Two
Oil on canvas
42” x 42”
$2,400
$1,800
Shain Gallery
SILENT AUCTION
Lynn Johnson is an emerging artist whose paintings reference
floral and plantlike structures by using a combination of broad,
fluid brush strokes and layers of color. Her compositions
evoke an uncomplicated, organic sense of form and space with
strong abstract influences. Lynn’s most recent paintings hold
impressions of spontaneity, focusing less on the imagery, but on the brushwork and use of the canvas. Their
larger size permits a freedom of movement and expression, resulting in a series of liberating gestures. Lynn
attended the College of Art & Design where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Iowa State University.
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Donald Sultan
Flowers 01, 2007
32.5” x 28” (framed)
Screenprint
$5,100
$3,900
New Gallery of Modern Art
LIVE AUCTION
Born in 1951 in Asheville, North Carolina, Donald Sultan received his BFA from
the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and his MFA from the School
of the Art Institute in Chicago. He moved to New York in 1975. The work of
Donald Sultan is voluminous and varied. Since his first one-man show in 1977,
he has enjoyed a distinguished career as painter, print maker, and sculptor. His
extensive body of work has placed him at the forefront of contemporary art, where he has become best known for his
ability to successfully merge the best of yesterday’s artistic tradition with a fresh, modern approach that is unique.
Although his paintings fit into the criteria of a still life, Sultan describes these works as first and foremost abstract.
The largeness of Sultan’s compositions, huge pieces of fruit, flowers, dominoes and other objects, set against the stark,
unsettling tar-black, eight-foot square background, dominate the viewer. He is best known for his lemons and fruit,
and states that his subjects develop from previous work. The oval of his lemons has led to a series of oval-blossomed
tulips. Dots from dice have become oranges. What does not change with Sultan’s work is the powerful statement his
forms make. Sultan’s work incorporates basic geometric and organic forms with a formal purity that is both subtle and
monumental. His images are weighty, with equal emphasis on both negative and positive areas. Sultan describes his
work as “heavy structure, holding fragile meaning” with the ability to “turn you off and turn you on at the same time.”
Sultan’s still lifes have been described as studies in contrast. His powerfully sensual, fleshy object representations are
rendered through a labor-intensive and unique method.
Contemporary Art
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Maja Godlewska
Small Layered Cloud, 2008
Mixed media on paper
22” x 30”
$3,750
$2,700
New Gallery of Modern Art
SILENT AUCTION
In her work, Maja Godlewska explores beauty, permanence
and decay. She looks to phenomena that occur between the
form and formlessness, order and chaos, things that seem
permanent, yet are subject to change and evolution (such as
clouds, stains, icebergs and weather patterns). Rococo and Baroque architecture and frescoes fascinate her for their
formal solutions, ascending motion and swirling compositions that are similar to nebulae, cumulonimbus clouds or
glacial moraines and for their fleshy, ostentatious content. To Godlewski, they symbolize eternal beauty that transcends time.
Godlewski has been a Charlotte resident since 1997. Originally from Poland, she graduated with an MFA from the
Academy of Fine Art Wroclaw. Since then her work has been shown nationally and internationally. Her work is also
included in the permanent collection of the Mint Museum.
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Andrew Braitman
The Park Watershed
Oil on canvas
30” x 40”
$4,000
$2,900
Shain Gallery
LIVE AUCTION
Andy Braitman is an artist of national stature. His work has been
featured in galleries, and one-man and group shows in Santa Fe,
Chicago, Atlanta, Millburn, N.J., Washington, D. C., Noorbeek,
Holland, and Rio de Janiero and Curitba, Brazil. In Charlotte,
he has been shown at Jerald Melberg, Hodges Taylor and Shain Gallery, and many galleries throughout North Carolina. He
was chosen by Nancy Reagan as one of America’s Leading Artists, along with other notables artists Andrew Wyeth and Frank
Stella.
Braitman was born in Casper, Wyoming and moved to Maryland during his high school years. He attended the University of
Maryland, and it was there he discovered his passion for art, taking every drawing and art class offered by the University. He
graduated with a degree in fine arts with minors in physics and art history. He studied physics to learn about light, and took
anatomy and physiology courses in the nursing school to learn about the human body, all evident in the detail of his work.
The artist resides in Charlotte, NC. While continuing to pursue his passion for art, he has come to be highly regarded for the
support and encouragement he provides for artists at all levels. In 1995, Braitman opened Braitman Studio, where his
students praise ‘his many geniuses’ ~ his ability to bring out each individual’s own artistic style, his expertise in
teaching drawing, and his supportive style.
