2011 "Bee-In" Auction Items
Here's a preview of some of the great items and packages you have a chance to bid on if you attend our 2011
"Bee-In" Spelling Bee in San Francisco.
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All of the following items, plus MANY MORE, will be available for bidding at the Bee-In on the evening of May 16th. For any of items below you may also send a proxy bid by email to auction@spdbooks.org. Please include your name,
phone, email, name of the item you are bidding on, and your bid amount. All items below will be made available for additional
bidding at our event so your proxy bid may not be the winning bid.
This is a wonderful opportunity to help support SPD, get our silent auction off on the right foot, and possibly get
yourself a wonderful item at a steal!
This is the only hotel
stay offered at the Bee-In 2011 auction, and it is a gem! Conveniently located in downtown LA, staying at
the Standard allows you to do the unthinkable: walk in LA. But even though it is close to the LA
convention center, the Walt Disney concert hall, the Museum of Contemporary Art, and so much more, the Standard also
possesses the sort of world-class amenities, fascinating architecture, and flawless services that may induce you to simply
nest there for your entire stay.
"With its quirky
decor and futuristic rooftop bar, Andre Balazs's Standard Downtown LA hotel has
dominated the area since it opened in 2002"--Bon Appetit
“Los Angeles like you’ve
never seen it before!” Travel + Leisure.
“Hip, Happening and Hallucinogenic!” Business Traveler.
Value: $616
Opening Bid: $150
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Steve Silver's Beach Blanket Babylon, the longest running musical revue in theatre history, is
a zany musical spoof of pop culture with extravagant costumes and outrageously huge hats. Beach Blanket Babylon continually
evolves in its hilarious parodies of current events and popular icons as today’s headlines unfold.
Value: $74-$96
Opening Bid: $25
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Winner of many accolades including a Tony Award for outstanding regional theater, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, located in
Berkeley’s new downtown theater district, has built an international reputation for work that is adventurous,
ambitious, provocative and intelligent.
These 2 tickets are good for any play in any season (just call at least ten days in advance). Some highlights from the
upcoming 2010/2011 season include Lemony Snicket’s “The Composer is Dead” (Nov 2010-Jan 2011), “The
Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs” (Jan-Feb 2011), and “The Three Sisters” (April-May 2011).
Value: $102
Opening Bid: $25
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Known for both environmental harmony and delicious flavor, the Chez Panisse café is
always a delight. Located in north Berkeley in what is affectionately called the “Gourmet Ghetto” (a moniker due
in no small part to Chez Panisse itself), at least one meal at this iconic restaurant is a must. In fact, if there is anyone
who hasn’t heard of Alice Waters and Chez Panisse then a bid for this item is nearly a necessity.
Value: $80-$100
Opening Bid: $25
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Enjoy a lovely repast in what Wine Spectator describes as one of America’s Top 10 Best
Italian restaurants.
Owned by Bob and Maggie Klein, Oliveto has been a fixture in Rockridge since it opened in 1986. Conveniently located across
from the Rockridge BART, it is known for having been at or near the forefront of many culinary ideas that later became more
common practice (use of olive oil, salumi, extensive menu of quality house-made pastas, and whole animals use, to name just a
few).
Value: $80-$100
Opening Bid: $25
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Located in Emeryville, at 6121 Hollis Street, Bucci’s is one of the East Bay's favorite
gathering places for casual, festive and innovative Italian dining. With its full bar, walls of windows, vaulted wooden
ceiling, exposed brick and invitingly open kitchen, Bucci's is indeed the perfect blend of comfort and unpretentious elegance
-- ideal for a day or night of fine food and drink in the company of friends.
“Pizza, pasta and more,” San Francisco Chronicle.
“Simple elegance from the freshest foods,” Contra Costa Times
Value: $100
Opening Bid: $25
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Jilda Schwartz is a
graduate of Art Center College of Design, and has worked as an art director and
illustrator in film and print. She has also taught painting, drawing and mixed
media at private and public schools in the Los Angeles area. For the last
twenty five years, her focus has been sculpting in clay.
