Please click here for a sampling of some of the wonderful wines in the auction (list as of April 30, 2008 - wine lots still being determined). 

In addition to select and rare wines, our silent and live auctions will also feature these items: 

LIVE AUCTION ITEMS

• 10-day stay in private St. Moritz condo        Spend 10 relaxing days in a private condo in Surlej, Switzerland, about three miles from the exclusive resort town of St. Moritz and the spectacular Engadine Valley. Surlej is a small community nestled under the Corvatch Mountain, between Lake Champfer and Lake Silvaplana. The Corvatch ski lift is one of the most popular in the region. The area has a vast network of trails and runs for cross country skiing, sledding, and hiking.

The cozy, well-equipped and fully-furnished condo has lake-front views, a living room, dining room, kitchen, bath with walk-in shower, master bedroom, small second bedroom with bunk-beds, laundry facilities, and patio. Also, a small ski lift that connects to the larger Corvatch ski lift is right next to the condo.

May be used by two adults and two children. Suggested air travel is through Milan, Italy, a two-hour drive from Surlej. A car is necessary. Available January 15 - April 1, 2009. Dates to be arranged with donor. Perfect for the ultimate spring break ski trip!

Market Value: $5,000         

Starting Bid: $2,500

 

      Patio

       View from the condo 

• A Weekend in the Country
  Enjoy a getaway for two in historic Arrow Rock, Missouri, just under two hours from Kansas City. Your weekend will include a guided tour and overnight stay at the guest house of "Prairie Park," the beautiful antebellum plantation home of the Sappington family; a tram tour of Arrow Rock; dinner at the old Arrow Rock Tavern; and a performance at the award-winning Lyceum Theatre. The Lyceum will present a selection of seven plays and musicals between June 6 and September 28, 2008: West Side Story, Big: The Musical, Proof, Arsenic and Old Lace, Little Women: The Broadway Musical, On Golden Pond, and The Mousetrap (tickets not valid for Cats). You select the performance and a date mutually agreeable to the hosts.
  (Prairie Park main house pictured below, built 1845-49 by William B. Sappington, son of Dr. John Sappington, promoter of quinine)

          Donated by Day and Whitney Kerr, Arrow Rock                   Lyceum Theatre, and Arrow Rock Tavern

          Market Value: $500

          Starting Bid: $250

• 12-month Chocolate of the Month package from Andre’s

          Market Value: $600

          Starting Bid: $300

• Dinner for ten hosted by Scott Francis in wonderful mid-century Kansas City home, one of the original "California style" homes in Kansas City designed by William Beckett (pictured below).  Catered by Lon Lane.
  

          Market Value: $2,500

          Starting Bid: $1,200

           photo by Stu Nowlin, North Light Photography 

• Catered dinner with wine pairings for 8-10 by Gina and John Reardon, Catering by Design, and Cellar Rat Wine Merchants

          Market Value: $2,000

          Starting Bid: $700

• "Triple White Lily" ceramic piece by Kansas City artist Linda Lighton (pictured below with auction piece, 20" x 8.5" x 17", made in 2007)

          Market Value: $4,200

          Starting Bid: $2,000

          photos by Stu Nowlin, North Light Photography

• One-of-a-kind dyed ivory sheared rex rabbit laser cut trim coat with matching belt from Ambience Furs (modeled by Barbara Spilker below)

          Market Value: $3,600

          Starting Bid: $1,800

• Four Founders Club floor tickets  to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, July 22, 2008, Sprint Center (includes parking passes and access to Founders Club lounge)

          Market Value: $1,000

          Starting Bid: $600

                         Tom Petty 

• Inside View of Arrowhead Stadium During Game Day with Lamar and Rita Hunt, Jr. (includes two Gold Suite tickets to 2008 home game, parking passes, food and drink, field tour, owners’ box tour, post-game press conference and locker room visit)

          Market Value: Priceless!

          Starting Bid: $1,500

• Four Crown Club tickets to 2008 Royals game at Kauffman Stadium (includes four seats on the field level directly behind the catcher, buffet dinner and open bar, and two parking passes)

          Market Value: $1,200

          Starting Bid: $500

• Private Concert with the Jupiter String Quartet

          The Jupiter String Quartet, just on the heels of                   winning the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant               and winners of the Cleveland Quartet Award, the 8th           International Banff Competition, and the National               Fischoff Award, are coming to Kansas City in                       February 2009 to perform on The Friends'                           International Chamber Music Series. Have them in               your home or another venue for a private concert               with a group of 4 or 40 - it's up to you how many               guests you invite!  Private concert must take                   place the evening of Thursday, February 19,               2009. Also includes four box seats at the Folly                   Theater for the Jupiter String Quartet's                               performance on Friday, February 20, 2009, at 8 pm. 

          Market Value: pending

          Starting Bid: pending 

         Jupiter String Quartet

• Four box seats for four 2008-09 Friends of Chamber Music concerts

          Market Value: $1,200

          Starting Bid: $600

• $1,500 gift certificate to Halls

          Market Value: $1,500

          Starting Bid: $900

• $1,000 gift certificate to Asiatica

          Market Value: $1,000

          Starting Bid: $600

For a listing of last year's auction items, please click here.  Auction information is listed on pages 9-24 of the 2007 Soirée program book.

            Friends Director Cynthia Siebert surveys the auction                wines. (Photo by Carmen Hostiuc) 

SILENT AUCTION ITEMS

• Antique mid-century wine dispenser from Scott Lindsay Interiors (pictured below)

          Market Value: $500

          Starting Bid: $100

• "Trio" framed woodcut by American artist Mervin Jules

          Market Value: $250

          Starting Bid: $125

• Dinner for two at Cafe Sebastienne at the Kemper Museum

          Market Value: $100

          Starting Bid: $50

• Kansas City performing arts ticket package

          Market Value: $500

          Starting Bid: $250

• Four tickets to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater on Friday, November 14, 2008, at the newly renovated Midland Theatre

          Market Value: $240

          Starting Bid: $120

• Six-month pass for two to the Tivoli Cinemas

          Market Value: $400

          Starting Bid: $200

• Country French Gourmet Picnic Basket for Two from Lon Lane's Inspired Occasions

          Market Value: $150

          Starting Bid: $75

• Overnight stay at Hyatt Regency Crown Center, including dinner for two at Skies Restaurant

          Market Value: $250

          Starting Bid: $125

• High tea for 10 in the Oak Bar of the Intercontinental Hotel

          Market Value: $300

          Starting Bid: $150

• Dinner for four at Webster House plus four tickets to a Friends of Chamber Music concert

          Market Value: $320

          Starting Bid: $150

• Asian Tea Tasting for Eight from Paula Winchester, Twelve Winds Tea Company

          Market Value: $240

          Starting Bid: $120

•  Imari Porcelain Bowl

           Market Value: $150

           Starting Bid: $75

PLEASE NOTE: ACCEPTED FORMS OF PAYMENT FOR TICKETS AND AUCTION ITEMS ARE CASH, CHECK, VISA, MASTERCARD, AND DISCOVER (SORRY, AMERICAN EXPRESS NOT ACCEPTED).