Cocktails with Cole Online Auction
Welcome to the Cocktails with Cole online auction. Even if you are not attending the event, the NHSO staff would be more than glad to bid for you in your absence! Here's how:
- Choose one of the categories below.
- Review the listing of auction items.
- Find something you like and click BID NOW. An email window will appear where you should indicate your name, address, telephone number and the best way to contact you if you are a winner! Please tell us the maximum amount you are willing to bid. We work just like eBay:
• The minimum is the least amount you must offer to bid.
• You may pay less than your maximum bid if you win. To win an auction you actually pay only the incremental amount more than the next highest bid-even if your maximum bid was hundreds of dollars more.
• The auction closes on November 10 at 9:30pm. If your bid wins, you must buy. We will contact you Monday, November 12 to let you know if you are a winner.
Questions? Call 203.865.0831 x16. Happy Bidding!
Music and More
The Good Life
Out on the Town
Cultural Cravings
It's De-Lovely
Music and More
Somebody's Gonna Throw a Big Party
Throw an unforgettable dinner party for Maestro Boughton and seven other guests at your home, with NHSO board member Robert Santy doing all of the work! Let Bob serve as your own private chef-he'll provide and prep the food and bring four bottles of wine to the table, while you relax as host with the most. Menu and date to be determined in collaboration with the winner.
VALUE: Priceless! Minimum Bid: $200 Minimum Increment: $50 BID NOW
Beach Scene
Visit beautiful Cape Cod and hear the internationally acclaimed choir Gloriae Dei Cantores at the Church of the Transfiguration on the shores of Cape Cod Bay, on Saturday, July 13, 2013. Your package for two includes an overnight stay and deliciously prepared breakfast in the restored antique Bethany Guest House overlooking Rock Harbor in Orleans, MA. The evening concert features Mozart's Missa in C Minor, and Faure's Requiem.
VALUE: $325 Minimum Bid: $150 Minimum Increment: $50 BID NOW
Broadcast Jazz
Back by popular demand! The priceless opportunity to program one hour of classical musical on WSHU. Collaborate with WSHU Music Director Kate Remington to create your own radio broadcast. Includes a CD and DVD selection to put you in the musical mood.
VALUE: $300 Minimum Bid: $200 Minimum Increment: $50 BID NOW
The Good Life
Bingo Eli Yale
Celebrate Cole Porter's 100th anniversary as a Yale graduate with a truly blue day. This package features a meal at Mory's (be sure to look for Cole's initials on the original Whiffenpoof's table from 1913!), four tickets to any Yale football home game, and the priceless chance to spend one quarter of the game walking Yale's bulldog mascot Handsome Dan across the field. Before you leave the game, be sure to get your photo taken with the Yale Cheerleaders. An autographed Whiffenpoof's CD rounds out your school spirit.
VALUE: Priceless! Minimum Bid: $100 Minimum Increment: $25 BID NOW
Midsummer Night
Bid on the chance to conduct the NHSO at Picnic in the Park this Summer!
VALUE: Priceless! Minimum Bid: $1000 Minimum Increment: $100 BID NOW
Hothouse Rose
Because you deserve to be pampered-or you know someone special who does! Relax and revive with a therapeutic massage by Dynamic Flow Healing, a new haircut at Euphoria, and a makeover thanks to cosmetics from Idiom boutique. Maintain the glow with a month-long membership at New Haven Fitness, including classes like Zumba, pilates, yoga, and more. Then, keep things blooming with one gorgeous flower bouquet per month, courtesy of Fleur de Lys Floral and Gift. Bonus gift of two hanging spider plants to make your home fresh and green all winter long.
VALUE: $1300 Minimum Bid: $200 Minimum Increment: $50 BID NOW
Out on the Town
A Weekend Affair
Spend a winter staycation in New Haven with an overnight stay at The Study at Yale hotel. Begin your weekend by dining on exquisite carnes and mariscos (and mojitos) at Soul de Cuba Cafe, followed by tickets for two to a preview performance of Yale Repertory Theatre's Dear Elizabeth, a play based on the thirty-year relationship between iconic poets Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Linger for breakfast the next morning at The Study's Heirloom Restaurant.
VALUE: $505 Minimum Bid: $175 Minimum Increment: $25 BID NOW
Our Hotel
A summer staycation in New Haven, featuring a stately room for two at the Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale. Enjoy two tickets to any music, dance, or theatre performance of the 2013 International Festival of Arts & Ideas, followed by creative sushi and cocktails at Miya's. Relax at breakfast courtesy of John Davenport's at the Omni, followed by two tickets to another Festival show of your choice.
VALUE: $350 Minimum Bid: $150 Minimum Increment: $25 BID NOW
Cultural Cravings
You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
Imagine coming home to a bottle of 1986 Chateau Laffite Rothschild. Bid on this exceptional vintage and make the dream come true.
VALUE: $1600 Minimum Bid: $800 Minimum Increment: $100 BID NOW
Cocktail Time
Learn how to concoct, serve, and drink perfect libations at a Cocktails through the Ages class for six, hosted by star mixologist John Ginetti at New Haven's local speakeasy, 116 Crown.
VALUE: $450 Minimum Bid: $100 Minimum Increment: $25 BID NOW
It's De-Lovely
Personal Commissioned Portrait
New Haven artist Ronnie Rysz will complete an 11"x8.5" pen and ink portrait of the winning bidder or anyone of their choosing. Your chance to commission an original, one-of-a-kind work from an artist known for his humor, lush textures, explosive patterns and fluid line. Details to be determined in collaboration with the winner; some restrictions apply.
VALUE: $400 Minimum Bid: $125 Minimum Increment: $25 BID NOW
