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Opera Carolina’s Spring Evening of Auction
Fine Wine, Contemporary Art and Exceptional Experiences
April 12, 2014
Hosted by Charlotte & Arthur Mott
U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management, Presenting Sponsor
Laura & Stephen Philipson, Co-Chairs
Committee Members
David Hagen
Holly Phillips
Tom Adelman
Shelly Landau
Maria Owen
Victoria Howell
Alex Holleman
Keri Clavin
Matt Benson
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, refined music, and art by and collectible artists.
The 2014 benefit evening features the Benefit Auction featuring Gallery and Private Collections of Fine Wine, Contemporary Art and Exceptional Experiences, plus great cuisine and
entertainment.
Net proceeds benefit Opera Carolina, the largest and oldest professional opera company in
the region, and second oldest opera company established in the Southeast. The Company
serves 65,000 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 productions of traditional and
contemporary operas, Opera Carolina is also a leading exponent in the field of Arts Education. With three flagship programs, Opera Express, Student Night at the Opera and The Opera Carolina Academy, the company reaches an average of 35,000 students each year, often
providing them with their first experience of live performance.
The Mott Estate
Contemporary Art
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Herb Jackson
Spirit Double
Acrylic on Canvas
42” x 36”
$11,000
$6,600
LIVE AUCTION
The work and life of internationally acclaimed Artist, and North
Carolina icon, Herb Jackson is so known, yet it is a daunting task
to write of his work in this brief space. The Artist builds up his
work slowly by applying thin layers of pigment. Shapes and marks
come and go as Jackson engages the paint, gouging, scouring and
excavating each consecutive stratum with whatever tool provides him the desired result. The Artist’s process forms and
explores; he adds volcanic ash, sand, and ground mica to the paint as he builds, and each finished canvas is between 100
and 200 layers thick. For Jackson, the work is an evolution, not dissimilar to the experience of life. Featured in many
private and museum collections.
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Carl Plansky
Abstract 3
57” x 47”
$9,500
$5,700
Elder Gallery
LIVE AUCTION
elegance, and are highly expressive.
Much of Plansky’s work borders on abstraction. His paintings evoke the innate
tension between stability and movement. Applying paint with large brushes,
rags, and a plaster’s trowel, Plansky used brash, voluptuous strokes to build up
his paint so that certain areas of his paintings are thickly coated while others
are almost bare. Plansky’s paintings revel in pitch-perfect color, compositional
The estate of the paintings and drawings created by Carl Plansky have been acquired by Elder Gallery and portions
of the collection are beginning to be released and shown around the nation in galleries and museums; a unique
opportunity with this initial release of the estate.
Contemporary Art
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Steve Penley
American Flag
Mixed, oil on canvas
36” x 60”
$10,000
$6,400
LIVE AUCTION
Penley is one of the most celebrated artist in America. He
is best known for his use of bold and vibrant colors paintings of historical and popular icons, ranging from Winston
Churchill, Einstein, George Washington to John F. Kennedy, Jackson Pollock and The Ramones. Abstract and
traditional in the same moment, each of his subjects has meanings which are imprinted in the back of our minds.
Manipulating these images with his expressionistic brush strokes, Penley brings the viewer into a new way of seeing
familiar subjects. Penley studied at the University of Georgia, and the School of Visual Art, New York. Now he resides
with his family in Carrollton, Georgia continuing to live his life as a metaphor of country club meeting bohemia
halfway. He is known to define his work as R.E.M.’s Michael Stripe once said about their music: “It’s the acceptable
edge of the unacceptable.”
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Dennis Campay
Simple View Point
Mixed media on canvas
30” x 20”
$7,500
$5,300
Shain Gallery
SILENT AUCTION
Dennis Campay is a fifty-four year old painter known for his recurrent images
of architectural white washed porticoes and weathered steps descending
into cool, dark water. Yet his paintings are not memorials to antebellum
architecture, nor the south his subject.
The South’s best new painter has clearly answered that he can make it outside
of his native soil.
A Simple View Point depicts an expansion of his work into urbanity. Highly
collected by private, museum and corporate collections. Campay was the subject of a one-man show at the High
Museum of Art in early 2000, propelling him into the national spotlight.
