ADAPT 2011 Auction catalog

ADAPT Inspires Silent Auction Catalog – August 2011

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GUIDE TO BIDDING ONLINE

• To place a silent auction bid, click on the link to the bid sheet for the item. Submit

your name, email, and phone number on the form.

• Indicate your maximum bid on the bid sheet. The online process will not allow you to see bids from other bidders. You can enter as many bids as you like for a single item. Any bid that fails to meet the minimum bid will be disqualified.

• Any accommodation/hotel reservations are on a space-available basis and subject to holiday blackout periods. Remember, you are making your reservation based on a donor’s terms and restrictions.

• Please place your final bids prior to closing time. Online bidding ends at 12 noon PDT on the day of the benefit: Sunday, August 28, 2011.

• Bidding will then continue on-site at the luncheon. On-site bidding will end at 2PM PDT on the day of the benefit: Sunday, August 28, 2011.

• At the time of closing, bid sheets will be removed from the Silent Auction tables and reviewed by Pacific Links Foundation (PALS) staff who will certify the winning bids. The highest bid on each bid sheet will be declared the winner. In the event of a dispute or a last-minute bidding war for a silent item, PALS staff shall have sole and final discretion in determining the winning bid.

• All winning bids must be settled before the end of the event by cash, check or credit card. Credit cards payment will be made online.

• If you are a winner through online bidding, PALS will contact you to let you know and payment must be made within 3 days.

• PALS staff will contact online winners following the benefit to confirm payment pick-up and/ or shipping. Online auction winners will be responsible for all shipping charges of their winning items. On-site winners will pick up items at event.

• All sales are final and no exchanges or refunds are possible. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause you. If you should have questions, please contact us: [email protected]

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Item # A01 Title: Cassia Cottage Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam Material: Accomodation Description: Enjoy 3 nights stay in the 4-star resort,

Cassia Cottage, on the beautiful Phu Quoc Island. Cassia Cottage accomodations are "plantation-style beach houses and brick garden cottages designed for travelers who wish privacy while having all their needs provided for."

Donor/Artist: Cassia Cottage Market Value: $500 Starting Bid: $300 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/ecQWj

Item # B01 Title: Private Jazz Performance with Vocalist Thùy

Linh & Guitarist Material: Live Performance Description: Enjoy an intimate jazz peformance with

vocalist Thùy Linh & guitarist in the privacy of your own home. Entertain guests at your private house party. Package includes: 1.5 hr of music (2 sets), personalized song list on request, and travel expense within 50 miles of Huntington Beach, CA.

Donor/Artist: Thuy Linh Tran Market Value: $600 Starting Bid: $250 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/rD6ik

Item # B02 Title: Private Jazz Performance with Vocalist Thùy

Linh & Guitarist Material: Live Performance Description: Enjoy an intimate jazz peformance with

vocalist Thùy Linh & guitarist in the privacy of your home. Entertain guests at your private house party. Package includes: 1.5 hr of music (2 sets), personalized song list on request, and travel expese within 50 miles of Huntington Beach, CA.

Donor/Artist: Thuy Linh Tran Market Value: $600 Starting Bid: $250 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/VcUlP


Item # C01 Title: Japanese Tea Set Material: Ceramic Description: Tea set includes tea pot, 4 cups, soy sauce

container and black tray. Donor/Artist: Shirley Chow Market Value: $150 Starting Bid: $100 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/rZ3l7

Item # C02 Title: Tea Set - Minh Long Fine China Material: Porcelain Description: Tea set includes tea pot and 6 cups. Minh

Long is the premier porcelain and ceramics company in Vietnam.

Donor/Artist: Diep Vuong Market Value: $60 Starting Bid: $50 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/Xstlx

Item # C03 Title: At Home with Coconut Material: Home Description: Set of coconut bowls, plates and chopsticks. Donor/Artist: Cathy Lam Market Value: $ Starting Bid: $ Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/tGuVX


Item # C04 Title: “Untitled” Material: Clay, copper oxide glaze in 1200 degree

celsius Description: Vase made while Nguy!n Qu"c Chánh,

artist-in-residence at Tr#$ng M% Thu&t Biên Hòa, formerly École des Arts Appliqué de Biên Hòa, from early 20th century. Inspired by the legacy of ecclecticism of the Biên Hòa school of pottery art that brought together Khmer, Chinese, Cham, Vietnamese, and other local traditions of pottery art from its early days of French colonialism. Clay, copper oxide glaze in 1200C. http://www.saatchionline.com/profile/224757

Donor/Artist: Nguy!n Qu"c Chánh Market Value: $300 Starting Bid: $200 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/0HI2d

Item # D01 Title: Honey Amber Beaded Necklace Material: Jewelry Description: Rounded honey amber beads strung

together to make a luminous beaded strand of clear amber.

