Item #1
Are We Laughing Yet?
Opening Bid: $20
Bid Increments: None
Automatic Winning Bid: $20
Description: Make a $20 contribution to the Cornell Club of Boston Scholarship Fund at the Annual Meeting and receive a certificate good for admission for two to the Comedy Connection Sunday through Wednesday evenings. Make a $40 contribution and receive certificates good for four people. This is no joke.
Item #2
$50 Gift Certificate to Bernie & Phyl’s Furniture
Opening Bid: $20
Bid Increments: $5
Automatic Winning Bid: $50
Description: Quality, Comfort & Price. This is a $50 gift certificate that can be used towards any item in any of Bernie & Phyl’s Furniture Stores located in Cambridge, Everett, Saugus, Westboro, Weymouth or Nashua.
Item #3
Jiminy Cricket Figurine
Opening Bid: $25
Bid Increments: $10
Automatic Winning Bid: $75
Description: This is the 1993 Walt Disney Classics Collection Membership Figurine. It is a retired, hard to find sculpture of Jiminy Cricket. Taken from Disney’s classic short film titled ”Pinocchio”, this fine art work was developed through the collaborative efforts of the animators and other artists of the Walt Disney Studios, using the same principles applied to classic Disney animation. In concept and execution, this is an authentic three dimensional representation of the original animated film scene, capturing the timeless spirit and beauty of Walt Disney’s classic film in every way. Jiminy Cricket comes in the original box with certificate of authenticity.
Item #4 -- This item is no longer available
Up the Charles Without a Paddle
Opening Bid: N/A
Bid Increments: N/A
Automatic Winning Bid: $30 (Winning bid placed by Joan on 5/9/2008)
Description: Here are two passes for a sightseeing cruise along the Charles River on any regularly scheduled Charles Riverboat Company cruise. Cruise from the Cambridgeside Galleria all the way up to Harvard and back.
Item #5
F1 Racing Package for Two
Opening Bid: $20
Bid Increments: $10
Automatic Winning Bid: $100
Description: Get ready to go fast. Two complete racing packages at F1 Boston located in Braintree. This package for two people includes 15 laps on the country or city track, use of racing helmet, professional racing uniform, driver strategy briefing, kart safety briefing, race participants’ debriefing and a computerized printout of your performance. Go! Bid! Fast!
Item #6
Lunch for You and Nine of Your Friends or Colleagues
Opening Bid: $50
Bid Increments: $10
Automatic Winning Bid: $200
Description: Have an upcoming luncheon or get together in the Route 128 area? Why not let Vmeals take care of everything for you. Vmeals was started by Cornell Club president Paul Hayre ’91. Just go to vmeals.com, enter in your zip code and an impressive array of menus and options will be presented to you. Pick the date and location and enjoy lunch for ten people. Your winning bid includes food and delivery for lunch for ten people.
Item #7
Take-Home Teeth Whitening System
Opening Bid: $50
Bid Increments: $25
Automatic Winning Bid: $400
Description: Beacon Hill Dental Associates presents a certificate good for a take-home teeth whitening system. Dr. Stephen R. Cohen will make the trays custom-made for you and you control the color in the comfort of your own home.
Item #8
What’s Green and Orange and All Over Boston?
Opening Bid: $100
Bid Increments: $50
Automatic Winning Bid: $750
Description: The answer is you and 40 of your friends, family members or colleagues on board an Old Town Trolley. Take a 2-hour tour of Boston or use your certificate for two-hours of transportation needs. Need to shuttle clients around town? Have a wedding coming up? Want somebody else to do the driving? Bid now.
Item #9
We’re Making This Up As We Go
Opening Bid: $10
Bid Increments: $5
Automatic Winning Bid: $50
Description: Two tickets to The Improv Asylum’s Main Stage show. Named Boston’s Best Comedy Club, the Improv Asylum is located in Boston’s North End. The show has been described as a mix of ‘Who’s Line is It Anyway’ and ‘Saturday Night Live’ where the audience is part of the show making suggestions and watching the comedic results.
Item #10
Cosmetic Surgery Consultation
Opening Bid: $50
Bid Increments: $10
Automatic Winning Bid: $200
Description: The winning bidder of this item will receive a private cosmetic surgery consultation with Dr. James W. May, Jr. at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. May served as Chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at MGH from 1982 to 2008 and is the immediate past-president of the American Association of Plastic Surgeons, the oldest and most prestigious organization in American plastic surgery. He completed his residency training through Harvard at the MGH and has since been on staff for 32 years.
Item #11
Towards A More Beautiful You
Opening Bid: $100
Bid Increments $50
Automatic Winning Bid: $800
Description: Spring is here and summer is around the corner. As you’re outside more, you’ll be showing your face to more and more people. Why not bid on this item for two Restylane injections with Dr. James W. May, Jr. at Massachusetts General Hospital. Restylane is a synthetic filler used to treat wrinkles and aging lines. The beneficial effects usually last about six months. Have two areas treated at once or come back in six months for an additional injection.
