Here is a small report by Russ Bauer directly from New York:
"Several celebrities were in attendance: Donald Trump, Blaine Trump, Matther
Modine (actor), Heidi Klum, Star Jones (television show host), Marco (designer
of Alien Baby), Isaac Mizrahi (fashion designer) and more glamour than
one can imagine. The evening's total was $400,000, with Nick Hayek
Jr. doubling the amount raised to $800,000 for the beneficiary, God's Love
We Deliver. There were approximately 8 US and 14 European Club members
in attendance. The highest amount bid was from Japan, $105,000 for
the Blow Your Time Away ("Puff") Set. The Sam Francis set sold for
$16,000 and the Sotheby's Diaphane One and auction
gavel sold for $15,000. All in all, it was a great event culminating
in an exciting evening. Without a doubt, though, the biggest winner
was God's Love We Deliver!"
I went to Zurich to follow the auction. At 9pm, we met in Zurich
in the restaurant Movie near the Zurich swatch store. About
50(!) club members were participated. We had an excellent dinner.
At about midnight, we went to the swatch store were TV and chairs were
already prepared. At about 1am, live TV (and audio) coverage began.
First, the camera walked across the exhibition of the auction lots.
The exhibition was phantastic with very nice acrylic displays (they were
included in the lots!). It was almost like being there... almost...
At about 1.30am, the auction began. First Nick Hayek jr. spoke some
introductory words. He greeted also the European participants.
Then Heidi Klum stopped by and also spoke some words in German, very nice!
The auction was great, the auctioneer was really entertaining.
We had most excitement when one bidder from Zurich (famous for his great
collection!) bought the lot with the gold and platinum prototype.
It was clear that he would have paid *any* price!
The whole event was organized perfectly (both in Zurich and New York) and it went smoothly. The best thing of course was all the money raised for a good cause. Here are some of my (not too good) photos. I think that Nikolai's pictures are better.
| LOT | Ref.No. | Lot Content | Name | Min.Bid US$ | High Bid US$ |
| 1 | GK100 | Original Jelly Fish | Clear
View
|
3,500 | 6,000 |
| SFK100 | Jelly Skin | ||||
| GZ115 | Golden Jelly | ||||
| SFK101 | Golden Jelly Skin | ||||
| 2 | YGZ101 | Rotor | Arnaldo
Pomodoro
|
3,000 | 5,500 |
| Original Steel Drift | |||||
| 3 | SEZ101 | Said Aouita | Olympic
Legends
|
5,000 | 7,000 |
| PUZ100 | Bob Beamon | ||||
| PMZ104 | Gelindo Bordin | ||||
| GZ149 | Sebastian Coe | ||||
| LZ105 | Nadia Comaneci | ||||
| SDZ900 | Dan Jansen | ||||
| SAZ106 | Edwin Moses | ||||
| SBZ103 | Mark Spitz | ||||
| SCZ105 | Daley Thompson | ||||
| SLZ105 | Katarina Witt | ||||
| Original Photograph of Swatch Olympic Legends by Annie Leibovitz, NYC 1996 | |||||
| 4 | GZ154 | Smart watch | Be
Smart
|
8,000 | 17,000 |
| Smart car (Hayek private family car) | |||||
| 5 | GZ103 | Milles Pattes | Keith
Haring
|
8,000 | 12,000 |
| GZ100 | Modele avec Personnages | ||||
| GZ102 | Serpent | ||||
| GZ104 | Blanc sur Noir | ||||
| Silkscreen Print from Keith Haring Portfolio entitled "Icons" | |||||
| 6 | GK207 | Flowers | Lindsay
Kemp
|
2,500 | 5,000 |
| "Tribute to Fellini", felt pen and watercolor on cardboard, 1991 | |||||
| 7 | GZ142 | Despiste | The
Cinemaset in Tin Can Collection
|
3,000 | 7,000 |
| GZ143 | Time to Reflect | ||||
| GZ141 | Elga-shi | ||||
| DVD with 3 original videos | |||||
| 8 | Puff 1 | Black Puff | Blow
Your Time Away
|
90,000 | 105,000 |
| Puff 2 | Havana Puff | ||||
| Puff 3 | Royal Puff | ||||
| Puff 4 | Petrol Puff | ||||
| Puff 5 | Cardinal Puff | ||||
| Puff 6 | Desert Puff | ||||
| 9 | YGZ102 | Gold | Olympic
Medals
|
6,000 | 21,000 |
| YGZ103 | Silver | ||||
| YGZ104 | Bronze | ||||
| 1996 Olympic Torch | |||||
| 10 | GZ123 | Sam Francis | Sam
Francis
|
4,000 | 16,000 |
| Original painting, Oil on Paper, 1992 | |||||
| 11 | SKZ100 | Access to Space | Space
Set
|
2,500 | 8,000 |
| SQZ101 | Beatnik Mission Watch | ||||
| Beatnik Satellite, 1999 | |||||
| 12 | GR114 | Fritto Misto | A
cooking experience
|
5,000 | 7,000 |
| GG121 | Cappuccino | ||||
| GG138 | Blue Pasta | ||||
| GM13 | Sunny Side Up | ||||
| GN156 | Good Morning | ||||
| GZ128 | Eggsdream | ||||
| PWK181 | Langoustine | ||||
| GF112 | Hors d'oeuvre | ||||
| 3-dimensional installation, 2001 together with the gift of giving, The Winter Holiday Celebration | |||||
| 13 | PWZ105 | Orb | Vivienne
Westwood
|
2,500 | 5,500 |
| Silk and Lace Corset, from Vivienne Westwood Collection | |||||
| Leather Shoes, from Vivienne Westwood Collection | |||||
| 14 | James Bond | Complete set of 20 Watches James Bond Fantasy Weekend in London | James Bond | 8,000 | 23,000 |
| 15 | Gold | Swatch 18K Gold Prototype | Gold
and Platinum
|
10,000 | 25,000 |
| Platinum | Swatch Platinum Prototype | ||||
| 16 | SLZ104 | Zapping | Nam
Jun Paik
|
2,500 | 5,000 |
| Packaging signed by artist | |||||
| 17 | GZ116 | Hollywood Dream | Hollywood
Dream & Diva
|
3,500 | 6,000 |
| PWBB106 | Diva | ||||
| Unique Box covered in Swarovski Crystals | |||||
| 18 | PWZ100 | Gu(h)rke | Alfred
Hofkunst
|
6,000 | 11,000 |
| PWZ101 | Bonju(h)r | ||||
| PWZ102 | Verdu(h)ra | ||||
| 19 | SFK114P | Plume Savante | Vendôme,
fondeé en 2000
|
8,000 | 11,000 |
| "The Step of Time" Hand blown glass and iron ladder by Giampaolo Seguso, 2000 | |||||
| 20 | SCZ103 | UNlimited | UN
50
|
4,000 | 5,000 |
| 6 hand painted canvas chair covers by YA-YA | |||||
| 21 | Kiki Picasso | Kiki Picasso 1985 | Kiki
Picasso
|
10,000 | 20,000 |
| 22 | GK100AL | Andrew Logan Jellyfish | Andrew
Logan
|
10,000 | 10,000 |
| 23 | GZ132 | Bengala | Mimmo
Rotella
|
5,000 | 7,000 |
| GZ133 | Marilyn | ||||
| Artwork | |||||
| 24 | My Swatch | My Swatch | My Swatch | Priceless | 40,000 |
| 25 | Diaphane One | Diaphane One - Sotheby's Special Edition | "SOLD!"
|
10,000 | 15,000 |
| Specially designed auction gavel |
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