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Thank you for a successful
7th Annual
Almost Labor Day Auction!
It was the social event of the season.
Saturday, September 3rd, 2011 was the OMAA’s 7th annual Almost Labor Day Auction. The auction is the Museum’s premier art and social event, featuring fine food and wine, and artworks by 50 national and regional artists in live and silent auctions. It is also the Museum’s primary fundraiser for the year. All Proceeds go to benefit the OMAA. Since its inception in 2005, the Almost Labor Day Auction has raised nearly a quarter of a million dollars to benefit the Museum’s General Operating Fund.
Artist Will Barnet, celebrating his 100th birthday in 2011, was featured as the Signature Artist for the OMAA’s 7th annual Almost Labor Day Auction. Mr. Barnet is a celebrated American artist of international renown. He has been at the forefront of American art for over seven decades (click here to visit Will Barnet’s website). We were honored to have his work as our signature artist, and we congratulate him on the celebration of his 100th birthday.
This year’s auctioneer was Stuart Slavid, Vice President & Senior Auctioneer, Skinner Auctioneers and Appraiser of Antiques and Fine Art (click here to learn more about Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers).
In addition to Barnet, the auction included works by DeWitt Hardy (click here for DeWitt Hardy's website), Kate Doyle (click here for Kate Doyle's website), Thomas Connolly (click here to learn more about Thomas Connolly) and many others. For the first time, all artworks for sale in the auction were displayed (click here) on the Museum’s website at ogunquitmuseum.org for a month prior to the event. We also exhibited the works in the galleries for 10 days prior to the auction.
A Thank You! Note From OMAA Director Ron Crusan:
We want to thank all those who helped the Museum's 2011 Auction reap rewards that will appreciate well into next year's operating season. We sold fabulous Silent Auction items, met new friends (and old) in those last minutes viewing the artworks before they went under the gavel, and then enjoyed the thrill of the chase at the skilled hands of auctioneer Stuart Slavid.
2011 Auction Volunteers:
Carole Aaron (Chairperson), Kevin Burke, Bob Dateo, Pat Dateo, Kerry Ellen Enright, Anne Gately, Ellen Farber, Nelson Giordano, Phyllis Giordano, Heather Harris, Joan Hernon, Erica Holthausen, Suzanne Laplante-Killoran, Howard Libowitz, Jean Lincoln, Susan Meffert, John Sibley, Bernie Spears, Julie Steedman, Enid Topchik, Tannye Wold, Peter Woodbury, Mike Zamojski
2011 Auction Patrons:
Carole Aaron, John and Pat Anderson, Marcus and Nancy Bogue, Nora Clements, Jack and Jacquelyn Connerty, David S. Crane and Holly C. Laurent, Tim Ellis, Louesa Gillespie, Barry Kean, Mike Kenslea, Susan Meffert, Richard Morgan & Charles Smith, Mary-Leigh Smart, Janter Haa
OMAA Staff:
Tom Lynch, Pat O'Brien, Janice Plourde, Susan Joy Sager, Marsha Sibley, Maria Twomey-Thompson, Kayellen Walker and Marketing: Erica Holthausen, Bill Paarlberg, Stephanie Seacord
And to the hotels, restaurants, shops, members and friends who donated so many items to make this year's auction so fantastic:
Abacus, Amore Breakfast, Angelina's Ristorante and Wine Bar, Anne Gately, Bread and Roses Bakery, Caffe Prego, Cape Neddick Country Club, David Sullivan Photography, DeWitt Hardy, Edward Betts Estate. Five-O Shore Road, Gisela von Hanstein, Jack and Jacquelyn Connerty, Joli Green, Judy Andrews, Kate Doyle, Lauren Pollaro, Louise Gerstenblatt, MC Perkins Cove, Mark Smith and Michael Zamojski, Nina Fox Herlihy, 98 Provence, On the Main Jewelry and Gifts, Paul Beauregard, Simon Harling, Simon Pearce Signature Store, Susan Meffert, The Beachmere Inn, The Clown, The Front Porch, The Golf Channel, The Massage Studio, The Meadowmere Resort, The Ogunquit Playhouse, Timonthy B. Ellis, Town of Ogunquit and Village Food Market.
Continuing thanks to these businesses and individuals for their invaluable support and special Auction assistance: Anne Whitney Architect, Anthony Moore Painting Conservation, Art Appraisals of New England, Arts Ogunquit, Barnacle Billy's Restaurant, Bill Grant/Four Vines Winery, Brenda's Bloomers, Calluna Flowers, Cape Neddick Country Club, Century 21, Cottage Breeze Spa, Cuckle-Button Farm Gallery, Joshua's Restaurant, Kennebunk Savings Bank, Kitchen Chicks Catering, Lisart Framing (Wells, ME), Maine Home & Design Magazine, Paul Carr/Nappi Wine Distributors, People's Insurance, Phineas Graphic Design/Printing, Pier 77 Restaurant, Pollack/Gorvett Gallery, Sparhawk Oceanfront Resort, Stonewall Kitchens, Stuart Slavid, VP, Skinner Auctioneers and Appraisers of Antiques and Fine Arts (Boston), The Ogunquit Playhouse, The Ogunquit Trolley Company, Timothy B. Ellis/Ellis Insurance Agency, Town of Ogunquit, Village Food Market, WBACH/Maine's Classical Network, Zulu Nyala Game Lodge.
The Live Auction held extraordinary selections: the signature lithograph by Will Barnet. Works by Charles Woodbury, Ethelwyn C. Bradish, John Dirks, Edward Betts, Mary B. Call and Louise Nevelson. And pieces selected for the Auction by the artists: Peter Agrafiotis, Russell Aharonian, Susan Amons, Judith Andrews, Tim Beavis, Kim Bernard, Todd Bezold, Jen Bradford, Richard Cogley, Thomas Connolly, Nancy R. Davison, Devin Dobrowolski, Katherine Doyle, Susan Drucker, Nicole Duennebier, Tanya Fletcher, Brett X. Gamache, Jessica Gandolf, Don Gorvett, Patience E. Haley, Hara Harding, Pat Hardy, DeWitt Hardy, Simon Harling, Mary Hart, Sherrill Edwards Hunnibell, Sean Hurley, Ted Jaslow, Christopher Keister, Brigitte Keller, Don Lent, Evelyne Harper Neill, Bill Paarlberg, Michael A. Palmer, Lincoln Perry, Dennis Rafferty, Vivien Russe, Gail E. Sauter, Aaron T. Stephan, David Taylor, William Thompson, Michael Walek, Norman E. West and Russel Whitten.
The Almost Labor Day Auction is an annual affirmation that you like what we're doing at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art -- and our knowledge that we could not do it without each of you. —R.C.
Click here to review previous years' Almost Labor Day Auctions.
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