Selected Recent
Exhibitions:
2010 Studio and Garden exhibit, LA
2010 Museum of the Pacific, New Gallery Opening,
Texas
2009 Mount St Mary’s College, INSIGHT/INSIDE LA,
LA
2009 LACMA Art and Architecture, LA
2006 American Museum of Ceramic Art, “EXTREME
CLAY” Pomona
2000 “The Hollywood Exhibition,” Don O’Melveny
Gallery, LA
2000 The Artist Gallery, Santa Monica
1999 Future Space, Pacific Design Center, LA
Selected Collectors:
Jackie Parness Evans, CAA,
CA
Steven Spielberg, Dream
Works, CA
Arnold Spielberg, CA
Nancy Spielberg Katz, NY
Sue Spielberg, MD
Betty Warner Sheinbaum and
Stanley Sheinbaum, CA
Archer Muncy, L.S.T.
Brother’s Library & Museum
Jo Lauria, CA
Ruth Flinkman, CA
George Oakley Totten, III,
Ph.D., CA
Mark Miller, IL
Ava Ostern Fries, CA
Andrew Stevens, CA
Value: $600
Opening Bid: $120
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Well-known Bay Area glassmaker Anthony Alfaro has donated four stunning pieces to SPD for this
auction. In addition to making his living as a glassblower, Anthony has a strong historical interest in glass during the
Medieval period. He teaches weekend workshops and also teaches at Palo Alto High and has been a supporter of SPD for years.
Anthony has donated a lot of three handmade glass vases as well as one of his extremely popular pumpkins. Don’t miss
this chance to own some unique pieces by this master of the art of glassmaking.
Value: $340
Opening Bid: $100
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SPD has wanted to have Ms. King as a “Bee-In” speller for years, particularly since
bees and beekeeping are such a central part of her flourishing career as a novelist!
Laurie R. King is a third generation Northern Californian who has lived most of her life in the San Francisco Bay area. In
1994, The Beekeeper’s Apprentice was published, featuring young Mary Russell who becomes an apprentice then a partner
of beekeeper Sherlock Holmes in early 20th century England. Books in that series now appear regularly to great acclaim and
“buzz,” taking the duo and their cohorts on into the Twenties and around the world.
This auction item is a lot of TWO signed and framed Laurie R. King posters ("The Birth of the Green Man" and "A Venomous Death") plus signed copies of TWO her books, The God of the Hive and The Language of Bees, all in an attractive bag.
Value: $150
Opening Bid: $45
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Since 1984, The Gardener's Fourth Street location in Berkeley has offered customers home and
garden goods that celebrate the season. With other stores also in Healdsburg and in San Francisco (just inside from the
fabulous Ferry Plaza farmer's market!) all three stores offer a dazzlingly diverse mix of merchandise: tables made from
reclaimed wood, salad bowls in all shapes and sizes; vases; baskets and platters to hold your garden's bounty; fresh smelling
soaps and body care; one-of-a-kind cabinets; stools and tables from all over the world; and of course a hand-picked selection
of perfect gardening tools.
The Gardener has kindly donated this stunning Haitian mirror to SPD especially for this auction.
Value: $120
Opening Bid: $25
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Kate Delos is a Bay area painter and artistic collaborator. She holds degrees from UC Berkeley
and San Francisco State University and currently teaches painting, drawing and printmaking at Solano Community College, where
she was named a distinguished faculty member in 2000.
Published Books:
Simulacra. Delos/Rossenwasser, Monotypes & Poetry, Kelsey St. Press, 1986.
aviary. Limestone Press, 1988.
ISLE. Delos/Rosenwater, Kelsey St. Press, 1992.
Collectors:
The Oakland Museum
Mills College Art Gallery and Library
Triton Museum of Art
Berkeley Art Museum
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University
New York Public Library – Rare and Unusual Books
Stanford University Museum and Library
St. Louis Museum of Art
Orange County Museum
University of Washington, Souza Library
Achenbach Collection of Graphic Art – Legion of Honor
Brown University
Claremont College Library
University of San Francisco Rare Books Collection
Columbia University Library
Scripps College
National Museum of Women Artists
Value: $500
Opening Bid: $100
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Located in the San Francisco Presidio, the Walt Disney Family Museum features ten galleries in
which to explore Walt's life and work. In addition, film screenings and other programs explore Walt's impact on animation,
his push to perfect new technologies, and his love of storytelling. The museum also includes a cafe and gift shop.
The winner of this auction item will receive 4 general admission tickets to the museum and 4 tickets to the film that is
being screened that month.
Value: $112
Opening Bid: $25
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