Contemporary Art
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Rick Beck
Light Green Wood Screw
Light Blue Wood Screw
Glass
5” x 7”
$500 EACH
$250 EACH
Hidell Brooks Gallery
SILENT AUCTION
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Rick Beck
Clear Wood Screw
Dark Wood Screw
Glass
5” x 7”
$500 EACH
$250 EACH
Hidell Brooks Gallery
SILENT AUCTION
Rick Beck lives and works in Spruce Pine, NC, and shows his and his wife Valerie’s work nationally. Rick’s cast glass
is frequently based on industrial and utilitarian objects and is created by using clay forms to create a silicone mold for
recycled molten glass. Once cooled, the pieces are further shaped by diamond blades in order to allow light and color to
pass through. By using a fragile material to represent items usually regarded as sturdy and nearly indestructible, glass
artist Rick Beck creates an interesting balance and contradiction in his work. Whether depicting figures or everyday
objects, Beck creates a fascinating distortion to our sense of scale and form. Rick’s work is in the permanent collections
of the Mint Museum, the Federal Reserve Bank, and many other collections. He was the recipient of both an NEA
Visual Arts Fellowship and a NC Arts Council Visual Arts Fellowship.
Contemporary Art
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Dennis Campay
No Automobiles
Oil on canvas, mixed media
16” x 20”
$3,500
$2,700
Shain Gallery
SILENT AUCTION
Dennis Campay’s paintings combine cosmopolitan cityscapes
with an ethos that is at once rustic and sophisticated, conveying
an international urbanity. His kaleidoscopic scenes present a
mesmerizing mix of columns, porticos, slatted shutters, and
balconies, gently coexisting with marshes, white-washed churches,
boats, and bridges. Silvery bodies of water, worn books, the solitary piano, and ubiquitous chairs take their place where
interiors and exteriors blend and beckon, evoking memories, illusions and dreams.
Campay has received numerous prizes, including for his work on paper at the prestigious 2001 Florence Biennale and a
grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2006. He has been featured in Art & Antiques magazine, as well as
New American Paintings. He is the subject of John T. Spike’s book, Campay: New Paintings (2002). His original mixed
media works and drawings are hanging in private collections across the United States, in corporate collections including US
Airways and King & Spalding, LLP, in public collections including Brenau University, and in the permanent collections of
the Harn Museum of Art, the Morris Museum of Art, the Telfair Museum of Art, and the Odgen Museum of Southern Art.
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Nathaniel Mather
Birthday Trip
Mixed media
30” x 24”
$2,800
$1,900
Shain Gallery
SILENT AUCTION
From apples to bromeliads, still life to landscapes, the dominant theme in
the work of Nathaniel Mather is use of color. His paintings, in their shallow
spaces, childlike renderings of animals, flowers, and rough-edged patches
of color evoke early 19th century primitive art, and yet a rich symbolic
allusiveness and playfulness of spirit giving his work a sophistication and
poise that are emphatically contemporary. Often his images are parallel
to his daily life and challenges, finding his own vocabulary of images that
represent the world around him.
A native of California, Mather attended California Institute of the Arts and Art Center College of Design. While
at California Arts, he studied under the nationally known artists Emerson Wolfer, Jim Morphesis and Paul Brock.
Concurrent with his studies, Mather worked as an illustrator and designer. This background is evident in his animated
objects. His original works can be found in numerous private and public collections. Currently, the artist lives and
works in Nashville, Tennessee.
“The art of painting is as if I’m standing at a window and I see a reflection of myself, giving me an insight into a new
world. The process of making art, enjoying the color, texture, shapes…is exciting and inspiring.”- Nathaniel Mather
Contemporary Art
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Christy Kinard
Yellow Drip
36” x 36”
$4,200
$3,800
Hidell Brooks
LIVE AUCTION
Christy Kinard displays a natural talent that has been evolving since childhood. While she has had formal
training at both Atlanta College of Art and Savannah College of Art and Design, her style is a unique and selfdefined expression of her southern roots. Her paintings are in both private and corporate collections across the
Southeast United States and Europe, including computer giant I.B.M. At the young age of twenty eight Christy
Kinard has over twenty five shows to her name, many have been one man exhibitions.
