Imagine 2005 Auction Catalog (sample pages)

—Marcel Proust

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Benefiting Children’s Charities

Boys & Girls Club of Windsor Magic of Music Youth Outreach Program Scholarship Fund of Sonoma Academy Valley of the Moon Children’s Foundation WCC Charitable Foundation

“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.”

—Albert Einstein

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Painting by Sergei Abdzyachimov, age 15 (detail)

Welcome

I magination powers everything new and all things worthwhile. It is the notion that writes the future. It sets the course for passion.

Did you notice it today? Passion and imagination led to the penning of music and

ultimately to the crescendos of the collective artistry of musicians who have spent a lifetime preparing for today’s performance. We will see it again today—just look around you.

There is something fanciful about being here in the Grand Pavilion, isn’t there?—the noonday sun playing across the stage in anticipation of the auction; the return visit of the Russian National Orchestra; the vividly moving, inspired works of art that came to us from the halls of Russian orphanages and from children’s charities here in Sonoma County. Stirring, indeed!

As sponsors and donors, we can unleash the same power of imagination to uplift

those who are least able to help themselves: children. Thank you for your generosity, which empowered us to load this book with exotic adventures, rare experiences, and incredible collections of artistry in the form of wine and engineering marvels. It’s enough to conjure up childlike awe in all of us.

Remember to let your imagination run free. Enjoy yourself. Be playful. Be open and

giving, remembering that 100% of today’s auction proceeds go directly to children’s charities. This is about imagination as a preview of life’s coming attractions. Consider yourself the writer and producer of that future—our children’s future—just an arm’s reach away.

Peggy & Fred Furth

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Barbara Banke & Jess Jackson

Imagine 2005 Event Chairs

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I magine Sponsors

BLUE WOLF The New York Times Peggy and Fred Furth, Furth Family Foundation Barbara Banke and Jess Jackson, Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates Tom and Sandra Jordan, Jordan Winery Elizabeth and Bill Shea Ray and Sally Duncan, Silver Oak Cellars

WHITE WOLF Airport Business Center The Citigroup Private Bank The Press Democrat

GRAY WOLF Amy’s Kitchen, Inc. Anderson, Zeigler, Disharoon, Gallagher & Gray The Charmer Sunbelt Group Ken and Jane Fitzsimmons Gordon Getty The Donald & Maureen Green Foundation, Donald and Maureen Green ISU Insurance Services Mr. and Mrs. William E. LaMothe Lancaster Estate Mr. and Mrs. Harold M. Mesmer Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Keith Waddell, Robert Half International National Distributing Company Linda E. Rawlings, Flying East Ltd. Robb Report Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Glenn Smith, Esq., Lanahan & Reilley llp UBS Financial Services Inc. Vintners Inn World Cooperage

WOLF PACK Accent Printing Codding Foundation Louis M. Freeman Fruth Family Foundation Goldring Family Foundation Heidelberg Distributing Richard and Kathy Leventhal, Fedway Associates of New Jersey PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Jean Schulz Southern Wine and Spirits of America, Inc. Union Bank of California Wells Fargo

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Boys & Girls Club of Windsor Russian Arts Foundation Magic of Music Program Scholarship Fund of Sonoma Academy Valley of the Moon Children’s Foundation WCC Charitable Foundation

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Registration on Arrival Upper Level Pavilion Caviar & Wine Reception Arena Level in Pavilion

Auction Preview, Silent Auction, and Russian and Sonoma County Children’s Art Gallery

Agenda

WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST OUR GUESTS TO BE SEATED BY 11:45 a.m.

11:50

The Russian National Orchestra—American and Russian National Anthems

Carlo Ponti Jr., Conductor

N’Kenge Simpson-Hoffman, Soprano

noon

Welcome, Introduction of Russian National Orchestra

Fred Furth, Event Co-Chair and Proprietor of Chalk Hill Estate

Concert, Russian National Orchestra

Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

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Luncheon

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Live Auction

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to 5:15

Prepared and presented by Chalk Hill Estate Executive Chef Didier Ageorges, Estate Maitre d’ Christopher Thomas, and their staffs

Introduction — Peggy and Fred Furth, with Jess Jackson and Barbara Banke, Proprietors of Jackson Wine Estates Auction Begins — Fred Furth, Fritz Hatton

Auction Concludes with Sparkling Toast Shuttle buses depart outside directly behind the orchestra stage FOR YOUR INFORMATION:

Washrooms are located outside to the right of the orchestra stage.

First Aid and Lost-and-Found stations are located in the Registration area.

Painting by Nastya Pokopceva, age 11 (detail)

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100% of your

generous participation

in today’s auction will

help children through

the foundations profiled

on the following pages . . .

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Painting by Marina Eroshenko

The Boys & Girls Club of Windsor provides daily programs and activities aimed at keeping

Beneficiaries

Boys & Girls Club of Windsor young people away from the harmful elements of our society. Our mission is to provide a fun, safe, supervised environment for all children where they are inspired to develop the qualities necessary to become responsible, caring citizens and leaders. Rather than returning to empty homes after school, Club Kids find responsible, caring adults available to help them in every department of our clubhouse. These familiar faces are more than staff members to the children; they become inspirational mentors and dependable friends. By giving children a supportive environment we can help them blossom into healthy, productive adults. The Boys & Girls Club of Windsor is “The Positive Place for Kids.�

www.windsorkids.org

Computer training, supervised play, and positive thinking at the Windsor Boys & Girls Club

photos: SplendidLight Media Productions

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Beneficiaries

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M agic of Music Outreach P rogram Russian Arts Foundation The Russian National Orchestra (RNO) created the Magic of Music to help children in Moscow orphanages and facilities for the disabled. These poorly financed institutions struggle to provide even basic services and have no resources for enriching exposure to the arts.

The RNO designed and, with the Russian Arts Foundation, sponsors a program that brings the joy of creative self-expression to children living under these challenging circumstances.

