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2010 Celebrate Opera Gala - Auction Item Preview
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LOT 1: Miriam Schapiro. Court Jester, 2007. Digital print with hand lithography. 12 x 12 inches. Edition of 60. Collaborators: Kathryn Lyness, John C. Erickson. Published by Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions
Miriam Schapiro was one of the founders of the Feminist Art Movement in the 1970s. By using fabric patterning, she created an art form she called “femmage,” to reflect women’s experience. Combining such commonplace elements as lace, fabric scraps, buttons, rickrack, sequins, and tea towels she transformed them into sophisticated compositions that often imply multiple layers of both space and meaning. Her recent works, like this one, juxtapose intricately patterned abstract backgrounds with stylized human figures in motion--whether falling or dancing--made of brightly colored paper. The figures are presented theatrically as if on an imaginary stage performing an original production.
Donated by: Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions Minimum Bid: $650
Retail Value: $1,000 |
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Lot 2: FANCY A WEEK IN LONDON, MATE?
Pack your bags, make your flight arrangements, and head for a 7-night stay in this beautiful Notting Hill flat just around the corner from Portabello Road Antique Market! Situated in a lovely block of flats built in 1930, this one-bedroom flat (with king-size bed, a sitting room, entrance foyer/dining area, full kitchen, washer/dryer) is in a fascinating and safe neighborhood, with the underground and bus lines only a minute’s walk away – so all of London is easily at your feet! Valid through 2012 for 1 or 2 adults. (Travel, entertainment and food not included.)
Donated by: Jane & Jack Hochman
Minimum Bid: $1,125*
Retail Value: $1,500
*Offer does not include travel arrangements, airfare/transportation, entertainment, or food.
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LOT: 3 HORNE a’PLENTY!!
The legendary mezzo Marilyn Horne will personally greet you backstage following the festive concert she will host at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall on Sunday, January 23, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.! This unique package includes car service from the Princeton area to New York City, pre-concert dinner for two at Marea Restaurant (on Central Park South at Columbus Circle), 2 concert tickets, an autographed autobiography of Ms. Horne, a 11-CD Decca compilation of all of Ms. Horne’s recorded concerts, and a DVD of Ms. Horne’s incredible 1981 recital at Teatro alla Scala.
Donated by: Marilyn Horne, Carnegie Hall & Marea Restaurant
Minimum Bid: $1,300
Retail Value: $2,000 |
 Photo Credit: Marty Umans |
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LOT 4: TOURMALINE NECKLACE
This one of a kind tourmaline necklace has 23 graduated, semi-precious gems, each ranging from .5” to 1.75” in length, strung with knotted silk cord, and fastened with 14K gold clasp. Gemstones are deep jewel tones of green, purple, crimson, and yellow.
Tourmaline is a crystal silicate mineral compounded with elements such as aluminium, iron, magnesium, sodium, lithium, or potassium. Tourmaline is classified as a semi-precious stone and the gem comes in a wide variety of colors. The name, originating from the Sinhalese word “Thurmali,” was originally applied to different brightly colored gemstones found in Sri Lanka. Today the gem is mined chiefly in Brazil and Africa, while some has also been discovered in Maine and California in the US. Tourmaline is one of the most chemically complicated groups of silicate minerals. Belonging to the trigonal crystal system, it occurs in nature as long. Slender to think prismatic and columnar crystals that are usually triangular in cross-section. The style of termination at the ends of crystals is asymmetrical, called hemimorphism. Tourmaline is distinguished by its three-sided prisms; no other common mineral has three sides and is rarely perfectly euhedral.
Donated by Neil Ann Levine
Estimated Value: $3,135
Minimum Bid: $2,040 |
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LOT 5: 20-DAY CRUISE: PASSAGE TO WEST AFRICA… From the Gold and Ivory Coasts to the imperial cities of Morocco
The Africa that most travelers know is the ‘safari,’ most probably in East Africa. Aboard the elegant, 114-guest, all-suite Corinthian II, this odyssey offers a very different experience! Your journey begins with 4 days in Ghana, where you will visit vast nature reserves – and Accra, one of the most exciting and artistic cities in Africa. You will also have the rare opportunity to explore Monrovia, Liberia, and Freetown, Sierra Leone --- two cities that have undergone remarkable progress in the last few years. In Gambia, delve into the rain forests with their remarkable biodiversity, and in exotic Dakar, the colors of the arts and markets will dazzle the eye. Then travel into the Sahara and discover an oasis amid the rippling dunes, and see medinas, souks and minarets of historic Moroccan cities and villages. Your journey concludes with a day in Gibraltar before disembarking in Seville. During the voyage you’ll be joined by guest lecturers who will provide their knowledge of and insights into your destinations and the history and cultures of Africa. Whether you are a first-time traveler to Africa, or an experience traveler, this will be an incredible voyage to treasure for a lifetime. Round trip airfare from the U.S. is included.
For more information download the brochure
Donated by Travel Dynamics International
Estimated Value: $32,990
Minimum Bid: $15,000 |
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LOT 6: "GENEQUIL" - VERMONT GETAWAY
Located 320 miles from Princeton, enjoy a week long stay in September 2011 at this charming, rustic cottage get-away. Built in 1896, the cabin lies nestled in the woods overlooking Lake Champlain in Charlotte, Vermont. The combined living-dining room offers a cast iron, wood-burning stove in the fireplace, a TV with DVD, a separate CD player, and unique Victorian furniture. A covered, wrap-around porch, with comfortable seating and dining capabilities, has a view down to the shoreline of the lake. A fine wooden dock and chairs provide a wonderful view across the lake to the Adirondack Mountains. There are sleeping accommodations for 5 to 6 persons, with two full bathrooms. The cozy kitchen is equipped with all modern appliances, save a dishwasher, but there is a stacked washer/dryer. Kayaks are welcomed. Three tennis courts are available nearby.