Her work has been published in numerous magazines and books including Southern Living, Atlanta Homes
Book, S.W., and N.W. magazines, Piedmont Review and several articles in Birminghams Post Harold and
Black and White.
Exceptional Experiences
Your Night by our Fab Two ~ Dinner or Cocktail by Leslie & Bruce
Opening Bid:
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Courtesy of:
$7,500
14 guests for dinner, 26 guests for cocktail party
TBD
TBD
Leslie and Bruce Schlernitzauers
& Porcupine Provisions
LIVE AUCTION
Enjoy a special evening with a dinner for 14 or a cocktail party for 26 prepared
and served by our dear friends and consummate entertainment ‘must have couple’
Leslie and Bruce Schlernitzauers of Porcupine Provisions. Work with Leslie to
design your special night, with wine pairings, or just be dressed to the nines or
relaxed, depending on your plans. All you have to do – tell them where to be!
Fall in Montreal ~ The Perfect Weekend with Friends
Opening Bid:
Capacity:
Includes: $5,000 per couple, $2,500 per individual
6 guests
Hotel reservations, cocktails & dinner hosted by Maestro Meena, tickets for Madama Butterfly
Courtesy of:
Maestro Meena, L’Hotel Le St-James, & Opera de Montreal
SILENT AUCTION
Friday afternoon, you’ve just landed at the Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau International Airport and are on your way, via town
car, to L’ Hotel Le St-James in Old Montreal. When you arrive, you enter pure European grandeur where you’ll reside
for the weekend. Relax and refresh before joining Maestro Meena and friends as he host you for cocktails and dinner in
one of his very favorite restaurants.
Retire early or late ~ there is a casino close by, but Maestro has to conduct Madama Butterfly with the Orchestre
Metropolitain and Opera de Montreal, so you’ll be on your own. Saturday, at your leisure, begin the day by venturing
out to find the perfect café for a cup of house-roasted coffee and the best pastries ever. During your tour of the city, be
sure to visit the Notre-Dame Basilica. Then you can jump on the Hop-On Hop-Off Tour of the city, allowing for your
own interest and timetable.
Saturday evening is Opera Night! We’ll gather for cocktails prior to traveling to the Place des Arts, where we’ll join
Maestro Meena as he conducts Madama Butterfly. Then, post opera cocktails, and back to the casino? Sunday morning,
enjoy plenty of good strong coffee before departing for the Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau Internaitonal Airport for Charlotte
Douglas.
Airfare not included. Choose from two available weekends: September 18-20, 2015 or September 25-27, 2015.
Exceptional Experiences
Back by special request! Hideaway of the Stars, Exquisite ambiance in
an elegant Villa, as seen on TV’s “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,”
profiled in the architectural digest “Casas y Gente” and in movies. Fully
staffed, The Palace is majestically set on the tip of a Peninsula right on Pacific
Ocean with incredible and unobstructed 180 degree views of Manzanillo
Bay and the Pacific. 9,500 covered ft. plus extensive pool/Jacuzzi-deck and
garden areas, including secluded seashore palapa (shaded bench area), Five
bedrooms, plus office and entertaiment center, exercise, and massage
rooms. One of Mexico’s most prestigious communities, La Punta is an ultra-exclusive residential paradise. Fly into
Manzanillo, where a car will pick you up for a 30-minute drive to the palace. Airfare not included.
Palace By The Sea
Opening Bid: $10,000
Courtesy of Sonja & Howard Alper
“...we had the experience of a lifetime at this exceptional resort... easy travel... wonderful staff... a restful
November 2013.”
SILENT AUCTION
- Judy & Derek Raghavan
- Michele & Michael Bailey
A ‘13’ Experience
Opening Bid:
Capacity:
Courtesy of:
$3,400
2 guests
Trisha and Casey Mears
SILENT AUCTION
Have you always wanted to be
in the pit with the drivers on a
Sunday afternoon at the Charlotte
Motor Speedway when the engines are revving and waiting on
those most famous of words – “….gentleman and lady, start –
your – engines!” Casey Mears, driver of the Geico number 13,
has donated 2 pit passes for the fall Charlotte race. Few of these
are given, so this is a treat. Following the drivers leaving pit-row,
you will enjoy the race in the pit viewing area.