The Magic of Music serves these children with on-site activities in art, crafts, music, dance, and poetry, as well as field trips to museums and performances. A highlight for participants is the annual How I See Music exhibition held at the Moscow Conservatory. The children’s paintings and drawings are shown on the night of an RNO concert and every entrant receives a prize. The imaginative work of Magic of Music’s young artists has been reproduced on note cards, concert posters, and the cover of the RNO’s Grammy-winning Peter and the Wolf/Wolf Tracks CD. The Magic of Music includes family concerts in Russia and around the world, where frequent performances of favorites like The Nutcracker are held in Moscow and other Russian cities, as well as free outreach concerts for children, including the annual Imagine performance in Sonoma County.

www.russianarts.org

The Russian National Orchestra helping children to understand music through performance and hands-on playing

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T he Sonoma Academy Scholarship Fund places a life-transforming education within reach of every student in the North Bay. More than 40 percent of Sonoma Academy families receive

Beneficiaries

Scholarship Fund of Sonoma Academy

financial aid to attend this visionary, co-ed college preparatory high school in Santa Rosa. In the school’s diverse and inclusive community, teachers help students develop their unique talents and interests so they can succeed in all future endeavors. The curriculum is rigorous, relevant, and responsibly innovative, integrating high-level academics, arts, athletics, and community service within a context of international learning. Support for the Sonoma Academy Scholarship Fund enables the school to maintain the broad socioeconomic diversity that enriches students’ learning and friendships every day.

www.sonomaacademy.org

Students and faculty at Sonoma Academy pursuing studies in criminology, biology, and art

photos: SplendidLight Media Productions

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Beneficiaries

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Valley of the Moon Children’s Foundation The Valley of the Moon Children’s Foundation is a private, nonprofit organization established to provide supportive and educational services for the abandoned, neglected, and abused children of Sonoma County. Several years ago, the Foundation formed a private-public partnership with the county to raise funds to build a desperately needed new home for the children. To date, in excess of $11 million has been raised and construction is now complete for the new housing units including dining and kitchen facilities; dedication of this phase and occupation by the kids took place June 1, 2005. Efforts continue to raise additional funds for the final phase of the project, which includes the Redwood Children’s Center for sexually abused children and medical facilities. Construction is scheduled to begin in mid-2006. At that time, the Foundation will turn its attention to expanded support services for the children, focusing on four key areas: 1) continued supplemental support in the home; 2) support of emancipated children, including education, housing and employment guidance; 3) support of children in foster care and foster parents; and 4) community child abuse prevention.

Support, friendship, and the comforts of home at Valley of the Moon center

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photos: SplendidLight Media Productions

www.vomchildrensfoundation.org

The mission of the WCC Charitable Foundation (WCC) is to benefit children in lifethreatening circumstances. In 2001, WCC entered a partnership with Sutter Medical Center of

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WCC Charitable Foundation

Santa Rosa, a community-based not-for-profit hospital, to build the WCC House in Santa Rosa.

The purpose of the WCC House is to provide a nurturing home for families in need who have hospitalized children in neo-natal or pediatric intensive care units at any Sonoma County hospital.

The first WCC House was completed in October 2004. This house was converted from a physicians’ residence on the Sutter Medical Center campus and can accommodate two families. This temporary residence will serve the community until the permanent House is built on the new Sutter site, currently envisioned to be at the Luther Burbank Center in Santa Rosa. It is expected that the permanent house will be able to accommodate four to six families at one time, and will serve the needs of all Sonoma County hospitals.

Funds donated by the Sonoma County Children’s Charities to the WCC Charitable Foundation will be placed in the Endowment Fund of the WCC House.

www.hospicesofsonoma.org

Denise and infant patient Zendelle, at the WCC House in Santa Ros photos: SplendidLight Media Productions

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Children’s Concerts

at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts Almost ten years ago the Russian National Orchestra made a commitment to help the children in Moscow’s orphanages and special facilities for the mentally and physically disabled to receive an enriching exposure to the arts. The Magic of Music program was born. Now these children benefit through music-inspired, artful self-expression that funds powerful changes in their lives and those of other disadvantaged and suffering children.

Last year, Imagine 2004 brought this program and its cultural value to Northern California.

In an unprecedented collaboration, Imagine 2004 and community leaders from the Volunteer Center of Sonoma County helped fill the auditorium at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts with more than 1,000 children for a free concert. Celebrity narrator Danny Glover joined conductor Carlo Ponti Jr. and the Russian National Orchestra in a delightful performance of Peter and the Wolf and other Russian musical folktales.

Scenes from the 2004 Magic of Music concert with the Russian National Orchestra and special guest Danny Glover

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photos: Tom Gibbons

composers Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Stravinsky depicting the dramatic and well-loved stories of Swan Lake, Scheherazade, Tale of the Tsar Saltan, and the John “Spider” exotic Firebird. Joining conductor Carlo Ponti Jr. on stage as guest Salley, a 12-year narrator this year was NBA champion and celebrated sports personNBA veteran with ality John Salley. And, to help our young audiences—drawn from four championship rings to his over 70 youth organizations in Sonoma, Napa, and credit, earned the Marin counties—to better reputation as one anticipate and underof the smartest and most inspiring athletes in the stand this unique world today. But John’s deepest concert experience, driving passion has been to share the learning materials were kind of rare motivation that has propelled him in his own life. Told that developed and distributed he could never be a basketball player, to the organizations during the John proved everyone wrong. Told months of May and June. These included that he wasn’t smart enough to go to college, John graduated from Georgia “music lessons,” stories and pictures, and Tech. Told that Hollywood was filled drawing and painting activities for the children with dreamers, John headed to Los similar to those offered by the Magic of Music Angeles and has made a success in virtually everything he has touched program in Russia. The cost of the educational materincluding film, TV, radio and motiials was generously underwritten by a grant from the vational speaking. In 1997, John and W. K. Kellogg Foundation. his wife, Natasha, started The John

Children’s Concerts

This year’s concert at LBC, just two days before the auction, featured music of Russian

Salley Raindrop Foundation, a nonprofit corporation for the benefit of young people in America.

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Painting collage by Andrej Kozyrev and Rita Kozyreva, ages 9 and 12

Peggy & Fred Furth

Barbara Banke & Jess Jackson

Leadership

Event Co -Chairs Directors Stacy & Mouli Cohen Sally & Ray Duncan Tim Gannon Gordon Getty Sandra & Tom Jordan Peter T. Paul William Shea Jr. Honorary Directors William J. Curtis Simone & Scott Lutgert Dr. Gordon H. “Nick” Mueller Co-directors: Alixe Lischett, Judd Wallenbrock Foundation Liaisons: Martha Bredon, Kay Golden, Bill Shea Hospitality: Ann Marie Curran, Denise Gilman, Susan Malouf Luncheon: Didier Ageorges, Executive Chef, and Christopher Thomas, Maitre D’, Chalk Hill Estate Administration: Kenneth A. Born, Rebecca Ross Estate Logistics: Clayton Goff Public Relations: Wine Ink Imagine 2005 Graphic Design & Printing: Linda McLaughlin, Patricia Healey, Accent Printing Imagine Production: Auction and Children’s Concert: Lansdale Associates • McCune Audio/Video/Lighting Video Production: SplendidLight Productions

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The Orchestra

RussianNational Orchestra

“Awe-inspiring —should human beings be able to play like this?” Gramophone has said of the Russian National Orchestra. Britain’s premier classical magazine is not alone in its praise of the RNO, which is recognized as one of the world’s great orchestras.

Innovation and excellence are the RNO’s hallmarks. Founded in 1990, the orchestra is independent of the government and has pioneered a new model for the performing arts in Russia, as well as path-breaking artistic programs. Its Conductor Collegium, a group of internationally renowned conductors whose vision guides the artistic life of the orchestra, is unique among the world’s ensembles. Cultural Allies is an ongoing RNO initiative of exchange and partnership with western orchestras and artists.