Donated by: Janet Kuenne
Minimum Bid: $1,300
Retail Value: $2,000 |
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LOT: 7 Opera New Jersey On-Stage Experience
You are cordially invited to be a part of the Wedding Party of Cio-Cio-San and Lt. B. F. Pinkerton, Act I of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly on Friday, February 4, 2011 at the McCarter Theatre Center and/or on February 11 at NJPAC (one or both performances, depending on your availability). What a thrill you as you and Opera New Jersey’s chorus enter the stage with Cio-Cio-San as she signs the famous ‘entrance’ aria! Full costume will be provided. Please r.s.v.p. on October 16!
Minimum Bid: $1,000
Retail Value: $1,500
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LOT 8: PEARL NECKLACE
This beautiful 18” necklace contains 46 chocolate-colored fresh water pearls (9-9.5mm) strung on knotted brown silk and closed with a 14K yellow gold fishhook clasp. Freshwater pearls cover a wider range of beautiful color, luster, and shape than any other pearl type and are seldom perfectly round. Noted for their wide range of color, they can be found in white, silvery white, pink, salmon, red, copper, bronze, brown, lavender, purple, green, blue, cream, and yellow. The different colors are a function of the mussel species, genetics, water quality, and the position of the pearl in the shell. Generally, pearls assume the color of the shell in which they form.
Donated by: Forest Jewelers
Minimum Bid: $244
Retail Value: $375 |
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LOT 9: CASE OF TOP (93-99 POINT) RED WINES FROM TUSCANY AND UMBRIA
Where they can still be found, these wines retail for up to $150 per bottle.
FONTODI FLACCIANELLO 2006 Wine Spectator: 99 points (#8 on Wine Spectator’s Worldwide Top 100 Wines of the Vintage) Wine Spectator: “Excellent color and richness… with aromas of sultana, coffee, toasty oak and vanilla bean. Full-bodied, with masses of fruit and chewy tannins. The concentration and depth of fruit and layers of tannins leave me speechless. A blockbuster.” (1 bottle)
LA BRANCAIA ILATRAIA 2003 Wine Spectator: 96 points (#29 on WS’s Worldwide Top 100 Wines of the Vintage) Wine Spectator: “Gorgeous aromas of blackberries, raspberries … full-bodied palate with supersilky tannins and a long, long finish. Classy red from Maremma. Rich yet subtle. Cabernet, Sangiovese and Petit Verdot. Best after 2008” (3 bottles)
LA BRANCAIA IL BLU 2004 Wine Spectator: 96 points (#9 on WS’s Worldwide Top 100 Wines of the Vintage) Wine Spectators: “The aromas leave me speechless, with freshly cut roses and lilacs that follow through to crushed blackberry and cherry undertones. Full-bodied, but extremely balanced, with velvety yet caressing tannins and a finish that goes on for minutes. Sangiovese, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. Best after 2008.” (2 bottles)
SETTE PONTI ORENO 2004 Wine Spectator: 95 points (#45 on WS’s Worldwide Top 100 Wines of the Vintage) Wine Spectator: “Fabulous aromas of ripe blackberry, cappuccino and toasty oak. Full-bodied, with masses of fruit and super velvety tannins. Long and gorgeous. Merlot, Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon. Best after 2009.” (3 bottles)
CASTELGIOCONDO FRESCOBALDI BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2001 Wine Spectator: 94 points (#27 on WS’s Worldwide Top 100 Wines of the Vintage) Wine Spectator: “Aromas of currant, berry and light vanilla. Full-bodied and structured. Fine tannins … big and powerful. Best after 2010.” (1 bottle)
LAMBORGHINI CAMPOLEONE 2001 Wine Advocate: 93 points (#3 on Wine Legend’s Top Wines of the Vintage) Wine Advocate (Robert Parker): “Made at the Lamborghini family estate – sleek lines, power to spare, super acceleration from the start, a shift into overdrive on the finish. A Sangiovese/Merlot blend, an intense dark ruby with a potent, spicy, red currant, raspberry, and plum nose, a sumptuous texture with superior volume, velvet, and sweetness, and exceptional length, grip, and sensuality on the close….produced in miniscule quantities.” (2 bottles)
Donated by: Andrew Moravcsik & Anne-Marie Slaughter
Minimum Bid: $650
Retail Value: $1,000 |
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LOT 10: Margo Humphrey. The Red Bed, 2005. Lithograph. 26.5 x 25 inches. Edition of 21. Collaborator: Chris Armijo. Published by Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions.
Margo Humphrey is an artist, printmaker and professor at the University of Maryland. Her work addresses her African American heritage from an autobiographical perspective. Seemingly naive depictions of objects and figures form a stylized iconography which is repeated throughout her work. Smart and bold, these scenes address a range of issues--gender, race, spirtuality and relationships--that speak to the human spirit. The imagery in The Red Bed depicts a theater stage setting, alive with the drama of an opera, shown from the point of view of an audience member in the first row. Her work is in many permanent collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Donated by: Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions Minimum Bid: $750
Retail Value: $1,000 |
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