Posted by Andreas from dtm2-t8-1.mcbone.net (62.104.210.78) on Thursday, June 12, 2003 at 4:45PM :
OK, being just on the fly - this is only to say a warm hello to you all of you.
Keep yer ears - or whatever else you can muster - more or less pricked.
Now, today's news is:
"Narsai David dumps Parhad's Gargoyle into charity auction...
... only to get rid of it.
Clever move by Narsai.
And ... damned, not so easily assailable given the overrated price for that thing now being destined for a purpose any better than Parhad could have ever dreamt of.
The Narsai move will enter history as an equivalent to a "perfect crime" - here: the "perfect self-liberation"
See below (the MESSAGE, you cretins!)
"The highest single lot went to Dr. Bruce Gach and Marcy Feit for $16,000, for a sculpture by Assyrian artist Fred Parhad, donated by KCBS radio personality Narsai David and his wife Venus. Another highlight was the $35,000 raised for Fund-A-Need for Camp Arroyo; the Taylor Family Foundation will send 140 kids to camp thanks to the 59 auction guests who bid $250 each on the lot. "
In fact:
Dr. Bruce Gach, Livermore Pleasanton Pediatric Group, did the bidding as strawman for Dr. Tom Marcel, Orthodontist, who has shortly run out of filling material. "
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Texans drop big bucks at Napa Valley Wine Auction
Total haul at 'Copa de Napa' charity bash is $6.47 million
Linda Murphy, Chronicle Wine Editor Thursday, June 12, 2003
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The Texans had a shootout in St. Helena Saturday as Tamra and John Gorman of Austin and Dee Lincoln of Plano dueled for high-bidder honors at the 23rd annual Napa Valley Wine Auction, which raised nearly $6.5 million for Napa Valley charities.
With Tamra Gorman wielding the paddle -- "My husband told me to just keep going," she said -- the couple outlasted Lincoln with a $320,000 bid for the lot with the most pre-auction buzz, "Bidder's Brand." The Gormans will get 5, 000 tons of top-quality Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon grapes from the 2003 vintage, the services of winemaker Philippe Melka, barrels, bottles, corks, label design, label printing plus sales and marketing consultation. They'll receive 300 cases of wine approximately two years after the 2003 harvest.
The Gormans' bid became the first to hit the event's $1 million mark for a single lot when bidder Raymond Tye donated $25,000 to it and the Trinchero family of Sutter Home fame supplemented with $655,000. That helped bring the total proceeds from the 2003 auction at the Meadowood Napa Valley resort to $6. 47 million, up from last year's $6.2 million, yet well shy of the $9.5 million made in 2000, when wine-loving dot-commers had money -- and jobs -- and the economy was healthy.
MATCHING BID FROM TRINCHEROS
Brothers Bob and Roger Trinchero, who chaired what is billed as the world's largest charity wine auction, pledged to match, up to $1 million, the winning bid on "Bidder's Brand," hoping to not only surpass the previous single-lot high of $700,000 paid in 2000 for a Harlan Estate Cabernet Sauvignon collection, but also to achieve the event's first million-dollar lot. Instead of matching the Gormans' $320,000, the Trincheros threw in enough to reach $1 million.
"We're hoping to be the best vintners in Texas," said investment banker John Gorman, whose wife's handling of the paddle made them the auction's highest 2003 overall bidder at $627,900.
Lincoln, who was the No. 2 bidder at $599,100, conceded "Bidder's Brand" to the Gormans but came back with a winning bid of $360,000 -- the largest "natural" bid of the day -- on the Robert Mondavi Winery lot, which included 90 bottles of wine from 1966 through 2000, representing founder Robert Mondavi's life and including the Robert Mondavi, Opus One, Charles Krug, Vichon and La Famiglia di Robert Mondavi brands. Mondavi turns 90 on June 18.
'IT JUST HAPPENED'
Was this the lot she really wanted? "It just happened," said Lincoln of Lone Star Steakhouse and Saloon, Inc., which owns restaurants around the country, including Del Frisco's Double Eagle in Las Vegas and New York City. "I love all of the Mondavis; I admire their confidence."
"These are trying times, but I don't see it here," said Robert Mondavi, the man largely responsible for putting California on the world winemaking map. "We're doing a great thing for Napa Valley, for our county, for our identity. I compliment the Trinchero family for what they have done here."
With the theme of "Copa de Napa: Last of the Red-Hot Nightclubs," the festive four-day event, which included a barrel tasting and auction, art and private donation lots, winery hospitality events and a Friday black-tie dinner prepared by South Florida culinary star Mark Militello, put a positive spin on a discomforting financial period for vintners and consumers alike. Twenty-five Napa County charitable groups benefit from the auction, which has contributed more than $40 million since its inception in 1981.
David Doyle of Newport Beach, president of the software firm Quest, was the No. 3 overall bidder, spending $565,000, including $340,000 on a 10-bottle, 1. 5-ml vertical of Harlan Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, vintages 1990-1999.
Next year's auction, sponsored by the Napa Valley Vintners Association, will be held June 3-6.
Livermore largesse: Organizers of the San Francisco Bay Wine Auction, held May 31 at Wente Vineyards in Livermore, are still tallying the numbers, yet spokesperson Roberta Klugman confirmed that the event's gross proceeds surpassed the $420,000 raised in 2002.