The only Russian ensemble with a formal youth outreach program, the orchestra sponsors numerous activities at home and on tour that directly benefit children. The RNO’s for-charity CD, Peter and the Wolf and Wolf Tracks, conducted by Kent Nagano and narrated by Sophia Loren, Mikhail Gorbachev and Bill Clinton, received a 2004 Grammy­—the first ever awarded to a former U.S. President, or to a Russian orchestra.

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Saturday, July 30, 2005 Chalk Hill Estate Carlo Ponti Jr., conductor

Orchestra Program

Russian National Orchestra

Russian and American National Anthems N’kenge Simpson-Hoffman, soprano Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Scheherazade Tatiana Porshneva, soloist

The Russian National Orchestra wishes to thank Grove Street Winery and Peter T. Paul for their major support of the 2005 Summer Concert Series and the Imagine 2005 chairs, sponsors and contributors for imagining a better world for children . . . and helping to make it so.

PLEASE . . . No recording or photographs during the concert

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Carlo Ponti Jr.

Carlo Ponti Jr. began his musical studies in Paris at the age of eight and was a prizewinner in several international piano competitions.

He received a master’s degree in conducting from the University of California, Los Angeles, and has also studied with Maestros Zubin and Mehli Mehta and at the Vienna Music Academy under Maestro Leopold Hager.

Ponti’s 1998 debut with the Russian National Orchestra in Moscow met with critical praise and led to his first professional appointment in 2000, as the RNO’s Associate Conductor. In January 2001 Ponti was named Music Director and Principal Conductor of the San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra in the United States, a position recently extended through the 2006/2007 season. In this post, he has attracted much attention for raising the artistic level of the orchestra and broadening its audience base, and for his innovative programming.

Carlo Ponti Jr. is in demand as a guest conductor and recent appearances include pre-eminent orchestras in Europe, Venezuela, and Russia. Future engagements include conducting debuts with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in Canada and with the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra in Italy.

Carlo Ponti Jr. is committed to encouraging young talent. He regularly holds master classes for students of all ages, and has conducted several youth orchestras including the American Youth Symphony and the UCLA Philharmonia Orchestra.

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in opera, recital, theater, jazz, and pop. She has performed everything from Puccini’s La Boheme to her own pop composition, “Brotherhood,” inspired by global human rights issues. Described as a “petite fireball,” N’kenge is notable for her vocal range, versatility, and stage presence.

N’kenge has given over 200 solo concerts worldwide, and performed at events honoring various prominent figures, including UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, and David Rockefeller. She was also a featured soloist in a live broadcast from the Library of Congress celebrating the Centennial of Aaron Copland.

N’kenge has performed principal roles with New York City Opera, Virginia Opera, Seattle Opera, Aspen Opera Theater, Opera Estate in Rome, the Juilliard Opera Center, and Israel Vocal Arts with Joan Dornemann.

N’kenge Simpson-Hoffman

Multifaceted young soprano N’kenge Simpson-Hoffman has performed internationally

N’kenge is currently performing in The Genius of Ray Charles at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, which runs through August 13th. A celebration of Ray’s life and music, the musical features a 15-piece orchestra, six Broadway singers and ten British dancers. We thank N’kenge for taking time out from her London performance to be with us.

Painting by Vitya Badmaev, age 18 (p. 20–21, details)

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The 24 Karat Club of Southern California Anakota Daphne and Bart Araujo, Araujo Estate Wines The Arietta Partners: Fritz and Caren Hatton, John and Maggy Kongsgaard Barbara Banke and Jess Jackson, Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates Jim, Judy, and Bo Barrett, Chateau Montelena Winery Bella Vineyards Benjamin Silver Wines Tom Black Bouchee Restaurant Wine Bar Cambria Estate Vineyards Cardinale Chalk Hill Estate Chateau Lassègue Chateau St. Jean Chez Panisse Jim Clendenen, Au Bon Climat Bruce Cohn, B. R. Cohn Winery Ann Colgin and Joe Wender, Colgin Cellars Tatiana and Gerret Copeland Lawrence Cronin Naoko Dalla Valle, Dalla Valle Vineyards Dash Cellars De Loach Vineyards Traci Des Jardins, Jardinière Restaurant Dry Creek Vineyard DuNah Estate Vineyard Dunn Vineyards Carolyn Duryea and Jeff Smith, Hourglass Dutch Bill Creek Winery Dutton-Goldfield John and Kathy Dyson, Williams Selyem Winery Dina and Clint Eastwood Edmeades Winery Peggy and Ted Elliott

David and Kathleen Fink Flowers Vineyard and Winery Bob Foley, Robert Foley Vineyards Foxen Winery Akiko and Ken Freeman, Freeman Vineyards & Winery Fruth Family Foundation Peggy and Fred Furth Gordon Getty Ann Getty, Ann Getty & Associates Laura Jackson Giron and Jennifer Jackson Hartford, La Crema Winery Ann and Dick Grace, Grace Family Vineyards Gump’s Pat and Joe Harbison, JP Harbison Deborah and Bill Harlan, Harlan Estate Jennifer and Don Hartford, Hartford Family Wines Hartley Ostini Hitching Post Winery The Hitching Post Norma and Lamar Hunt Julie and Frank Husic, Husic Vineyards Inman Family Wines Iron Horse Vineyards The Italian Wine Merchant J Vineyards & Winery Jess Jackson and Barbara Banke, Stonestreet Farm The Jackson-Banke Family Margaret and Jim Jimenez Brice Jones and Ted Elliott, Goldridge Pinot Sandra and Tom Jordan Sandra Jordan Collection Annette Kaplan Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant Kosta Browne Winery Ron and Teri Kuhn Lake Sonoma Winery Landmark Vineyards

ManyThanks . . . ManyThanks . . . ManyThanks .