Contemporary Art
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Selena Beaudry
Bumbling
Mixed
27” x 36”
$3,600
$2,400
Hidell Brooks Gallery
LIVE AUCTION
American Artist Selena Beaudry lives and works in London, England
with her studio located in Notting Hill. Selena received her BFA from
the Pennsylvania State University and her MFA from the Tyler School of
Art in Philadelphia. Her work will be included in Studio Party 14 at the McColl Center for Visual Arts
opening on May 3rd. Also this summer drawings by Selena Beaudry will be in a group exhibition Line,
Touch, Trace at the North Carolina Museum of Art from August 31, 2014 - March 8, 2015.
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Courtesy of: Rick Beck
Blue Wood Screw
Glass
4” x 7”
$500
$350
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. 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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Rick Beck
Saffron
Cast Glass
8” x 21”
$4,200
$3,700
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. 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.
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Tony Hernandez
Untitled, 2013
Ink & colored pencil on paper
14” x 11”
$2,400
$1,600
Hidell Brooks Gallery
SILENT AUCTION
Tony Hernandez was born in 1964 in Atlanta where he still resides today. He attended
the Art Institute of Atlanta and went on to the Southern College of Technology
where he studied Architecture. Tony paints children who are waiting for hope.
They are vessels of peace and enlightenment. He paints on birch panel with thin
layers of beeswax and damar resin melted together to create a wax medium called
encaustic. The word encaustic is derived from a Greek word meaning “to burn in”
and has existed for several thousand years. Using a blowtorch, Hernandez fuses this wax medium and oil pigment causing
the wax to engulf the pigment and allowing for the addition of more layers of wax. A specific amount of paint is applied to
each layer then the heat infiltrates the paint so that the color is suspended in the wax before progressing to the next layer.
This meticulous process achieves a deep three-dimensional illusion that the image itself is afloat within the composition.
His technique creates the mysterious depth and shadow that he is known for. The San Francisco Museum of Fine Art
purchased his work for their permanent collection and the musical group train bought the rights to some of his paintings
for their album artwork. Viewing and living with his work stirs many emotions; simple and exquisite.
Contemporary Art
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Rainer Lagemann
Fallen Heroine
Powder coated stainless steel
14” x 6” x 27”
$5,500
$3,800
New Gallery of Modern Art
LIVE 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 expore the rich and exciting environment of highly abstracted
figurative sculpture.
Perhaps taking his cue from Cubism as he uses hollow metal squares to scupt
the human form, strong and delicate at once. Each square represents the trials
and tribulations of life.
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Arless Day
The Family Collection, 1998
Collage on board
13” x 19”
$4,200
$2,800
Chris Jensen
SILENT AUCTION
Arless Day builds the best of all possible worlds
in his collage-paintings of pastoral architecture,
landscapes and interiors. Unlike many collagists
who create fantastic scenes, this artist’s work does
not stray too far from reality – at least at first glance.
Educated at Ringling School of Art, Mr. Day has had numerous solo exhibitions both nationally and internationally
in London and New Zealand. His work is in public and private collections throughout the United States and
internationally in London and New Zealand. Selected collections of Day’s work include the Art in Embassies
Program, Washington, D.C., Bank of America, Charlotte, Federal Reserve Bank, Charlotte, Mint Museum of Art,
Charlotte, Morris Museum of Art, Troutman Sanders, Washington, D. C., and the David and Lucille Packard Foundation,
Los Altos, California.
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Hunt Slonem
Red Bishop, 2009
19” x 22”
$7,500
$5,800
New Gallery of Modern Art
SILENT AUCTION
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Hunt Slonem
Lories, 2011
11” x 9”
$4,000
$3,000
New Gallery of Modern Art
LIVE AUCTION
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Hunt Slonem
Diamond Dust Bunny, 2014
10” x 8”
$4,500
$3,200
New Gallery of Modern Art
SILENT AUCTION
Well-known among knowledgable collectors, internationally renowned Artist Hunt Slonem creates prophetic
paintings of the natural world: animals, humans and most notably birds. His intrinsic connection to the earth and his
surrounding forms a vivid color pallet and a unique cross between figurative and expressionism.
Classified as Neo-Expressionist, Slonem 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.
Printemps 2014 is proud to offer Slonem’s work, made possible by the Artist and his gallery of representation New
Gallery of Modern Art, newgalleryofmodernart.com.
