Bluenose Gala Auction
The following items are available at the Bluenose Gala Evening on Friday, August 31st at Maritime Gloucester and on the Harriet Webster Wharf. The evening includes a silent and live auction. Scroll the list below to see some of the amazing array of items available. This is not, however, an online auction. You will need to purchase tickets for the event which you can do online at http://maritimegloucester.org/visit/events.php
Live Auction #1: Beautiful stork sculpture by Brad Story http://www.bradstory.com
$2500
Item #44: An 18 x 24” silk screened map of Cape Ann by Tim Tillett. www.tillettgardens.com
$300
Item# 58: A beautiful Gloucester Harbor water color by Oliver Balf.
$1500
Live Auction #2: A 2-hour cruise aboard the Schooner Ardelle with Captain Harold Burnham. (see www.schoonerardelle.com )
$1000
Item #59: A private two hour charter on the Ocean Alliance 82' sailing yacht. See http://oceanalliance.org
$1000
Live Auction #4: Extraordinary setting at tip of Small Point Maine, forty acres surrounded by water on three sides; three bedroom two bath cottage. Donated by Camilla MacFadyen.
See the video here: http://www.camillamacfadyen.com/upperHouse/
$1000
Item #45: Your favorite animal as a decorated cake! Created by veterinarian and master baker Donna Heaney.
$200+
Items #10 - 11: Signed photographs of fish from our own collection by noted photographer David Fitzsimmons. Includes mackerel, sea raven and black bass. Done when he conducted a photographic workshop here at Maritime Gloucester in June. David's children's picture book, Curious Critters, won five national book awards. See his website for more information.
$100
Item #7: Three bedroom, three bathroom waterfront cottage at Blue Coral Landing on Great Guana Cay, Abaco, Bahamas. Cottage donated by William Taylor. Includes first class air fare! Airfare donated by Delta Air Lines.
$3500
Item #15: A group of three Polaroid emulsions set on backing, matted and framed by Nina Fletcher. http://www.ninafletcher.com
$125
Item #57: Three days at a three-bedroom, 2-bath Sugarloaf ski lodge. Sleeps six. Donated by Greg & Stevie Neal.
$1500
Live Auction Item #5: Brand new paddle board and paddle donated by ERBA and friends.
$1200
Live Auction Item #6: Beautiful painting by Jeff Weaver of the building of the Schooner Ardelle.
$2500
Item #51: Beautiful photograph of a lone skiff by Carl Gustin.
$375
Item #50: Prize-winning photograph of this Gloucester landmark by Dale Blank.
$375
Live Auction Item #2: Photograph of local quarries by Les Bartlet. http://www.lesadept@me.com
1200
Item #53: Prints of Maritime Gloucester site done as part of printmaking workshop exhibit by Camilla MacFadyen.
$450
Item #56: Private charter aboard the Essex River Queen. Donated by David & Louise Marsh.
$675
Silent Auction #60: A large 4' x 6' ocean perch painting by Jon Sarkin.
$2500
Item #8: A net finder buoy from the filming of the movie "A Perfect Storm". May have been touched by George Clooney!
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Item# 13: Two $25 gift certificates for any performance at Rockport Music's Shalin Liu Center.
$50
Item #42: A two-hour lobstering trip with Geno Mondello on his boat, the Western Edge.
$250
Item #52: An oil portrait of your favorite animal friend by local artist, Philip Jostrom.
$400
Items# 48 & 49: "Waiting Dory" or "Goose Cove Clammers" by noted local artist, Dale Shermann Blodget.
$400 each