Sponsors, July 29th Dinners

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Romantic Places Leslie Rudd, Rudd Vineyards & Winery and Dean & DeLuca Russian Arts Foundation Russian Hill Estate Winery Rutz Cellars San Francisco Symphony Scherrer Winery Schug Carneros Estate Seghesio Family Vineyards Monique and Pierre Seillan Selby Winery Jane Seymour Shafer Vineyards Elizabeth and Bill Shea Silver Oak Cellars Ted and Nichole Simpkins, Lancaster Estate Marcy and Tom Smothers Sonoma County Wineries Association Southern Wine and Spirits of Nevada and Larry Ruvo Sparrow Fine Art Spottswoode Estate Vineyard and Winery Linda St. Clair Stonestreet Winery Laura and Joseph Sweeney Talty Vineyards & Winery Tenuta di Arceno The Thomas Kearns McCarthey Gallery Marimar Torres, Marimar Estate, Torres Family Vineyards Vérité Viader Vineyards & Winery WCC Charitable Foundation Wattle Creek Winery John and Jennifer Webley Wild Hog Vineyard Diana and Dick Wilson The Wine Enthusiast Companies Woodenhead Yangarra Estate Vineyard

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Lane Tanner Wines Nancy and John Lasseter L’Auberge Carmel Erika and John Lockridge Lokoya LumaLux Kitty and Fred Mann Matanzas Creek Winery Jay McInerney Archie McLaren, Central Coast Wine Classic Ann and Chuck McMinn, Vineyard 29 Meadowood Napa Valley Sir Peter Michael and Lady Michael, Peter Michael Winery Murphy-Goode Winery Nalle Winery Neyers Vineyards Overland Gallery Vince Owens Patz & Hall Wine Company Paul Hobbs Winery Peer Pederson Peter T. Paul, Grove Street Winery and Peter Paul Wines Pelligrini Family Vineyards Kelly Peterson, Switchback Ridge Donna M. Phelan Joseph Phelps Vineyard Jean Phillips, Screaming Eagle Winery & Vineyards Keith and Deby Pitts PlumpJack Management Group Quivira Vineyards Ramey Wine Cellars Ravenswood Riedel Crystal Barbara Roach Robb Report Rochioli Vineyards & Winery

Barbara Banke and Jess Jackson, Cardinale; Alexander de Brye, Hanzell Vineyards; Jennifer and Don Hartford, Hartford Family Winery; Sandra and Tom Jordan, Jordan Winery; Janet and John Trefethen, Trefethen Vineyards

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Let the Auction Begin! today ’ s auc ti o n proto co l M AKE SURE OUR SPOTTERS CAN SEE THE NUMBER ON YOUR PADDLE.

We will confirm all successful bids with you during the auction itself, or certainly before you leave today. All registrants and guests attending auction-sponsored events must be at least 21 years of age.

You will receive a paper claim check and receipt for your records. Auction items will be ready for pick-up today before 6:00 p.m. at the winery building. To pick up items, please ask your bus driver to drop you off at the winery prior to returning to the car park. In the event your item is not available for pick-up, we will contact you for shipping instructions.

Since the charities benefitting from the auction are all recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as 501(c)3 entities, the items on which you successfully bid are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.

00% OF THE PROCEEDS FROM TODAY’S 1 AUCTION WILL GO TO CHARITY. Complete bidder information may be found on page 82.

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Painting by Dima Vartanyan, age 17 (details)

—“The Fast”— is one of the nation’s most experienced

wine auctioneers. His wine auction experience dates back to 1980, when he joined Christie’s to help start its Wine Department in the United States. Since 1983 Mr.

Auctioneers

Fritz C. H atton

Hatton has conducted charity auctions throughout the U.S. In addition to the San Francisco Opera Guild, New York Philharmonic, the Sonoma County Wine Auction, Make-a-Wish Foundation, and the American Heart Association, he has served as principal auctioneer for the Napa Valley Wine Auction since 1998. Mr. Hatton, a graduate of Yale with a degree in English Literature, is also a vintner. Apart from family and wine, his major interest is classical music. He’s just as happy playing Chopin and singing Schubert as he is encouraging bidders.

Imagine 2005 is Fritz Hatton’s 35th auction since last summer’s cloning accident at Chalk Hill. Would that be Dijon clone #76 or clone #17?

As Fritzes go, F ritz

P. Furth —“The Tall”— is likely the most powerful of

those in front of any jury or, for that matter, on any auction stage this side of Romania. His notable role in the inaugural Imagine 2004 Auction is Sonoma County legend. With cigar in hand, Fritz P. brought down the house last July in a singularly amazing display of auctioneering prowess unsurpassed by anyone not carrying the Fritz moniker. This self-taught, multi-lingual, world-hopping auctioneer (often masked as a high-power attorney and global humanitarian) is known throughout the free world and newly emerging nations as a man of righteousness who performs a plowshare of good by putting himself between wrong and right; lawlessness and the rule of law. He is clearly in his element and at home with today’s wild, free-wheeling display of generosity, and hereby welcomes you to join in the spirit of fun and giving. Dubbed “Fritzy” by his own mother, this south-of-Chicago, selfmade man stands tall and proud, and yet bows to his worldly obligation to serve those of lesser means.

In fact, today’s colorful, high-energy display of auctioneering Fritziness comes at no cost to the charities— a generous gift of the tallest Fritz here today.

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Auction Lots Numerical Index 28

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1 Imperial Firebird. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peggy and Fred Furth 2 Super Tuscan Collection. . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbara Banke and Jess Jackson, Pierre Seillan, Lawrence Cronin-Tenuta di Arceno;

3 Williams Selyem Wine and Dinner. . . . . . . .

4 Las Vegas and Vegas Sicilia . . . . . . . . . . .

5 Women in Wine Collection . . . . . . . . . . .

6 Sonoma Zinfandels, Edmeades & Ravenswood. .

7 Bordeaux Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 Lancaster Estate Dinner. . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 2003 Grace Family. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 Chez Panisse Dinner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 Vérité, French for Truth. . . . . . . . . . . .

12 JP Harbison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 Collector’s Lot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 Arietta Wine and Tasting . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 Jordan Imperial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

