Silent Auction Featured Items As of April 21, 2010 THAK YOU for your generosity and participation to make this fundraiser a success! Sue, Phil & Mei Auction Rules: 1. Bid in increments of $5.00 2. Bidding will end at 9:00 PM or after dinner on April 24th (Subject to change) 3. Checks and cash are accepted at the party 4. For absentee bidding, you can e- mail Mei at [email protected] with your silent auction item name and how high you are willing to go to win the bid up till 6 pm on April AUCTION RULES AUCTION 24th. 2 Featured Items Category Page # Item # Auction item Sponsors TV Show 4 1 Daily Show VIP tickets, T-shirts, baseball cap & Daily Show with Jon Stewart drawstring backpack Sports 4 2 Golf with the "Other Phil" Phil Belanger 5 3 Private tennis lesson with WRC Pro Juan Ortiz Juan Ortiz 5 4 Private tennis lesson with WRC Pro Rich Levenson Rich Levenson 5 5 Private tennis lesson with WRC Pro Ana Katz Ana Katz 6 6 Private tennis lesson with Jeff Spin Jeff Spin 6 7 Private tennis lesson with Allen Delroy Allen Delroy Red Sox 7 8 Red Sox tickets Jim Walker 7 9 Lunch for 2 with Dan Shaughnessy & 2 autographed Dan Shaughnessy & Coolidge Corner books Clubhouse 8 10 Autographed book: Spring Training - Baseball's Early Dan Shaughnessy Season 8 11 Autographed book: Fenway - A Biography in Words Dan Shaughnessy and Pictures 9 12 Autographed book: At Fenway - Dispatches from Red Dan Shaughnessy Sox Nation 9 13 Autographed book: Senior Year - A Father, a Son, Dan Shaughnessy and High School Baseball 10 14 Autographed book: Reversing the Curse - Inside the Dan Shaughnessy 2004 Boston Red Sox Music 10 15 Live violin music by Mark Latham Mark Latham 11 16 Strolling Violinist - Louise Myers Louise Myers 11 17 Private piano lessons with Anila Radovani Anila Radovani Art 12 18 "Old North Bridge, Concord, MA": Water color painting David Miller 12 19 "Maine Coast" Photo Lynda Houston 12 20 "Stargazer Lilies": Color pencil drawing Mathilde Duffy Books 13 21 Autographed book: How Doctors Think Jerome Groopman & Pam Hartzband 13 22 Autographed book: No Wife No Kids No Plan Doug Green 14 23 Book: The Future Of Liberalism Alan Wolfe 14 24 Autographed book: This Is Not The Story You Think It Laura Munson & Elizabeth Laipson Is - A Season of Unlikely Happiness Local Getaway 15 25 "Two for Breakfast Getaway" at Marriott Newton Marriott Newton Home 15 26 "Terry's Take Out Caddy" Sandy Satz & Lexington Studios Kart Racing 15 27 F1 Boston Racing Package for 4 Vernon Ellinger Restaurants 16 28 $50 gift certificate Frank's Steakhouse & Carol Rourke 16 29 $100 gift certificate BiNA Osteria & Jennifer Ferdinand 16 30 $25 gift certificate White Mountain Creamery Fashion 17 31 $25 gift certificate Lola Tortola & Deb Fanton Beauty 17 32 Gift certificate (hair cut, manicure & pedicure) Salon Capri, Newton Fitness 17 33 Personal training Omni Fitness 3 #1 VIP TICKETS 4 VIP Tickets & Daily Show Souvenirs TO THE (2 T-shirts, 1 baseball cap, 1 notepad & DAILY 1 drawstring backpack) SHOW WITH Location: New York City JON AUTOGRAPHEDSTEWART T-SHIRT Starting bid: $100.00 #2 Round of Golf with the “Other Phil” GOLF At Pine Meadows Golf Club, Lexington WITH THE “OTHER PHIL” Including Golf, Cart, Balls, Beverages, & Dinner (from the vending machine) Value: Priceless Starting bid: $25.00 4 #3 1-Hour Private Tennis Lesson PRIVATE With WRC Pro Juan Ortiz TENNIS LESSON USPTA Professional 2 certified WITH JUAN ORTIZ Starting bid: $50.00 #4 1-Hour Private Tennis Lesson PRIVATE With WRC Pro Rich Levenson TENNIS LESSON Starting bid: $50.00 WITH RICH LEVENSON #5 PRIVATE TENNIS 1-Hour Private Tennis Lesson LESSON With WRC Pro Ana Katz WITH ANA KATZ Starting bid: $50.00 5 #6 1-Hour Private Tennis Lesson PRIVATE With PTR Certified Pro Jeff Spin TENNIS Top 20 Ranked Player LESSON New England - NTRP 6.2 WITH JEFF SPIN Tennis Coach NTRP 5.0 Massachusetts Teams Highly Experienced 20 Years of Tennis Instruction http://tennislessonsboston.tripod.com Starting bid: $50.00 #7 1-Hour Private Tennis Lesson PRIVATE With Pro Allen Delroy TENNIS LESSON WITH ALLEN DELROY Formerly ranked #1 in NEPTA and USPTA certified All American Sports, Swarthmore College , PA ‘83--’86 All American Sports, Palmas Del Mar, Puerto Rico, ’86--’89 All American Sports , Amherst college Jiminy Peak Resort Longfellow Tennis Club Starting bid: $50.00 6 #8 RED SOX TICKETS vs. Red Sox vs. Baltimore Orioles 4 tickets – Field box – Left Field Face value: $500 total Sunday, April 25 th , 2010 1:35pm – Game 13 Starting bid: $200 #9 LUNCH WITH DAN SHAUGH- NESSY AT COOLIDGE CORNER Lunch for 2 with Dan Shaughnessy, Boston CLUBHOUSE Globe Sports Writer, At Coolidge Corner Clubhouse, Brookline Including Dan Shaughnessy’s autographed books: Starting bid: $75 Fenway: Senior Year: A Biography in Words A Father, a Son, and and Pictures High School Baseball 7 Spring Training: #10 Baseball's Early Season AUTO- GRAPHED