Donor/Artist: Lucie Smith Market Value: $250 Starting Bid: $150 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/2YQNV

Item # D02 Title: Cognac Amber Necklace Material: Jewelry Description: Perfectly formed substantial round beads

showcasing the beauty of the amber. Handcrafted in Poland.

Donor/Artist: Lucie Smith Market Value: $250 Starting Bid: $150 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/OQZFN


Item # D03 Title: Handmade Jewelry Piece Material: Jewelry Description: Silver chain with red pendant. Donor/Artist: Tran Khanh Tuyet Market Value: $35 Starting Bid: $25 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/26Ggp

Item # D04 Title: Handmade Jewelry Piece Material: Jewelry Description: Silver Carnalian. Donor/Artist: Tran Khanh Tuyet Market Value: $100 Starting Bid: $80 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/ol4jL

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Title: Handmade Jewelry Piece Material: Jewelry Description: Pearl necklace. Donor/Artist: Tran Khanh Tuyet Market Value: $40 Starting Bid: $30 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/jnoYQ


Item # D06 Title: Handmade Jewelry Piece Material: Jewelry Description: Purple earrings. Donor/Artist: Tran Khanh Tuyet Market Value: $30 Starting Bid: $20 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/2BePK

Item # D07 Title: Handmade Jewelry Piece Material: Jewelry Description: Green earrings. Donor/Artist: Tran Khanh Tuyet Market Value: $20 Starting Bid: $15 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/t081f

Item # D08 Title: Handmade Jewelry Piece Material: Jewelry Description: White earrings. Donor/Artist: Tran Khanh Tuyet Market Value: $20 Starting Bid: $15 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/zGJh6

Item # D09 Title: Handmade Jewelry Piece Material: Jewelry Description: Yellow pendant. Donor/Artist: Tran Khanh Tuyet Market Value: $50 Starting Bid: $40 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/Y8p97


Item # D11 Title: Handmade Jewelry Piece Material: Jewelry Description: Pearl pendant. Donor/Artist: Tran Khanh Tuyet Market Value: $30 Starting Bid: $20 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/TxGFN

Item # D12 Title: “Whispers” by Caroline Pham Designs Material: Jewlery Description: Whispers are felted silk wraps that are

gossamer light, warm, and richly colored. Each is lovingly designed and felted by hand, using only luxurious hand dyed roving of merino and silk. Patterns are therefore unique. Caroline strives for transparency.

Donor/Artist: Lang Anh Pham Market Value: $180 Starting Bid: $120 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/rdQaj

Item # D14 Title: Beaded Necklace Material: Jewelry Description: Green jade-color necklace. Donor/Artist: Tran Kim Anh Market Value: $150 Starting Bid: $100 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/NZ21M


Item # E01 Title: “Green Field” Material: Painting on canvas Description: Painting of a rural landscape in green.

(33”x27” painting on canvas, 36”x30” painting with grey frame).

Donor/Artist: Tran Kim Anh Market Value: $500 Starting Bid: $200 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/8chNZ

Item # E02 Title: “Red Village” Material: Painting on canvas Description: Painting of a landscape dominated by the

color red. (31”x25” painting on canvas, 32.5”x38.5” painting with black frame).

Donor/Artist: Tran Kim Anh Market Value: $500 Starting Bid: $200 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/c3gD4

Item # E03 Title: “Teatime” Material: Painting on canvas Description: The diaphanous background lights up the

still objects. Kim To's paintings have details that look so real, yet also floats effortlessly. (16”x16” painting on canvas, 19”x20” painting with bronze frame). 2010.

Donor/Artist: Nguyen Thi Kim To Market Value: $600 Starting Bid: $350 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/pVhWl


Item # E04 Title: “Autumn Flower” Material: Painting, oil on canvas. Description: Hà th' H(nh fought during the war. Her latest

exhibit is titled “A Peaceful Corner.” (16”x24” framed oil on canvas painting). 2010.