16 New York Experience—Lokoya . . . . . . . . . .

17 Scotland Golf Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

18 Pillar Rock Wine and Lunch. . . . . . . . . . .

19 Hartford Russian River Getaway. . . . . . . .

20 Getty Wine Dinner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

21 Dalla Valle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

22 Robert Parker Jr. Dinner . . . . . . . . . . . .

23 Peter Michael Vertical. . . . . . . . . . . . .

24 Husic Dinner with Traci Des Jardins. . . . . .

25 Marimar Torres­—Barcelona Home. . . . . . .

26 George Carlson Bronze Sculpture. . . . . . .

27 Araujo Horizontal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

28 Rolls-Royce Phantom. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

29 Vineyard 29 Wine and Tasting . . . . . . . . . .

30 Colgin Cellars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

31 Sail on the “Darling”. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

32 Harlan Estate Wine and Luncheon. . . . . . .

33 France “Your Choice” Trip. . . . . . . . . . . .

34 Chateau Montelena Horizontal . . . . . . . .

35 Tom Black Dinner – Fleur de Lys . . . . . . . .

36 Mustique Magic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

37 Robert Foley Winemaker Lot and Luncheon . .

38 Sideways in Santa Maria . . . . . . . . . . . . .

39 Screaming Eagle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

40 Smothers/Pixar Dinner . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Private Wine Collection of the Jackson-Banke Family John and Kathy Dyson, Williams Selyem Winery Elizabeth and Bill Shea; Peggy and Fred Furth Peggy and Fred Furth Sonoma County Zinfandel Producers; Edmeades Winery; Ravenswood Barbara Banke and Jess Jackson, Chateau Lassegue; Monique and Pierre Seillan Ted and Nicole Simpkins, Lancaster Estate Winery Ann and Dick Grace, Grace Family Vineyards Chez Panisse; Neyers Vineyards; Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant Jess Jackson and Barbara Banke, Proprietors Pat and Joe Harbison, JP Harbison Friends of Imagine (See Insert) The Arietta Partners: Fritz and Caren Hatton and John and Maggy Kongsgaard Sandra and Tom Jordan Barbara Banke and Jess Jackson; Jay McInerney; Riedel Crystal Sonoma County Wineries Association; WCC Charitable Foundation Foundation; Romantic Places Ron and Teri Kuhn Jennifer and Don Hartford, Hartford Family Winery Gordon Getty; Russian Arts Foundation; Laura and Joseph Sweeney Naoko Dalla Valle, Dalla Valle Vineyards Leslie Rudd, Rudd Vineyards & Winery Sir Peter and Lady Michael, Peter Michael Winery Julie and Frank Husic, Husic Vineyards; Traci Des Jardins, Jardinière Restaurant Marimar Torres, Marimar Estate; Torres Family Vineyards Erika and John Lockridge Daphne and Bart Araujo, Araujo Estate Wines Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Anne and Chuck McMinn, Vineyard 29 Ann Colgin and Joe Wender, Colgin Cellars Fruth Family Foundation Deborah and Bill Harlan, Harlan Estate Elizabeth and Bill Shea Jim, Judy, and Bo Barrett, Chateau Montelena Winery Tom Black Tatiana and Gerret Copeland Bob Foley, Robert Foley Vineyards; Carolyn Duryea and Jeff Smith, Hourglass; Kelly Peterson, Switchback Ridge Barbara Banke and Jess Jackson; Elizabeth and Bill Shea; Jim Clendenen, Au Bon Climat; Hartley Ostini Hitching Post Winery; Foxen Winery; Lane Tanner Wines; Benjamin Silver Wines; Cambria Estate Vineyards; The Hitching Post Jean Phillips, Screaming Eagle Winery & Vineyards Marcy and Tom Smothers; Nancy and John Lasseter

Tahoe Retreat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Grove Street Blending Bash. . . . . . . . . . .

Lexington Horse Country Trip. . . . . . . . .

The Napa Valley Reserve Membership. . . . . .

Joseph Phelps Wine and Luncheon . . . . . . . .

Stature & San Francisco Symphony

47 Hospices of Sonoma Wine and Luncheon. . . .

48 Robb Report Test Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . .

49 Terrier and Terroir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

50 Silver Oak Wine and Dinner . . . . . . . . . . .

51 Carmel Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

52 Ramey Wine Cellars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

53 Sonoma Pinot Noir Magnum Collection . . . .

54 Jane Seymour Painting & Matanzas Creek . . . .

55 Fund the Encore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

John and Jennifer Webley; PlumpJack Management Group Peter T. Paul, Grove Street Winery and Peter Paul Wines Jess Stonestreet Jackson and Barbara Banke, Stonestreet Farm; Stonestreet Winery The Napa Valley Reserve Joseph Phelps Vineyard Barbara Banke and Jess Jackson, Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates; San Francisco Symphony Akiko and Ken Freeman, Freeman Vineyards & Winery; Brice Jones and Ted Elliott, Goldridge Pinot; Elizabeth and Bill Shea Robb Report; Cardinale; Meadowood Napa Valley Barbara Banke and Jess Jackson, Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates Silver Oak Cellars Barbara Roach; David and Kathleen Fink; Bouchee Restaurant Wine Bar; L’Auberge Carmel; Keith and Deby Pitts; Peer Pederson; Margaret and Jim Jimenez Ramey Wine Cellars Sonoma County Pinot Noir Producers; Peggy and Ted Elliott; Elizabeth and Bill Shea Jane Seymour; Barbara Banke, Matanzas Creek Winery Friends of Imagine

S uper S ilent L ots 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108

Kvenild Tiger Mosaic Sculpture. . . . . . . .

1999 Grace Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Las Vegas Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

KC Chiefs vs. Oakland Raiders Tickets. . . .

Ann Getty Regency Chairs. . . . . . . . . . .

2006 Central Coast Wine Classic . . . . . . .

Shafer Vineyards Vertical . . . . . . . . . . .

Anakota Wines Horizontal . . . . . . . . . .

Gump’s Diana and Dick Wilson Southern Wine and Spirits of Nevada and Larry Ruvo Norma and Lamar Hunt Ann Getty, Ann Getty & Associates Archie McLaren, Central Coast Wine Classic Shafer Vineyards Anakota Proprietor Jess Jackson; Winemaker Pierre Seillan

Auction Lots Numerical Index

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S ilent L ots

201 “Little Oaks” Oil Painting . . . . . . . . . . .

202 Chateau St. Jean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

203 “In the Backyard” Oil Painting. . . . . . . .

204 Viader and Wine Storage . . . . . . . . . . .

205 “A Quiet River” Oil Painting. . . . . . . . . .

206 Gold Heart Pendant/Omega Wrist Watch . .

207 “Tall Tails” Oil Painting. . . . . . . . . . . .

208 Indian Springs Tennis (2) . . . . . . . . . . . .

209 “Fall in Pavlovsk” Oil Painting. . . . . . . . .

210 Russian Children’s Art I . . . . . . . . . . . .

211 Russian Children’s Art II . . . . . . . . . . .

212 Russian Children’s Art III . . . . . . . . . . .

213 Notations Wall Hanging. . . . . . . . . . . .

214 Shiraz Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

215 1992 3L Spottswoode . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

216 Dunn Vineyards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

217 “Children with a Kite” Oil Painting. . . . . .

218 La Crema Wine & Luxury. . . . . . . . . . . .

219 B.R. Cohn Wine and Tasting . . . . . . . . . .

220 Million Dollar Baby Poster . . . . . . . . . .

Overland Gallery Chateau St. Jean Overland Gallery Viader Vineyards & Winery; The Wine Enthusiast Companies Overland Gallery Donna Phelan; The 24 Karat Club of Southern California; Vince Owens Linda St. Clair Kitty and Fred Mann Sparrow Fine Art Gunya Tazidipove; Russian Arts Foundation Sergei Abdzyachimov; Russian Arts Foundation Jenya Ponomaryev; Russian Arts Foundation Annette Kaplan Yangarra Estate Vineyard; Jackson-Banke Family; Wattle Creek Winery Spottswoode Estate Vineyard and Winery Dunn Vineyards The Thomas Kearns McCarthey Gallery Laura Jackson Giron and Jennifer Jackson Hartford, La Crema Winery, LumaLux Bruce Cohn, B.R. Cohn Winery Dina and Clint Eastwood

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A

fairytale beginning for two of a kind.

Igor Stravinsky wrote his moving Firebird Suite based on the imaginative and classic Russian fairy tale known the world over.