Contemporary Art
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Valerie Beck
Carolina Birds
Blown Glass
9” x 10”
$900
$700
SILENT AUCTION
Valerie Beck lives and works in Spruce Pine, NC, where she frequently
collaborates with her Artist husband, Rick. Val has been a Penland School
of Crafts Artist-In-Residence, and has taught glass workshops and exhibited
her work nationally. Her work brings color, creativity and a sense of joy to
its space.
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Kate Long Stevenson
Daffodil, 2013
Oil, acrylic, gouache, charcoal on canvas
48” x 36”
$4,200
$2,900
Hidell Brooks Gallery
SILENT AUCTION
Expressionist painter Kate Long Stevenson was born and raised in North
Carolina, and began her professional career while a student at the University of
the South. Gestural burshstrokes and a passion for color are characteristic to all
of her pieces, ranging from figurative paintings to abstracts. A life-long lover
of music, Kate relies on mostly classical compositions to guide her as she builds a painting, layering chords of color
over energetic swirls of charcoal and paint. “It’s important to me that my paintings have a subject, despite how nonsubjective some can seem. With my nude paintings, the figure is the vehicle that invites you to discover the true subject:
the elemnts - the way it was painted.
Contemporary Art
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Alexis Walter
Untitled
Mixed media
48” x 38”
$4,200
$2,600
SILENT AUCTION
Alexis Walter is a mixed media artist living in New Orleans, and it is the historically
rich life of this City that inspires her as an artist. Her paintings are the result of adding
layer upon layer over time to create a rich, compelling narrative. Walter has said that “…New Orleans is much greater than
the sum of its various cultures, architecture, cuisine and music. Although the end result is beautiful in its simplicity, each
element adds a layer of complexity that becomes apparent only as you take the time to explore it.”; the life of many cities.
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Courtesy of: Rick Beck
Clear Wood Screw
Glass
4” x 7”
$500
$350
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. 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.
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Yury Darashkevich
Windy
Acrylic Wood Panel Resin
17” x 20”
$3,400
$1,900
Shain Gallery
SILENT AUCTION
Born in 1962 in Asipovichi, Belarus, Yury Darashkevich followed his passion
and attended and graduated from Belarusian State Academy of the Arts in 1985. Upon graduation he began a career in
the illustration and graphic design field, painting in his spare time. After several very successful solo shows, he began
to devote his attention to his art in the early 90’s. Shortly after making this career change, Darashkevich moved to
Toronto, Canada with his family.
Contemporary Art
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Jon Davenport
Summer Dreams
Mixed media
40” x 30”
$3,500
$1,950
Shain Gallery
SILENT AUCTION
From biology student, to owning and running a creative
agency in London, life has taken Jon Davenport on
a rewarding and unconventional journey. Despite
his scientific beginnings, he has always had a strong
artistic streak weaving it’s way through different career paths. From Cadbury chocolate and vintage Chevy sedans, to
Mad men-era pinups and advertising icons, Davenport’s mixed-media pieces have captured a powerful sense of nostalgia,
made all the more dynamic by faded fonts and Jackson Pollock-esque splatters. Counted among his early supporters are
Richard Branson and UK’s Tony Blair who urged him to take more time to indulge his pure creative talents. Based
in Atlanta, and newly represented by Shain Gallery, www.shaingallery.com, Opera Carolina is pleased to introduce
Jon to those who have not met him.
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Anatoly Tsiris
Tulip Tree Vessel
32” x 20”
$3,200
$2,100
Hodges Taylor Art Consultants
SILENT AUCTION
Born to a family of schoolteachers in the small Ukranian town of Kmelnitsky,
Anatoly ultimately found his way to Charlotte, NC, where he has become well
known in the arts community and where his artwork is welcomed in galleries,
loved by viewers and in demand by corporate and private collectors.
Thanks to his previous metalworking experience, the technical side rarely puts
any limits on Anatoly’s imagination. He prefers to work on a large scale and is
attracted to unusual pieces of wood, seeing the beauty in the irregularities. What
someone else would probably consider a defect, for Anatoly is the unique personality of the piece-of-art-to-be, and it
is the artist’s job to help it develop.
