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CENTENNIAL EXPLORERS CLUB ANNUAL DINNER
Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, New York City
Silent Auction
The Silent Auction has proven an important and enjoyable way to raise funds for the Club. Many thanks to our members for their generous and imaginative donation of items and services which made this auction possible.
Herewith a few of the items and services that were offered at the auction. A full catalogue, featuring lot numbers and donors names, was made available at the dinner.
Lot 100: Tours & Excursions
- Scenery in the Red Sea: Five-day dive package for two in the Red Sea.
- Tour of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observation with the executive director, at Columbia University.
- Canoe or kayaking trip in Maine.
- Five nights for two at the Treetops Guest Cottage on Antigua, West Indies.
- Travel back into history: three-nights accommodation in an early Georgian country house in Orford, England.
- Package for six night stay at Marriott Hotels in Jordan.
Lot 200: Day Trips & Services
- Dine at the Aston Magna Estate in the beautiful Berkshires, Massachusetts: Dinner for four prepared by host-chef-member Lee Elman.
- Tour of National Geographic headquarters in Washington DC and lunch with editor-in-chief Bill Allen.
- Float in the blue skies above St. Peters, Pennsylvania, the headquarters of the United States Hot-Air Balloon Team.
- Dive on the Atocha with Pat Clyne.
- Luncheon in the Vineyard for four: Meal and wine offered by chef-vintner-member John Bruno.
- Tour, for ten persons, of the Treasure Vaults of Vancouver Maritime Museum, British Columbia.
- Flight for four in the Goodyear Blimp.
- What color is your bure? Four-night tropical vacation at the Jean-Michel Cousteau Fiji Islands Resort.
- Tour of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
- Lunch with Sylvia Earle and an autographed copy of her book Exploring the Deep Frontier.
- Opportunity to co-host the radio show Boat Radio.
- Advanced Fundamentals for Underwater Image Makers.
- One-hour professional seminar with Peter Lane Taylor, National Geographic photographer
- Divers Alert Network (DAN) training seminar.
- Regulate your regulator: Scuba certification class for two.
- Tuition-free week at the TIGHAR Aviation Archaeology Field School, Silver Spring, Maryland: Bring your hat and trowel!
Lot 300: Books & Publications
- Lunch with Bob Ballard and copies of his books and videos.
- We by Charles Lindbergh, first edition, 1927: An account of the pioneer’s flight across the Atlantic.
- Walter Cronkite's Around America which Mr. Cronkite will inscribe to the winner
- Autographed Sir Edmund Hillary Memorabilia Suite
- Letter signed by all original United States Astronauts
- Lecture at Your Leisure: "Edgar Allen Poe" at your home by historian-member Doc Hermalyn.
Lots 400: Art & Photography in Two Dimensions
- Sir Ernest Shackleton, one of the most famous of Antarctic explorers, is commemorated in a framed portrait and inset signature.
- Oil pastel in black & brown of two wolves, double-matted with suede, framed.
- One small leap: Print of painting of Neil Armstrong by Alan Bean, matted, framed, and signed by the artist.
- Oil painting entitled "Snow Leopard" by artist-member Dwayne Harty.
Lots 500: Garments & Gear
- Mountain Hardware: Stay snug, dry, and warm (and in place) in a two-person, three-season dome tent.
- Mountain Hardware jacket: This functional, yet stylish, olive-colored jacket is at home in the Redwoods or on Park Avenue.
Lots 600: Interesting Items in Three Dimensions
- Cribbage anyone? A 1920s artwork by an Inuit artist transforms a walrus tusk into a functional cribbage board.
- Swiss army knife similar to the one carried on the Breitling Orbiter and a framed piece of the original craft.
- Bow, arrows, rattan from West Papua (poison not included).
- A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou: Five bottles of wine from Twenty Twenty Wine Merchants in Los Angeles.
- Italian pewter alligator objet, signed by the artist, Richard Cipolla.
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