Lot 1

Imperial Firebird #1 of 5

Auction Lots

• One 6L 2003 Chalk Hill Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, etched and painted with Imagine Firebird

Imagine this . . .

Chalk Hill’s master winemaker B uzz L eveque crafted this world class Cabernet in the same spirit, as the embodiment of unbridled imagination. The realization of both the music and the wine represents creative brilliance at its fullest.

Both are, by any measure, tours de force.

This etched and hand-painted 6L “Firebird” bottle of Chalk Hill 2003 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon—number one of only five produced—is a classic fiveway blend in the Bordeaux tradition: 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Malbec, 7% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, and 4% Petit Verdot. Harvested entirely from Chalk Hill Estate, the grapes were nurtured with gentle care and handling. Filtering was withheld to improve intensity and full expression of the terroir.

Get an early start on the auction. Raise your paddle and shout out,

“Igor and Buzz rock!”

Donors: Fred and Peggy Furth

Painting by Sergei Abdzyachimov (detail)

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Auction Lots

Lot 2

Italian Terroir in the Heart of Tuscany

Like an Opera in the Vineyard

• One 1.5L 1988 Sassicaia • One 1.5L 1989 Sassicaia • One 1.5L 1998 Sassicaia • One 1.5L 1999 Sassicaia • One 3L 1998 Tenuta dell’Ornellaia Masseto • One 3L 2002 Tenuta di Arceno Arcanum I • One 3L 2002 Tenuta di Arceno Arcanum II •T wo Orchestra level tickets to the San Francisco Opera’s performance of The Italian Girl in Algiers by Gioacchino Rossini Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Sassicaia was the first Italian wine to successfully establish itself abroad, and is almost universally recognized as the father of the new Italian wine family, or simply, the Super Tuscan Pioneer.

The Ornellaia Estate was founded in 1981 by Marchese Lodovico Antinori on property

inherited from his mother. The estate is located in an unspoiled area on Tuscany’s central coast. Inspired by his uncle’s experience in the neighboring estate of Sassicaia, Lodovico planted Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Merlot—varietals that would most benefit the terroir of the estate. The Masseto is 100% Merlot.

With its root in the Etruscan language, Arcanum represents Tenuta di Arceno’s heritage which stretches back to the 8th century B.C. when wine was first introduced to the region of Tuscany. Arcanum I is an elegant and harmonious Cabernet Franc blend, while Arcanum II is a Merlot-based blend with a velvety mouth feel.

By listening to the terroir of the different vineyards, Sassicaia, Ornellaia, and Tenuta di Arceno are able to blend grapes into wines that are akin to a fine opera. Hear the wine and taste the opera!

Donors: Barbara Banke & Jess Jackson, Proprietors; Pierre Seillan, Winemaster; Lawrence Cronin, Winemaker—Tenuta di Arceno; The Private Wine Collection of the Jackson-Banke Family

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Williams Selyem

Be #1 in their Book

Add two names to the top of the Williams Selyem mailing list for the next release offering. Tour the winery with winemaker Bob Cabral, taste through some of the Pinot Noirs and see, firsthand, why they are so coveted. Two will stay the night at Hotel Healdsburg, dine at the Dry Creek Kitchen, drink the Allen Vineyard Chardonnay

Auction Lots

Lot 3

•T welve 750 ml 2003 Williams Selyem Westside Road Neighbors Pinot Noir

and the Riverblock Pinot Noir, and take home a case of Williams Selyem 2003 Westside Road Neighbors Pinot Noir.

(Event for 1 Couple • 1 Night) Donors: John and Kathe Dyson, Williams Selyem Winery

Vegas

and

Vega Sicilia is an unbeatable combination.

Four couples will spend two nights in luxury suites at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. Private cabanas will be reserved during the day at poolside. Relaxing spa treatments or a round

Lot 4

of golf for four at Shadow Creek will set the stage for dinner at Picasso. Julian Serrano, Las Vegas’ #1 chef and a native of Spain, will prepare a specially designed menu to complement the legendary wines of Vega Sicilia. Vintages included are: 1960, 1962 (magnum),

Las Vegas Wine, Dine & golf

Vegas and Vega Sicilia

1968, and 1970 (magnum). And as a finishing touch, add private air travel from the Bay Area for eight. Dinner the second evening will be just as fabulous, but more surprising.

(Event for 8 • 2 Nights • Private Air) Donors: Elizabeth and Bill Shea; Fred and Peggy Furth; Banfi Vintners

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Auction Lots

Lot 13

Imagine the top collectors in the United States donating over 100 wines from their cellars . . . wines from the best producers from every major wine growing region . . . every wine from Robert Parker’s 1991

The Ultimate Collector’s Lot

The Possibilities are Endless . . .

Bordeaux Ausone Cheval Blanc Cos d’Estournel Ducru-Beaucaillou La Fleur de Gay Gruaud Larose Haut-Brion Lafite Lafleur Latour Léoville-Las Cases Margaux La Mission Haut-Brion Mouton Palmer Petrus Pichon Lalande Le Pin

First Growth Bordeaux Classification . . . the Best of Burgundy from Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Leroy, Coche-Dury, Dujac, Vogue and Leflaive, “Cult Cabs” from California, Italy, the Rhone and Australia . . . an Instant Cellar of the world’s best wines . . . imagine the possibilities . . .

Burgundy Anne Gros Beaune du Martray Boillot Coche-Dury Colin-Deleger DRC Dujac Girardin Groffier Lafon Leflaive Leroy Meo-Camuzet Niellon Ramonet Roumier Rousseau Vogue

Italy

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Arceno Banfi Biondi Santi Castello di Rampolla Gaja Giacosa Ornellaia Santicrocce Sassicaia Scavino Solaia Tignanello

California Cabernet Sauvignon Anakota Araujo Arietta Arrowood Beringer PR Bond Bressler Bryant Cardinale Caymus SS Chappellet Chateau St Jean Clark-Claudon Colgin Dalla Valle Diamond Creek D.R. Stevens Dunn Foley Furth Grace Family JP Harbison Harlan

California Chardonnay

Hourglass Arrowood Husic Aubert Jones Beringer Sbragia Lancaster Cambria Lasseter Chalk Hill Legacy Far Niente Lokoya Grigch Hills Merus HdV Pahlmeyer Hartford Pillar Rock Kendall-Jackson PlumpJack Kistler Pride La Crema Ravenswood Littorai Ridge Montebello Marcassin Screaming Eagle Matanzas Shafer Hillside Newton Silver Oak Peter Michael Spottswoode Sonoma Cutrer Stag’s Leap Stony Hill Stature Stonestreet World Wines Switchback Clape Cornas Viader Chapoutier Chave Donors: Friends of Imagine Clarendon Hills Dageneaux (An exact list of this collection’s wines Henschke Hill of Grace has been inserted into your catalog.)