Contemporary Art
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Jane Schmidt
Color Field XXXVIII
Oil on wood
30” x 30”
$3,800
$2,600
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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Windy O’Connor
Southbound 1, 2013
Mixed media on linen
36” x 36”
$3,200
$2,100
Hidell Brooks
SILENT AUCTION
Abstract expressionist Windy O’Connor was born and raised in North
Carolina. After acquiring a BA degree in Design from East Carolina, she
became passionate about expressing design concepts and compositions in a way that have her a voice. However, it was not
until her children were in elementary school that she turned her attention to the easel. The interplay of thickly layered paint
and never ending possibilities of mediums to convey a feeling on canvas is what drives her daily work. She has studied
extensively with Andy Braitman and is known for her vibrant brushstrokes and broad use of color, which gives her work
energy and drama. Windy is the recipient of of Art with Heart’s Emerging Artist Award for 2012. Her work is collected by
art collectors and designers alike across the United States.
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Josh Brown
Three Ostriches
Oil on Canvas
24” x 30”
$1,400
$950
Shain Gallery
SILENT AUCTION
Josh Brown is a talented emerging young artist. A graduate of Myers Park
High School Charlotte, NC, Josh is now a student-athlete at the Savannah
College of Art and Design. He is majoring in Industrial Design and is the
starting Goalkeeper for the SCAD Bees soccer team.
When not engaged in studying or athletics, Josh spends his time painting,
creating large works in both acrylic and oil. His recent works have focused
on bold graphic animal images. Josh takes a fresh and innovative approach to wildlife illustrations and is best known for
the energy and movement expressed in his works. Brown, currently known for his whimsical works, is on the “to watch”
list of early collectors.
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Scott Upton
The Signs of Autumn, 2013
Mixed media on canvas
30” x 24”
$3,200
$2,200
Hidell Brooks Gallery
SILENT AUCTION
Scott Upton received his BA in Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina at Asheville. Upton’s abstract paintings
are filled with color and texture. His distinctive compositions reflect strong geometric shapes with a subtle suggestion
of a landscape. The canvases glow with multilayers of acrylic paint and concealed reflective textures using silver and
gold leaf. “I’ve always maintained that my work is about color and light and their effect on our emotions. My inspiration
comes from nature, whose sublime forms and colors and chaotic power shape the ever-changing landscape. For me light
is the unifying force, transforming everything it touches by banishing darkness and enouraging renewal. In my work I’ve
always sought to suggest, in addition to the beauty, the feelings of hope and peace that light imparts.”
Contemporary Art
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Adele Sypesteyn
Overseas (left) and Fresh Water (right) SOLD TOGETHER
Mixed media
24” x 24”
$3,600
$2,400
Shain Gallery
SILENT AUCTION
Adele Sypesteyn is a New Orleans-born Artist whose architecturally influenced work is distinguished by
multiple layers of texture, color and pattern. She draws inspiration from her surroundings, particularly the
weathered walls of New Orleans and elements of nature. Her abstract art combines warm textures with aged
patinas and writings, and utilizes her unique technique developed over three decades as a practicing Artist.
Over the past 20 years, Adele has called New Orleans, Seattle and Los Angeles home, working as a fulltime Artist. Adele obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in art history with a studio minor from Newcomb
College in New Orleans. She also holds a Master’s degree in Social Work from Tulane University in New
Orleans. Adele’s work has been displayed in galleries across the country. She has also been featured in worldclass magazines, including Veranda and House Beautiful, and her work has adorned the walls of prestigious
enterprises such as Neiman Marcus and Saks 5th Avenue.
BUY-NOW AND PRE-BID AVAILABLE
MONDAY, APRIL 7TH
Beginning Monday April 7th, BUY NOW will be available
for retail value + $100.00. Items purchased through BUY
NOW will be removed from the auction for delivery to
the buyer.
Also beginning Monday April 7th, those interested can
make a PRE-BID on any of the auction items listed.
Both of these options are available by calling
Janet Dalton Dickinson
704.332.7177 x205
or by email at [email protected]
Exceptional Experiences
Get Closer to the 48 Experience!
Opening Bid: $4,500
Courtesy of Chandra & Jimmie Johnson
SILENT AUCTION
Tour of 48/88 shop – Have you every wondered what goes into building a NASCAR Championship race car?