Fine Wine
2006 Bello Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon
Opening Bid: $100 WS Rating: 90
2004 Bello Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon
Opening Bid: $125
eRobertParker Rating: 90
2012 Barnett Vineyards Spring Mountain District Cabernet Sauvignon
Opening Bid: $75
eRobertParker Rating: 92
2005 Bruno Giacosa “Le Rocche del Falletto di Serralunga” Barolo
Opening Bid: $150
WS Rating: 95
1997 Caymus Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon
Opening Bid: $100
eRobertParker Rating: 86
2011 Isole e Olena Cepparello
Opening Bid: $80
eRobertParker Rating: 94
2005 Chateau Giscours Margaux
Opening Bid: $100
eRobertParker Rating: 91
2005 Bernard Magrez Cabernet Sauvignon
Opening Bid: $175
WS Rating: 93
2003 Louis Latour Corton Grancey Grand Cru
Opening Bid: $100
WS Rating: 86
2007 Robert Keenan Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Spring Mtn. District
Opening Bid: $100
eRobertParker Rating: 94+
2008 Robert Keenan Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Spring Mtn. District
Opening Bid: $125
eRobertParker Rating: 97
2009 Robert Keenan Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Spring Mtn. District
Opening Bid: $100
eRobertParker Rating: 94
Fine Wine
2007 Axios Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley
Opening Bid: $135
eRobertParker Rating: 95+
2010 Coup de Foudre Cabernet Sauvignon
Opening Bid: $90
eRobertParker Rating: 88
2004 Beaulieu Vineyard BV Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
Opening Bid: $100
eRobertParker Rating: 90
2012 Pahlmeyer Proprietary Red (3 bottles)
Opening Bid: $375
eRobertParker Rating: 94
2007 Porter Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon
Opening Bid: $110
eRobertParker Rating: 89
2010 Decades 5 Stagecoach Vineyards Petit Verdot
Opening Bid: $125
eRobertParker Rating: 87
2012 Darioush ‘Signature’ Cabernet Sauvignon
Opening Bid: $100
2011 Drinkward Peschon Entre Deux Meres Cabernet Sauvignon
Opening Bid: $75
WS Rating: 91
2012 Domaine Mongeard-Mugneret Vosne-Romanee Orveaux
Opening Bid: 90
WS Rating: 87
2011 Krupp Brothers Synchrony Red (2 bottles)
Opening Bid: $200
eRobertParker Rating: 90
2010 Figgins Estate Red Blend
Opening Bid: $125
WS Rating: 95
2011 Gandona Estate ‘Encosta’ Cabernet Sauvignon
Opening Bid: $100
Fine Wine
2012 Keever Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon
Opening Bid: $125
eRobertParker Rating: 92
2012 Williams Selyem Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir
Opening Bid: $100
WS Rating: 89
2010 Chateau Brane-Cantenac, Margaux
Opening Bid: $100
eRobertParker Rating: 95+
2005 Chateau Gruaud-Larose, Saint-Julien
Opening Bid: $105
eRobertParker Rating: 89
2006 Chateau Leoville Barton, Saint-Julien
Opening Bid: $140
eRobertParker Rating: 93
2008 Chateau Leoville Barton, Saint-Julien
Opening Bid: $90
eRobertParker Rating: 92
2009 Chateau Branaire-Ducru, Saint-Julien
Opening Bid: $120
eRobertParker Rating: 96
2010 Chateau Branaire-Ducru, Saint-Julien
Opening Bid: $110
eRobertParker Rating: 94
2011 Two Hands Wines Lilys Garden Shiraz, McLaren Vale
Opening Bid: $70
WS Rating: 91
2011 Two Hands Wines Bella’s Garden Shiraz, Barossa Valley
Opening Bid: $70
WS Rating: 90
2011 Mollydooker Carnival of Love Shiraz, McLaren Vale
Opening Bid: $100
eRobertParker Rating: 93+
2009 Torbreck The Descendant Shiraz - Viognier, Barossa Valley
Opening Bid: $130
eRobertParker Rating: 97+
Fine Wine
2010 d’Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz, McLaren Vale (2 bottles)
Opening Bid: $130
eRobertParker Rating: 93
2012 Far Niente Estate Bottled Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville
Opening Bid: $140
eRobertParker Rating: 94+
2011 Dominus Estate Christian Moueix, Napa Valley
Opening Bid: $150
eRobertParker Rating: 89
2011 Caymus Vineyards Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
(2 bottles)
Opening Bid: $300
eRobertParker Rating: 95
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Our Printemps Team
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Janet Dalton Dickinson
704.332.7177 ext. 105 Director of Major Gifts & Strategic Development
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Nate Powell 704.332.7177 ext. 104
Director of Grants & Annual Fund
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