Item #12
Everybody Looks Good In a Tuxedo
Opening Bid: $50
Bid Increments: $10
Automatic Winning Bid: $200
Description: Gentlemen – do you have a wedding or other special event coming up? Ladies – have an occasion to dress up the man in your life? Well, every man looks good in a tuxedo. Classic Tuxedo, with locations around the Boston area, presents this gift certificate for one tuxedo rental. No need to buy a tuxedo and no need to clean it afterwards – just pick it up, use it and return it. Classic Tuxedo also has locations in NH, RI and on Martha’s Vineyard.
Item #13
Joe Thornton Autographed Bruins Puck and Miniature Stanley Cup
Opening Bid: $75
Bid Increments: $25
Automatic Winning Bid: $250
Description: Joe Thornton, member of the Boston Bruins from 1997 to 2005 and winner of the 2006 Hart Trophy as the NHL’s Most Valuable Player signed this Bruins puck just before being traded to San Jose in November of 2005. He led the NHL in scoring with 29 goals and 96 assists for 125 points in the 2005-2006 season. In 2007, he joined only Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux as the only players to have back-to-back 90 assist seasons. Accompanying the puck is a 1:7 scale model of the NHL’s Stanley Cup.
Item #14
Sergei Samsonov Autographed Bruins Puck and Miniature Stanley Cup
Opening Bid: $50
Bid Increments: $25
Automatic Winning Bid: $200
Description: This Boston Bruins puck is autographed by Sergei Samsonov, who played with the Bruins from 1997 to 2006 before being traded to Edmonton. He currently plays with the Carolina Hurricanes. Accompanying the puck is a 1:7 scale model of the NHL’s Stanley Cup.
Item #15
Broken Patterns: Professional Women and the Quest for a New Feminine Identity
Opening Bid: $20
Bid Increments: $5
Automatic Winning Bid: $50
Description: This is an autographed copy of Broken Patterns: Professional Women and the Quest for a new Feminine Identity. Written and autographed by Cornell alumna, Anita Harris, Broken Patterns traces the experiences of women of the baby boom generation in relation to their mothers' and grandmothers'. It portrays a "spiral" pattern of development--historical, generational, individual and creative--from the US Colonial Period to the end of the 20th century.
Item #16
A Game of Pool Anyone?
Opening Bid: $100
Bid Increments: $25
Automatic Winning Bid: $500
Description: The game of billiards or pool may not be that straightforward but it sure is fun especially with lots of friends. Why not grab 20 friends and head on down to Felt Boston located in the Ladder District on Washington St. for two hours of pool and appetizers included with the winning bid.
Item #17
Bowled Over
Opening Bid: $50
Bid Increments: $10
Automatic Winning Bid: $250
Description: Lucky Strike Lanes, part of the Jillian’s Entertainment Complex on Landsdowne Street, across the street from Fenway Park is not just another bowling alley. It’s a multimedia experience. With pumping music and giant display screens, you and 15 of your friends or family members will enjoy two hours of bowling, complimentary shoe rental for the entire group and complimentary chips and salsa.
Item #18
Red Sox Tickets, Buffet and Open Bar
Opening Bid: $100
Bid Increments: $10
Automatic Winning Bid: $250
Description: Two tickets in the Right Field Grandstands for the August 31, 2008 game at Fenway Park. Game time is 1:35 p.m. Starting at 11:30 a.m., enjoy a sumptuous barbecue buffet in The Players Club with two hours of open bar before heading to your seats to enjoy a great Labor Day Weekend game at Fenway.
Item #19
Island Bound
Opening Bid: $50
Bid Increments: $10
Automatic Winning Bid: $130
Description: Here’s your chance to get away from it all for a day. Board the Isle of Shoals Marine Laboratory Vessel in Portsmouth Harbor and set sail for a 45-minute ride out to Cornell’s Shoals Marine Laboratory on Appledore Island, Maine. Spend the day exploring the laboratory, hiking around the island, watching the bird life or just relaxing soaking up the sun, the ocean breezes and the amazing scenery. Includes round trip transportation from Portsmouth to the island as well as lunch and an afternoon reception. Transportation to Portsmouth is not included.
Item #20
What Word Will Work?
Opening Bid: $50
Bid Increments: $10
Automatic Winning Bid: $150
Description: Anita Harris, Cornell alumna, author and professor will help you edit any writing piece of your choice up to 750 words. You are bidding on a one-hour writing consultation with her. She has taught writing at Harvard University, Yale University, Babson College, and Simmons College.
Item #21
Polish Your Image
Opening Bid: $100
Bid Increments: $20
Automatic Winning Bid: $300
Description: Two hours of public relations consulting with Anita Harris, President, Harris Communications Group (www.harriscom.com). Anita is an award-winning communications consultant providing public relations services and strategy for organizations and companies, worldwide. A former national journalist who covered health, science and technology for the MacNeil-Lehrer Report (now the NewsHour) of national public television, she has taught writing and communications at several major universities. Her client list includes startups and established organizations ranging from Poison Pen Letters to Genzyme, Wyeth, and the Harvard School of Public Health.
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