Muga Penfolds Grange Vieux Telegraph

Two double magnums of rare and sought after Arietta Red Wine, magnificently engraved with Beethoven’s notations for the arietta from his last Piano Sonata, Opus 111, will sing at future

Arietta

Double Your Pleasure

suppers at your command. Arietta Red Wine H Block Hudson 2002, recently awarded 98 points by Robert Parker, is one of ten double magnums squeezed out of a 450 case blend of Cabernet Franc and

Auction Lots

Lot 14

Merlot from top vineyard blocks in Lee Hudson’s celebrated vineyard in Napa Carneros. Arietta Red Wine Variation One 2002 elaborates on the theme, combining Merlot and Syrah. Robert Parker awarded this one 95 points. Only ten double magnums of this wine were created from a production of 550 cases.

The winning bidder and up to seven friends will also be treated to a retrospective tasting of Arietta at the Hatton Victorian in St. Helena, scheduled by mutual convenience on a weekday within a year of today’s auction.

(Event for 8 Guests) Donors: The Arietta Partners: Fritz & Caren Hatton and John & Maggy Kongsgaard

• One 5L 1990 Imperial, etched and signed by Owner Tom Jordan and Winemaker Rob Davis

Tom Jordan

has always believed that winemaking

should be a logical conclusion to the all-important work done in the vineyards: Art and nature should become one. His instincts

Etched Imperial of 1990 Cabernet Sauvignon

proved to be right. Since the first vintage in 1976, Jordan wines from the Alexander Valley gained an international reputation for excellence, and continue to maintain that pre-eminent position.

Lot 15

An Alexander Valley Original

Donors: Sandra and Tom Jordan

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July 28, 2004 Luther Burbank Center

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Fund The Encore!

Imagine 2006 Free Children’s Concert

at the Luther Burbank Center for the Performing Arts in a standing-room-only free concert performed by the Russian National Orchestra.

This year’s program, which included Swan Lake, Scheherazade

and Tale of the Tsar Saltan, filled every child’s mind with images of princesses, swans, heroes, daring deeds . . . and much more than we as

adults can probably imagine.

Fund the Encore!

Lot 55

Just two days ago, 1,500 children sat spellbound

Their faces were full of wonder and amazement.

And, our hearts were full of gratitude to donors like you. After all, this concert was only possible thanks to the generosity of attendees to Imagine 2004. Last July, when Fred Furth climbed the auction stage one last time to ask for $100,000 to fund this year’s concert, almost every paddle in the Pavilion was raised high. A sight to behold!

It is time for history to repeat itself.

This is the final auction lot. Now that we’ve all had our fun . . . enjoyed lunch . . . sipped a little wine . . . possibly purchased a one-of-a-kind find—after all of that—we ask you to grab your paddle for one final lifting of the hand, as you help us to lift the spirits of these children by helping us fund an encore live musical performance next year.

Please stand up and be counted. Hold your paddle high and show your generosity for this cause by supporting Imagine 2006’s standing-room-only free concert next July.

Encore! Encore!

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SuperAuction Silent Lots Lots

Lot101

super silent

Bengal Tiger Mosaic Sculpture

2 3/4' high x 4' long Mosaic on concrete – Suitable for home or garden Sculpture: T erri Kvenild Terri Kvenild’s unique, innovative, sometimes whimsical mosaic sculptures have been collected by such notables as San Francisco mayor Willie Brown, Wolfgang Puck, and the Ministry of Justice in Seoul, Korea. Terri helps Gump’s dispose of broken china or pottery by using it as mosaic pieces on her sculptures.

Opening Bid: $3,000 Donor: Gump’s Estimated Value: $6,800

• One 1999 1.5L Grace Family Cabernet Sauvignon

Signed

by

Ann

and

Dick Grace, and 1999 winemaker,

Heidi Barrett, this magnum is engraved with the I magine logo and presented in a special, wooden presentation box—a unique collectible.

G race F amily

Over the past 20 years, Grace Family wines have raised over $2 million for children’s charities throughout the U.S., Nepal, Tibet and Mexico. Ann and Dick’s personal commitment is to use their wine “. . . as a catalyst toward healing out planet.”

Opening Bid: $600 Donors: Diana and Dick Wilson Estimated Value: $500

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Lot102

super silent

Amazing . . .

2 People —3 Nights —Vegas

Imagine, you and your guest arrive in Vegas. Limo picks you up—drops you at Caesars. You’ve arrived! Your three-night stay includes dinner at famed restaurateur Wolfgang Puck’s Spago. After dinner, two orchestra seats await you at Celine Dion’s performance at Caesars.

You’ll play golf at Bali Hai, recognized as one of America’s

What Happens “Top 40 Resort Courses.” You’ll enjoy a private luncheon and wine tasting with a master sommelier at Southern Wine & Spirits’ in Vegas— state-of-the-art facility. While there you will also be treated to specialty Stays in Vegas cocktails created just for you by a master mixologist. Another dinner awaits

Super Silent Auction Lots Lots

Lot103

super silent

you at Luciano Pellegrini’s, Piero Selvaggio Valentino restaurant in the beautiful Venetian. Dessert this evening is two seats at “Mystère”, Cirque du Soleil’s intriguing blend of beauty and strength, power and grace, passion and precision.

It’s good to be the King—or just live like one!!

(Event for 1 Couple • 3 Nights)

Opening Bid: $1,750 Donors: Southern Wine and Spirits of Nevada and Larry Ruvo Estimated Value: $3,000

Sunday, November 6, 2005 at noon sharp . . . KICK OFF. That is what you’ll see if you win this lot. You’ll receive passes for four people to the Kansas City Chiefs vs. Oakland Raiders football game in Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City. These passes get you into the Gold Suite. The owner’s suite! Where Norma and Lamar Hunt usually sit! You’ll also enjoy lunch prior to game

Lot104

super silent

Chiefs vs. Raiders

Raid on Kansas City

time and special preferential parking. Root for the home team or your team, or just sit back and enjoy the game.

Opening Bid: $300 Donor: Norma and Lamar Hunt Estimated Value: $450

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Silent Lots Auction Lots

Lot 201

silent “Little Oaks” Russian Oil on Wood (1984) – 9 1/8 " x 8 3/8" – Framed A rtist: E. M. Zvezdkina

Opening Bid: $1,500 Donor: Overland Gallery Estimated Value: $3,200

Hometown Hero One 1.5L 1990 Chateau St. Jean R eserve Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma County has been Chateau St. Jean’s home since its founding in 1973. For three decades it’s been in the finest restaurants

Lot 202

silent

and homes like yours. Want a taste of the hometown hero? Even better—a 1990—in magnum? Bid and bid again. Then, celebrate acquiring a classic!

Opening Bid: $100 Donor: Chateau St. Jean Estimated Value: $180

Lot 203

silent

“In the Backyard” Russian Oil on C anvas (1960) – 12 5/8 " x 18 13/16 " – Framed A rtist: Vladimir Chernousenko (b. 1932)

Opening Bid: $2,500 Donor: Overland Gallery Estimated Value: $5,400

Painting by Denis Konjkov (detail)

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Thank You!