Autographed & Written by Dan Shaughnessy BOOK BY & Photographed by DAN Stan Grossfeld SHAUGH- Dan Shaughnessy and Stan Grossfeld NESSY AUTOGRAPHED celebrate baseball's time-honored rite of T-SHIRT spring through words, pictures, and the 192 pages recollections of some of the sport's 11 X 9, Hardbound greatest personalities. Spring Training takes readers on a guided tour through (Book $22 Value) the ballfields, around the locker rooms, Starting bid: $25.00 and into the stands from Florida's Alligator Alley to Arizona's Cactus Way. Fenway #11 A Biography in Words and Pictures AUTO- Autographed & Written by GRAPHED Dan Shaughnessy BOOK BY Autographed & Photographed by DAN Stan Grossfeld SHAUGH- Foreword by Leigh Montville NESSY Foreword by Ted Williams Featuring chapters on the historic 2004 192 pages World Series victory and recent ballpark 8.5 X 11, Hardbound renovations, Fenway: A Biography in full-color photos Words and Pictures also boasts a new throughout foreword by Leigh Montville and (Book $29.95 Value) additional recollections from famous Starting bid: $30.00 players, coaches, and illustrious fans -- Yo-Yo Ma, Tim Russert, Senator Edward Kennedy, among others. 8 At Fenway: Dispatches from Red Sox Nation #12 AUTO- Autographed & Written by Dan Shaughnessy GRAPHED BOOK BY Shaughnessy has written an DAN entertaining if sometimes self- indulgent yarn on the Red Sox SHAUGH- mystique. He revels in recounting NESSY player controversies of the recent past while showing why the Red Sox are the first love of New Englanders. Regional fans will enjoy this tale that reads like a heralded feature in a Sunday newspaper's sport section. 241 pages Starting bid: $20 9 X 7 Hardbound Senior Year: #13 A Father, a Son, and High School Baseball AUTO- GRAPHED Autographed & Written by Dan Shaughnessy BOOK BY DAN With gleaming insight, wicked humor, SHAUGH- and, at times, the searching soul of an NESSY unsure father, Shaughnessy illuminates how sports connect generations and how they can help parents grow up--and let go. 240 pages Starting bid: $20 9 X 6 Hardbound (Book $24 Value) 9 Reversing the Curse: #14 Inside the 2004 Boston Red So x AUTO- GRAPHED Autographed & Written by Dan Shaughnessy BOOK BY Boston Globe Sports Writer DAN SHAUGH- Preserves one of the greatest NESSY sports stories of our lifetime for all posterity with an absorbing account of the Red Sox’s 272 pages championship season. 5.5 X 8, Hardbound (Book $23.00 Value) Starting bid: $20.00 #15 One-Hour of Violin Music VIOLINIST - Played by Mark Latham* MARK Your choice of a strolling violinist (mainly gypsy/romantic improvised LATHAMc solo violin) or a more formal "concert" setting of solo classical violin music - Bach, Ysaye, Handel etc with a bit of lighter fare at the end. Mark Latham has played the violin professionally for 25 years in such ensembles as the Orchestra of Emmanuel Music in Boston, the New England Bach Festival, the Spoleto Festival and Opera North. For six years he was a member of the Atlantic String Quartet, based in St. John's, Canada. He was a member of the Canadian contemporary improv ensemble, the Black Auks, with whom he made a number of recordings. An keen advocate of new music, as both conductor and violinist, Mark has performed numerous world premieres and has had his own compositions played in Europe and North America. This season he toured with 'Star Wars in Concert' and in March and May will be appearing with the ensemble Kaleidescope at the Longy School of Music. Starting bid: $100* * The Venue must be within a half hour drive of Somerville 10 #16 Strolling Violinist: STROLLING Planning a special VIOLINIST – gathering, a cocktail party, a LOUISE dinner, perhaps--Louise will be your violinist for an hour, MYERS playing light classics and popular melodies as your guests gather and take part in your event. If you have favorite songs, let her know beforehand. Louise Myers is a violinist/violist who often plays in musical theatre productions in the greater Boston area and is a member of the New England Philharmonic under the direction of Richard Pittman. Starting bid: $50 #17 3-Hour Private Piano Lessons PIANO With Anila Radovani LESSON At your choice of location WITH ANILA Starting bid: $50 RADOVANI 11 #18 Old North Bridge, Concord, MA WATER Water Color by David Miller COLOR BY 14" x 10” in a 21 x 17“ Frame DAVID Starting bid: $50 MILLER #19 Maine Coast PHOTO BY Photographed by LYNDA Lynda Houston HOUSTON 20" x 24" Framed Starting bid: $50 #20 Stargazer Lilies COLORED (Symbolic of wealth, prosperity, and hope) PENCIL DRAWING by Mathilde Duffy BY Derwent Colored Pencils MATHILDE Giclee print DUFFY 14" x 18“ Framed Starting bid: $50 12 How Doctors Think #21 Autographed & Written by Jerome Groopman AUTO- In this myth-shattering book, Jerome Groopman GRAPHED pinpoints the forces and thought processes behind BOOK BY the decisions doctors make.