Here is your opportunity to get a behind-the-scenes tour and experience firsthand how Hendrick Motorsports’
assembles the No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolets for 6-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion Jimmie Johnson.
You will walk thru the process from idea to race track of one of the greatest teams and race car drivers off alltime. Included in the tour will be an exclusive look in the team transporter, the mobile garage, which takes
the No. 48 Chevrolets to each NASCAR Sprint Cup event. In addition, you will have an opportunity to meet
Jimmie and discuss the training necessary to maintain the acute mind and athleticism required to be successful
in this highly competitive sport. Jimmie will be happy to sign a few autographs and take pictures with the lucky
winner and their guests of this one of a kind experience (items not provided). Those with serious analytical
minds will appreciate even more what it takes to be a champion. Date to be mutually agreed upon in 2014.
Celebrate the Return of the Hornets!
Opening Bid: $3,200
Courtesy of Doug Lebda, Lending Tree
LIVE AUCTION
Choose a game for you and your freinds to
enjoy your own private 18-seat suite for a
Return of the Hornets’ game for the 20142015 season. A $500 food credit is included
to get your party planning started. 2 VIP
parking passes included – auction them off
to the guests!
Exceptional Experiences
It’s Back! Maestro Dinner for 8
Maestro James Meena is not only the chef d’orchestre, but a chef de cuisine. Mo.
and his sous chef, wife Mary, will prepare a fine dining experience for eight in your
home. Wines paired with dinner included. Complete with a Renaissance themed
music program provided by Carolina Pro Musica (based on availability). Ask opera
patrons Anke and Casey Mermans, Elizabeth and Jay Monge, Isobel and Stuart
White, Sallie and Fred Lowrance, Peg and George Povinelli, Kathleen and Frank
Boncimino, Libba and Mike Gaither and Judy and Dr. Derek Raghavan -­the Maestro
Dinners are great fun.
Opening Bid - $5,000
Courtesy of Mo. James Meena
LIVE AUCTION
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: $7,500
Courtesy of Mary Shelton Rose
LIVE AUCTION
“...we had the experience of a lifetime at this exceptional resort... easy travel... wonderful staff... a restful
November 2013.”
- Judy & Derek Raghavan
- Michele & Michael Bailey
Exceptional Experiences
Viaggo Musicale
Trip for Two
Opening Bid: $10,000
Courtesy of Nada’ Italy
SILENT AUCTION
You are invited to join an exclusive small group trip limited to 16 participants who will be able to experience the
incredibly romantic Tuscan countryside, its charming hilltop villages, historical vineyards, castles, and a special
opera performance with Opera Carolina’s Maestro James Meena. June 19-29th 2015. Airfare not included.
Come live Italy’s passionate lifestyle with us!
Westminster Kennel Show
Opening Bid: $3,500
Courtesy of Mary Tabor and Rob Engel
LIVE AUCTION
Attend the Westminster Kennel Show
with a pair of VIP tickets on February
16-17, 2015 at Madison Square Gardens.
Reservations have been made for you at the
Carlyle for 2 nights and 3 days. This can
be extended at winning bidders discretion.
Breed Judging held during those days at
Piers 92 & 94. Airfare not included.
Exceptional Experiences
A Patriotic Opportunity!
Opening Bid: $5,000
SILENT AUCTION
Opera Carolina patrons will experience the playing of the
National Anthem for Opera Carolina’s season-opening
production of Verdi’s monument to liberty and faith, Nabucco.
Saturday, October 18, 2014 performance only. The winning
bidder will conduct the Charlotte Symphony in the playing of the Anthem. The age of the individual should not be
less than 16 years.
