2008 GALA AUCTION LOTS

Culinary Experience
Take a few evenings off to wine and dine at some of New York’s best restaurants:  The James Beard House, il Buco and Sueños.

Start your Sunday off at the Rainbow Room enjoying a complimentary Bellini while gazing at the sun bathed view of the city and then escaping into an elaborate grand buffet. 

Treat yourself to delicious cheese from Bobolink Farm Artisinal Cheese, the local farm featured on No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain’s television show on the Travel Channel.

Historic Cape Cod House Rental
Escape to the ocean with this charming and historic home in Wellfleet with a short walk down the path to one of the most beautiful private Beaches on Cape Cod.  Slip away into luxury with an in-house massage and treat yourself with delicious Cape Cod oysters. 

Enjoy a production at the Wellfleet Harbor Actor’s Theatre, nationally known as Cape Cod’s most adventurous professional theater company.

Adventure out to the sea to witness whales in their native habitat.

Taste what Cape Cod has to offer with dinner for two at The Wicked Oyster and The Blackfish.

Sports Package
Take part in the most popular sporting event in the nation…two tickets to Super Bowl XLIII, scheduled to be played on February 1, 2009, in Tampa, Florida. 

Travel to San Antonio, Texas to the NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship Game on Monday, April 7, 2008 at the Alamodome. (Transportation is not included). 

Spend an afternoon in Flushing with the Mets, with four tickets to a home game during the 2007-2008 New York Mets season, Field Box 22. 

Visit the Bronx, and enjoy a home game in four club box seats during the 2007-2008 New York Yankees season.

Take home an autographed photo of New York Knicks player, Nate Robinson.  Nate won the slam-dunk contest at the 2006 NBA All-Star weekend. 

Usable Art
Enhance your home with a one-of-a-kind handmade seashell and sea glass box created by Paul Taylor.

Fashion/Fitness Package
Dress to impress with a Shoshanna spaghetti strap dress in Tangerine/Pink. 

Dazzle your ears with a pair of Tiffany & Co. starfish earrings with diamonds in platinum designed by Elsa Peretti.

Complete your look with a black Badgely Mischka Harlow Evening Clutch.

Get in shape with a private yoga class with Sylvia Nevjinksy, company alumna from the Paul Taylor Dance Company.

Take class in style with lululemon athletica women’s yoga clothes.

Go to class prepared with a lululemon starter kit, which includes a mat, strap, water bottle, video, blocks and mat bag.

Nantucket Vacation
Experience Nantucket as if your family had been summering there for generations with a one-week vacation at a relaxed beach house on a 5-acre property surrounded by 25 acres of conservation land. Dates to be mutually agreed, but generally available in 2008 between May 17 – June 21, July 5-19, and August 31 through Christmas.

Round of Golf for 4 at Miacomet Golf Course or at one of the island’s two extremely private courses: Nantucket Golf Club or Sankaty.

Photo session with one of Nantucket's top family photographers. You'll go home with more than just memories.

Lunch and tennis at the members only Nantucket Yacht Club.

A personal and behind-the-scenes shopping experience with the owner or lead salesperson (but not gift certificates) at some of Nantucket's best and most unique retail establishments: Lion's Paw (fine linens and home furnishings); Nantucket Looms (home furnishings, including beautiful island woven shawls and wraps); Murray's Toggery (home to the world famous "Nantucket Reds."); Nantucket Natural Oils (locally prepared perfumes and aromatherapy).

Boating (sailing or motor) Experience on Nantucket Harbor with a local salt, weather dependent.

Welcome basket offering a variety of Nantucket's finest locally produced items: quart of Nantucket Bay Scallops (often referred to as "Nantucket Caviar") from Nantucket's oldest seafood purveyors, Glidden’s Island Seafood; a bottle of "Whales Tale Pale Ale" from Nantucket's own Cisco Brewery; chocolate covered cranberries from Sweet Inspirations; soaps from Nantucket Looms; and cranberry granola from the Nantucket Bake Shop.

Autographed copy of Mayflower, the best-selling book by National Book Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Nantucket author Nat Philbrick.

Guest memberships to a portfolio of Nantucket's finest museums: Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum; the properties of the Nantucket Historical Association; the Maria Mitchell Observatory and Science Museum; and the Nantucket Life Saving Museum.

Join a "Morning for Members" walk on one of the spectacular properties of the Nantucket Conservation Foundation (owns 30% of the islands total acreage) and learn of the island's remarkable natural history.

"Take home" the ultimate souvenir, a Nantucket summer house…or at least get the process going with a session with one of Nantucket's finest real estate brokers.

Private Studio Dinner
An exclusive behind-the-scenes performance by Taylor 2.

An intimate, elegant Studio Dinner for ten with Taylor 2, provided by Mr. Taylor’s personal caterer, Fantasy Fare.

San Francisco Vacation
See the world premiere of a new work by Paul Taylor performed as part of the San Francisco Ballet’s 75th anniversary New Works Festival.

Travel to San Francisco for the world premiere with two round-trip airline tickets.

Unwind with a four-night stay for two from Saturday April 19 – Wednesday April 23, at the luxurious Hotel Vitale on San Francisco’s Waterfront.

Start your evening with cocktails and wine at Eureka Restaurant-Lounge in the heart of the Castro.