Donor/Artist: Hà th' H(nh Market Value: $400 Starting Bid: $200 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/sOCZ2

Item # F01 Title: "Rice Paddies" - Set of 2 photos Material: Photography Description: Rice paddies are ubiquitous throughout the

rural regions of Vietnam, and tending to them is a daily chore for the girls with whom we work. This series of 2 photographs captures the brief stillness of a crane gliding through the rice landscape and the laborious individual planting of young rice stalks. Photographer Nhu Tien Lu is a writer currently working with ADAPT in the northern and southern regions of Vietnam. Photo was taken in 2011. (8”x10”).

Donor/Artist: Nhu Tien Luu Market Value: $150 Starting Bid: $75 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/6X889


Item # F02 Title: “Working Hands” - Set of 3 photos Material: Photography Description: The trafficking survivors at our shelters have

been working since they were toddlers. To help their families, they may work in the fields, tend to the livestock, cook and clean, and take care of their younger siblings, among many other tasks. For the ethnic minority girls in the north, they may also embroider and dye cloth in order to sew their own clothing or to produce fabric to sell. This series of 3 photographs captures the industrious hands of three sisters, all of whom were trafficking survivors, during a visit to their family's home in northern Vietnam. Photographer Nhu Tien Lu is a writer currently working with ADAPT in the northern and southern regions of Vietnam. (8”x10”, unframed).

Donor/Artist: Nhu Tien Luu Market Value: $250 Starting Bid: $75 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/t5WTA

Item # F05 Title: “Irish Borderland” Material: Photography This photo was taken in South Armagh on

the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland where some of the bloodiest fighting took place between the British forces and the Irish Republican Army (IRA). Photographed by Neal Newfield, 2005. (16.3”x11.5” photo printed on 18.5”x12.75” matt).

Donor/Artist: Neal Newfield Market Value: $150 Starting Bid: $100 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/8u7rp


Item # F06 Title: “Riding with Clouds” Material: Photography Description: This photo was taken at the Antrim Coast of

Northern Ireland and won honorable recognition in a photo contest with thousands of entries. Photographed by Neal Newfield, 2005. (16”x 6.4” photo printed on 18.5”x12.75” matt).

Donor/Artist: Neal Newfield Market Value: $150 Starting Bid: $100 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/QNUxV

Item # F07 Title: “Da Nang Kites at Night” - Set of 2 Material: Photography Description: These two photographs were taken in Da

Nang, a seaside city with an ocean breeze that cools while inviting kids and adults alike to fly kites. The kite vendors have bikes that are festooned with kites that dance at the end of tethers attached to poles. At night, when kites are backlit from street lamps and headlights from cars and motorcycles, they glow. In “Da Nang Kite at Night #2,” the photographer was able to catch this glow and in the lower part of the image you can see the headlight of an oncoming vehicle. Photographed by Neal Newfield, 2011. (Each are 17.7x11.8” photo printed on 18.5”x12.5” cardstock).

Donor/Artist: Neal Newfield Market Value: $200 Starting Bid: $150 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/HyQH7


Item # F08 Title: “Châu )"c mùa n#*c n+i” (1961) (“High

water season”) Material: Black & white reprints Description: Series of 4 black & white photos depicting

Châu )"c (An giang province) scenes in 1961 when the water rose high. Photos include notes by photographer Quang D,ng who is a native son of Châu )"c and currently lives in Southern California. The mementos reprints usher in memories of a landmark border town where trade thrived throughout the century. 1961, orginal photos.

Donor/Artist: Quang D,ng Market Value: $200 Starting Bid: $120 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/EKvcL

Item # F09 Title: “About to Bloom” Material: Photography Description: Framed environmental photo taken in the

communities where ADAPT works during a site visit by Phuong Thao whose compassion has moved mountains for our recipients. (14”x11” print with frame, 18”x12” photo size). 2009.

Donor/Artist: Nguy!n th' Ph#-ng Th.o Market Value: $100 Starting Bid: $50 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/3hjRN

Item # F10 Title: “Mother & Child” - Northern highlander Material: Photography Description: Matted black & white print of Vietnamese

Northern highlander women and daughter. Vietnam 2007. (19.5”x16” matt with photo, 15.5”x12” photo size). Photographed by Luca Prasso.