The highest single lot went to Dr. Bruce Gach and Marcy Feit for $16,000, for a sculpture by Assyrian artist Fred Parhad, donated by KCBS radio personality Narsai David and his wife Venus. Another highlight was the $35,000 raised for Fund-A-Need for Camp Arroyo; the Taylor Family Foundation will send 140 kids to camp thanks to the 59 auction guests who bid $250 each on the lot.
@xh E-mail Linda Murphy at lmurphy@sfchronicle.com.
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Narsai David dumps Parhad gargoyle into charity auction...
... only to get rid of it.
Clever move by Narsai.
Not so easily assailable.
Equivalent to a "perfect crime" - here: the "perfect self-liberation"
See below (the message, you cretins!)
"The highest single lot went to Dr. Bruce Gach and Marcy Feit for $16,000, for a sculpture by Assyrian artist Fred Parhad, donated by KCBS radio personality Narsai David and his wife Venus. Another highlight was the $35,000 raised for Fund-A-Need for Camp Arroyo; the Taylor Family Foundation will send 140 kids to camp thanks to the 59 auction guests who bid $250 each on the lot. "
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/06/12/WI214713.DTL
Texans drop big bucks at Napa Valley Wine Auction
Total haul at 'Copa de Napa' charity bash is $6.47 million
Linda Murphy, Chronicle Wine Editor Thursday, June 12, 2003
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The Texans had a shootout in St. Helena Saturday as Tamra and John Gorman of Austin and Dee Lincoln of Plano dueled for high-bidder honors at the 23rd annual Napa Valley Wine Auction, which raised nearly $6.5 million for Napa Valley charities.
With Tamra Gorman wielding the paddle -- "My husband told me to just keep going," she said -- the couple outlasted Lincoln with a $320,000 bid for the lot with the most pre-auction buzz, "Bidder's Brand." The Gormans will get 5, 000 tons of top-quality Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon grapes from the 2003 vintage, the services of winemaker Philippe Melka, barrels, bottles, corks, label design, label printing plus sales and marketing consultation. They'll receive 300 cases of wine approximately two years after the 2003 harvest.
The Gormans' bid became the first to hit the event's $1 million mark for a single lot when bidder Raymond Tye donated $25,000 to it and the Trinchero family of Sutter Home fame supplemented with $655,000. That helped bring the total proceeds from the 2003 auction at the Meadowood Napa Valley resort to $6. 47 million, up from last year's $6.2 million, yet well shy of the $9.5 million made in 2000, when wine-loving dot-commers had money -- and jobs -- and the economy was healthy.
MATCHING BID FROM TRINCHEROS
Brothers Bob and Roger Trinchero, who chaired what is billed as the world's largest charity wine auction, pledged to match, up to $1 million, the winning bid on "Bidder's Brand," hoping to not only surpass the previous single-lot high of $700,000 paid in 2000 for a Harlan Estate Cabernet Sauvignon collection, but also to achieve the event's first million-dollar lot. Instead of matching the Gormans' $320,000, the Trincheros threw in enough to reach $1 million.
"We're hoping to be the best vintners in Texas," said investment banker John Gorman, whose wife's handling of the paddle made them the auction's highest 2003 overall bidder at $627,900.
Lincoln, who was the No. 2 bidder at $599,100, conceded "Bidder's Brand" to the Gormans but came back with a winning bid of $360,000 -- the largest "natural" bid of the day -- on the Robert Mondavi Winery lot, which included 90 bottles of wine from 1966 through 2000, representing founder Robert Mondavi's life and including the Robert Mondavi, Opus One, Charles Krug, Vichon and La Famiglia di Robert Mondavi brands. Mondavi turns 90 on June 18.
'IT JUST HAPPENED'
Was this the lot she really wanted? "It just happened," said Lincoln of Lone Star Steakhouse and Saloon, Inc., which owns restaurants around the country, including Del Frisco's Double Eagle in Las Vegas and New York City. "I love all of the Mondavis; I admire their confidence."
"These are trying times, but I don't see it here," said Robert Mondavi, the man largely responsible for putting California on the world winemaking map. "We're doing a great thing for Napa Valley, for our county, for our identity. I compliment the Trinchero family for what they have done here."
With the theme of "Copa de Napa: Last of the Red-Hot Nightclubs," the festive four-day event, which included a barrel tasting and auction, art and private donation lots, winery hospitality events and a Friday black-tie dinner prepared by South Florida culinary star Mark Militello, put a positive spin on a discomforting financial period for vintners and consumers alike. Twenty-five Napa County charitable groups benefit from the auction, which has contributed more than $40 million since its inception in 1981.
David Doyle of Newport Beach, president of the software firm Quest, was the No. 3 overall bidder, spending $565,000, including $340,000 on a 10-bottle, 1. 5-ml vertical of Harlan Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, vintages 1990-1999.
Next year's auction, sponsored by the Napa Valley Vintners Association, will be held June 3-6.
Livermore largesse: Organizers of the San Francisco Bay Wine Auction, held May 31 at Wente Vineyards in Livermore, are still tallying the numbers, yet spokesperson Roberta Klugman confirmed that the event's gross proceeds surpassed the $420,000 raised in 2002.
The highest single lot went to Dr. Bruce Gach and Marcy Feit for $16,000, for a sculpture by Assyrian artist Fred Parhad, donated by KCBS radio personality Narsai David and his wife Venus. Another highlight was the $35,000 raised for Fund-A-Need for Camp Arroyo; the Taylor Family Foundation will send 140 kids to camp thanks to the 59 auction guests who bid $250 each on the lot.
@xh E-mail Linda Murphy at lmurphy@sfchronicle.com.
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