Wine - Silent Auction
1990 Lynch-Bages, Paullac
Opening Bid: $400 RP Rating: 99
1990 Chateau Montelena Cabernet Sauvignon
Opening Bid: $135
RP Rating: 93
Half Case of Mixed Long Meadow Ranch
Opening Bid: $365
2003 Kathryn Kennedy Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
Opening Bid: $120
2005 Miner: The Oracle
Opening Bid: $90
2010 Isole e Olena Cepparello
Opening Bid: $80
RP Rating: 95
1995 Gaja Barbaresco
Opening Bid: $200
RP Rating: 90
2010 Robert Foley Vineyards Claret
Opening Bid: $115
RP Rating: 96
2008 Bogle Vineyards Phantom (3L Bottle)
Opening Bid: $75
RP Rating: 88
Wine - Silent Auction
2005 Penfolds RWT Shiraz, Barossa Valley (2 bottles)
Opening Bid: $200
RP Rating: 92
2010 Signorello Estate Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Opening Bid: $80
RP Rating: 93
2009 Leonetti Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon
Opening Bid: $100
RP Rating: 95
1997 Caymus Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon
Opening Bid: $95
RP Rating: 86
2010 Realm Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To-Kalon
Opening Bid: $175
RP Rating: 94
2008 Altamura Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley
Opening Bid: $100
RP Rating: 92
2005 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon (2 bottles)
Opening Bid: $180
2006 Silver Oak Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Opening Bid: $100
2008 Silver Oak Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Opening Bid: $125
Wine - Silent Auction
2011 Moone Tsai Chardonnay (2 bottles)
Opening Bid: $140
RP Rating: 88
2007 Kuleto Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
Opening Bid: $230
RP Rating: 90
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Trio
2007 St. Supery / 2007 Franciscan Estate / 2010 Avalon
Opening Bid: $90
2008 Joseph Phelps Insignia
Opening Bid: $175
RP Rating: 93
2005 Viader Napa Valley Proprietary Red
Opening Bid: $75
2006 Winter Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley
Opening Bid: $150
RP Rating: 94
2010 Vineyard 7 & 8 “Estate” Cabernet Suavignon
Opening Bid: $135
RP Rating: 95
2003 Louis Latour Corton Clos de la Vigne au Saint Grand Cru
Opening Bid: $75
Wine - Silent Auction
2008 Chehalem Statement Pinot Noir
Opening Bid: $100
RP Rating: 89
1996 Domaine de Coucel Grand Clos des Epenots, Pommard Premier Cru, France
Opening Bid: $75
2008 Mascot
Opening Bid: $75
2001 Vignamaggio Castello di Monna Lisa, Chianti Classico Riserva
1995 Castello di Monsanto Il Poggio, Chianti Classico Riserva
2004 Castello di Monsanto Il Poggio, Chianti Classico Riserva
(Package of 3)
Opening Bid: $200
1995 Lopez de Heredia Vina Bosconia
Opening Bid: $95
RP Rating: 94
2008 Shafer Hillside Selct (1.5L Bottle)
Opening Bid: $525
RP Rating: 96
2011 Sparky Marquis’ Carnival of Love (2 bottles)
Opening Bid: $160
RP Rating: 94
2011 Sparky Marquis’ Blue-Eyed Boy (2 bottles)
Opening Bid: $110
RP Rating: 92
Wine - Silent Auction
2008 Elderton “Command” Shiraz (2 bottles)
Opening Bid: $250
RP Rating: 94
Mt. Horrocks “Cordon Cut” Riessling (2 bottles)
Opening Bid: $120
RP Rating: 93
2006 Torzi Matthews’ Frost Dodger (2 bottles)
Opening Bid: $110
RP Rating: 93
2009 Chateau de Beaucastel Chateauneuf-du-Pape
Opening Bid: $110
RP Rating: 94
Champagne Chanoine Tsarine (1 case)
Opening Bid: $600
2009 A. Rafanelli Cabernet Sauvignon & 2010 A. Rafanelli Zinfandel
(Package of 2 bottles)
Opening Bid: $100
2011 Matthiasson Cabernet Sauvignon & 2012 Matthiasson White
(Package of 2 bottles)
Opening Bid: $110
To receive an Invitation to Printemps,
please email or call Janet Dickinson - [email protected] / 704.332.7177 ext. 205
Capacity for this event is limited.
A shuttle service will be available to transport guests from The Arboretum to the Mott
Residence. Please call Elizabeth Johnson at 704.332.7177 ext. 207 for more information.
Our Printemps Team
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Janet Dalton Dickinson
704.332.7177 ext. 205 Director of Major Gifts & Strategic Development
[email protected]
For Printemps finance questions, please contact
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Vanessa Thorne
704.332.7177 ext. 203
Chief Finance & Operations Officer
[email protected]
For Printemps donations questions, please contact
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Nate Powell
704.332.7177 ext. 217
Director of Grants & Annual Fund
[email protected]