The Common in the City

Silent Auction

 

To bid on one of the six fabulous, place-based items below, click on the email link next to the item (bid@thecommononline.org). Be sure to include your bid amount, name, and contact information.

Bids are updated daily. Please check back frequently to check on the status of your bid. Bids will be accepted until May 31, 2012.

Lakeside Cabin

A week at an idyllic, upscale lakeside cabin in midcoast Maine. Set on 100 private acres, just steps from the water's edge. Newly renovated 3 bedroom, 2 baths. Light-filled great room with skylights and picture-window lake views. Grilling deck and screened-in eating porch.

 

Winner: Evan Gaffney

Original Photographic Print

Original print by nationally exhibited photographer Daniel Jackson. Printed with pigment inks on archival paper, archivally matted and signed by the photographer. Image from Houghton Garden series published in Issue 02 of The Common.

 

Winner: Eric Budish

The Things They Carried

First edition of Tim O'Brien's peerless classic. Specially inscribed for this event with a personal message to "a supporter of The Common."

 

Winner: V. Hansmann

James Beard Dinner

 

Dinner for two with special guest chefs at the James Beard House. Winners enjoy recommendations and VIP treatment from Executive Vice President Mitchell Davis.

 

Winner: Matthew Silverstein

Oxford Companions

Indispensable Oxford University Press companions to beer (edited by Brooklyn Brewery founder Garrett Oliver) and wine.

 

Winner: Matthew Silverstein

Buttermilk Channel Dinner

Dinner for two at Buttermilk Channel, winner of "Best New Brooklyn Brooklyn Restaurant" from Time Out New York and "best dishes" accolades from The New York Times.

 

Winner: Terry and Jane Quinn