Donor/Artist: Luca Prasso Market Value: $200 Starting Bid: $100 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/KSRnG


Item # G02 Title: Growing Up Bilingual with Books Material: Books Description: Basket of children’s bilingual books. Donor/Artist: Tran Kim Anh Market Value: $100 Starting Bid: $50 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/Uc5ls

Item # G03 Title: Nguyen Ngoc Tu's Collection Material: Set of 9 books Description: A collection of nine signed works by

bestseller young writer Nguyen Ngoc Tu. One of her books, "Canh Dong Bat Tan", was made into an internationally acclaimed movie, screened widely on US university campuses. Born in 1976, Nguyen Ngoc Tu first achieved fame in 2000, and introduced the notion of "bestseller" in Vietnam. In 2007, some of her works were translated into Korean.

Donor/Artist: Nguyen Ngoc Tu Market Value: $100 Starting Bid: $75 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/ge2W5

Item # E05 Title: “Thuy Kieu” Material: Lacquer Description: An interpretation of the poem, Thuy Kieu. In

this depiction, the talented, Thuy Kieu, plays music amongst her maids. (20”x19” lacquered painting).

Donor/Artist: Diep Vuong Market Value: $200 Starting Bid: $125 Click to Bid http://goo.gl/b6guO


Item # E06 Title: “Gift Basket” Material: Photography, canvas in wood frame Description: Imagine the horrific reactions of by-standers

as they catch a mother carrying her child in a bicycle's basket without a child’s helmet here in the US. However, in many parts of the world and in Vietnam, this is the only way mothers can afford to transport their children daily. The red sheer scarf is used to cover the child from the dirt along the unpaved road. Photo was taken in Ha Nam, when Hai-Ho participated with Project Vietnam on a medical mission. (18”x25”).

Donor/Artist: Hai-Ho Tran Market Value: $250 Starting Bid: $75 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/Kmy1S Item # E07 Title: “Modern Tradition” Material: Photography, print in wood frame Description: The modern umbrella provides a contrast

with the traditional costume and the intricately embroidered textiles worn by this H'mong Girl in Sapa, Vietnam. She carries a basket with a chicken inside heading to the market. Frequent travelers to Sapa will notice that globalization is creeping in, even in such a remote region where members of indigenous hill tribe groups such as H’mong, Dzao, Tay and Tai, minorities of Vietnam, fiercely defend their cultural identities such as by wearing traditional dress at all times. (21"x17" frame size, 8"x10" photo size).

Donor/Artist: Hai-Ho Tran Market Value: $250 Starting Bid: $75 Click to Bid: http://goo.gl/vYB5d


Item # Title: “Rào Tre” Material: Iron pen on paper Description: Titled “Bamboo Fence.” Hà Th' H(nh, known

for her iron pen works, fought during the war. Her latest exhibit is titled “A Peaceful Corner”. Iron pen on paper with gold frame. (20”x30”).

Donor/Artist: Hà Th' H(nh Market Value: $500 Starting Bid: $250 Click to Bid:

Item # Title: “Da Lat” Material: Sketch Description: Sketch of Da Lat, Vietnam by artist Le Ngoc

Linh. The sketch includes a pine tree, which lends Da Lat the nickname of “City of thousands of pine trees.” Le Ngoc Linh has participated in nearly 20 painting exhibits in Vietnam and throughout the world. His 4th solo exhibition was held in 2010. (35”x35”). 2011.

Donor/Artist: Le Ngoc Linh Market Value: $100 Starting Bid: $50 Click to Bid:

Item # Title: “Quê Nghèo” Material: Sketch Description: Sketch titled “Poor Country” by artist Le

Ngoc Linh. Le Ngoc Linh has participated in nearly 20 painting exhibits in Vietnam and throughout the world. His 4th solo exhibition was held in 2010. (35”x35”). 2011.



Item # Title: “Hoi An” Material: Painting, Oil on Canvas Description: Painting of Hoi An, by artist Le Ngoc Linh.

Le Ngoc Linh has participated in nearly 20 painting exhibits in Vietnam and throughout the world. His 4th solo exhibition was held in 2010. (70”x54”). 2011.


Documents

ADAPT 2011 Auction catalog