More . . .

Thank Yous!

Sponsors, July 29th Dinners Barbara Banke and Jess Jackson, Cardinale Alexander de Brye, Hanzell Vineyards Jennifer and Don Hartford, Hartford Family Winery Sandra and Tom Jordan, Jordan Winery Janet and John Trefethen, Trefethen Vineyards

Volunteers The Guardsmen of San Francisco Junior League of Napa-Sonoma Press Democrat Sonoma Academy and many other wonderful individuals too numerous to mention . . .

Paddle Art Boys & Girls Club of Windsor Kid’s Street Learning Center Patricia Healey

Children’s Concert Refreshments & Art Supplies G & G Market S. Martinelli & Company Rileystreet Art Supply

Gift Bag Chalk Hill Estate – Sommelier Guide Davis Embroidery Sandra Jordan Collection The New York Times Sunday Magazine Peter Rabbit’s Chocolate Factory Russian Arts Foundation Monica Small – Imagine a Better World

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Painting by Ivan Leontjev, age 12 (detail)

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Bidder Information 82

Bidder Information AND CONDITIONS OF PURCHASE AUCTION PROCEDURES Imagine 2005, its supporting entities, and auctioneers (Event Management) are not responsible for the accuracy of the catalog text describing the auction lots shown in this catalog. The descriptions may incorporate materials or descriptions furnished by donors. Prospective bidders should make their own judgments with reference to the quality, value and suitability of the auction item for their purposes, schedules and tastes. All items, including wine, are sold “as-is”. Event Management makes no warranties, assumption of liability or representation of any kind or nature with respect to any property included in an auction lot.

Lot order, auction protocol and the like can be adjusted or changed by Event Management as they deem appropriate with announcement thereof as late as the moment of change. The auctioneers shall have the absolute right to withdraw any auction lot, and reject any auction bid. In the event of any dispute between bidders, the auctioneers shall have sole and final discretion either to determine the successful bidder or to re-offer and resell the item in dispute. No bid is valid unless acknowledged as such by one of the auctioneers, and the highest bidder acknowledged by the auctioneers shall be the purchaser. A bid acknowledged by the auctioneers is a legal contract to purchase the item for the bid amount. If any dispute arises after the sale, the event records shall be conclusive in all respects. Values for items being auctioned are donor/Event Management’s best estimates, and are not warranted for general value.

Bidding on the lots offered at Silent Auction will conclude five minutes after the completion of the Live Auction. In the Silent Auction, writing your bid number on the bid sheet is a legal offer to purchase the item.

Once the Silent Auction has closed, the bid number written next to the highest bid is a legal contract to purchase the item. Event Management retains the authority to release to the next highest bidder any Silent Auction item not paid for by the winning bidder the evening of the auction.

Any trips or events comprising all or part of an auction lot shall, unless otherwise specified in the catalog description, be subject to availability and convenient scheduling by the lot donors and the successful bidder.

In addition, unless otherwise specified, purchasers of events are expected to schedule the event to occur within twelve months of the auction. Specific auction lot details may vary or be substituted if the donor is unable to provide such items due to circumstances beyond their control. Reservations must be mutually arranged with the donor unless otherwise noted.

Lot #22: A portion of the winning bid amount will go to the Robert Parker Endowment for Scholarships at the Rudd Center for Professional Wine Studies at the Culinary Institute of America. The balance of the winning bid amount (the proceeds) will be contributed to Imagine 2005.

Lot #28: A motor vehicle will be offered at the auction for bids in excess of its dealer cost plus dealer delivery fees (Dealer Cost). The person submitting the highest bid in excess of the Dealer Cost will be awarded the right to acquire the motor vehicle. That person will receive title to the motor vehicle upon payment to the dealer of the Dealer Cost of the vehicle plus applicable sales tax, customary registration fees and costs. Arrangement for the payment of the Dealer Cost to the dealer and the delivery of the automobile will be made directly with the dealer. The amount by which the bid exceeds the Dealer Cost shall be contributed directly to Imagine 2005.

PAYMENTS Payment

may by made with cash, credit card (we accept American Express, Visa and MasterCard) and checks (upon approval of Event Management). Approved checks must be payable to Imagine 2005.

To make your auction shopping as convenient as possible, Imagine 2005 is pleased to offer an express checkout option for all guests who wish to pay by credit card. Simply present your credit card at registration, and your credit card information will be encrypted and stored in our secure system. All auction items for which you made the winning bid will be charged to your account upon completion and confirmation of all winning bids. You will receive an invoice for each item purchased at the conclusion of the event. Payment in full must be made at the Imagine 2005 event on Saturday, July 30, 2005.

Bidder Information

All sales are final. There will be no refunds or exchanges unless specifically noted in the auction item description. Group purchases are welcome; however one person must be responsible for the bidding and payment. All sales are subject to the provisions of California law.

AUCTION LOT PICKUP AND SHIPPING To pick up auction items: Upon payment for your auction items, you will be given an invoice. You must present this invoice to claim your purchases. Most items may be picked up at the Winery at the conclusion of the event. Our shuttle buses will stop at the Winery to allow you to pick up your items.

To have auction items shipped or delivered: All auction items must be removed from the premises the day of the auction with the exception of items too large to be transported by car. Event Management will not be responsible for any lots left at the auction site after delivery to the bidder. In the event that shipping of an auction item is necessary, Event Management will assist you in arranging for delivery, to the extent of the law, and with appropriate charges added in. Shipping regulations vary from state to state, and any out-ofstate bidder shall be responsible for compliance with the laws of the destination locality and for providing the proper information to allow us to make shipping arrangements. Shipping arranged by event management is guaranteed only to the extent and rules of the shippers. No other warranties are made, and lost items must be tracked through the shipper by the bidder.

TAX APPLICABILITY Purchasers shall be required to pay all state and local retail sales or use taxes as may be applicable.

FEDERAL TAX INFORMATION For federal income tax purposes, all payments for auction lots shall be made to Imagine 2005. Imagine 2005 is administered for the beneficiary charities by the Furth Family Foundation, which is classified as a tax exempt corporation under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3). Bidders may be entitled to deduct a portion of their payments for auction lots as a charitable contribution. Bidders should consult their tax advisor regarding deductibility for state or federal income tax purposes.

The estimated fair market value of each seat purchased at the Imagine 2005 event is eighty dollars per seat. Event sponsors and ticket purchasers should consult their tax advisor regarding deductibility for state and federal income tax purposes.

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“This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love: the more they give, the more they possess.� —R. M. Rilke

With gratitude to all our friends and benefactors who have joined us on this beautiful day.

YOU are miracle makers, one and all!

ave the Date

Imagine takes the stage once more on

Saturday, July 29, 2006

“Everything you can imagine is real.”

—Pablo Picasso