Silent Auction Catalogue

Queen’s Gate School
S i l e n t Au c t i o n
C ata lo g u e
SILENT
AU C TI O N
Silent Auction bidding will be accepted from
any member of the Queen’s Gate Community
between Saturday 5 December 2015 and Saturday
23 January 2016. A bidding form and return
details are available on page 17 of this catalogue.
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Lot 12
Lot 13
Champagne afternoon tea
at The Arts Club, Mayfair
Chief Executive mentoring
lunch for sixth formers
Exclusive members club, The Arts Club,
Helena Morrissey CBE is excited to
is offering a champagne afternoon tea
offer two Queen’s Gate sixth form
for two people at its Mayfair home.
students a career mentoring lunch.
Afternoon tea is served 3.00 pm–5.30 pm,
Helena is Chief Executive of Newton
from Monday to Sunday.
Investment Management, Chair of the
theartsclub.co.uk
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Investment Association and Founder
of the 30% Club international business
diversity initiative.
newton.co.uk
30percentclub.org
The lunch is to take place between
January and April 2016
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Lot 14
A one-night weekend stay at
the Haymarket Hotel, London
Spend a night in the heart of the
theatre district at the Haymarket Hotel,
situated next to the historic Theatre
Royal Haymarket. The hotel boasts 50
individually designed bedrooms and
suites, a drawing room, conservatory
and a spacious restaurant and bar,
shooting gallery and gym, as well as
beauty treatment rooms and an exotic
18-metre swimming pool complete
with its own bar and lounge.
firmdalehotels.com
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Lot 15
3:1 Pilates at Six Physio
This package includes an hour’s 1:1
assessment plus 5 classes. During your
initial appointment a physio will assess
your core using real-time ultrasound.
Following that it’s 3:1 classes where
everything is tailored to you.
sixphysio.com
This voucher can be used at any of our 10 clinics
and is valid for 6 months
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Lot 16
A garden tour of Highgrove
with champagne afternoon tea
Kindly donated is a tour of The Royal
Gardens with one of HRH The Prince
of Wales’s experienced guides,
followed by a champagne afternoon
tea in the Orchard Room for six people.
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Lot 17
Lot 18
Jimmy Choo
Leiths ‘How to cook the
perfect steak’ workshop
Generously donated is a Jimmy Choo
‘Maia’ clutch bag in shiny crinkled
lambskin.
jimmychoo.com
Learn everything you need to know
in this entertaining, hands-on cookery
class.
You’ll discover different cuts of beef,
prepare a steak three ways, creating
béarnaise, black pepper and zingy
Argentinean chimichurri sauces, and
taste a selection of exotic meats.
Set up by Prue Leith in 1975, Leiths
has trained Michelin-starred chefs
working around the world.
This voucher is for one person and valid until
31 December 2016
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Lot 19
Lulu Guinness Lips
clutch bag
A new take on the classic Perspex
lips clutch bag, the Metal Frame Lips
Clutch comes complete with hardware
in an antique gold finish for a premium
look. This is the perfect addition to any
little black dress, and can be carried
as clutch or used with the detachable
cross-body snake chain.
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Lot 20
Melissa Odabash hamper
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Renowned swimwear designer Melissa
Odabash has donated a hamper
containing a black Jemima hat, black
Alanna kaftan, and gold make-up bag.
odabash.com
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Lot 21
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Find your true colours
On offer is a colour and personal
shopping session with Red Leopard.
Red Leopard advises on colour, style,
image, make-up, hair and shopping,
enabling you to create your own
unique look. Your skin belongs to one
of four palettes and, based on the
result, we will advise you on hair colour,
make-up, jewellery and accessories.
Shopping with us will ensure that all
your clothes will look good, feel good
and last longer.
redleopard.co.uk
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Lot 22
A six-month membership to The South Kensington Club
The South Kensington Club is
SKC brings a ‘country club experience
delighted to celebrate the Queen’s
in the heart of Kensington’ for
Gate School’s 125th Anniversary by
members to enjoy across 25,000 ft²
donating a six-month membership
with spaces including a sky-lit
which will give one lucky member
gym, fitness suites, sitting rooms,
of the Queen’s Gate Community full
a Mediterranean restaurant and a
access to our Club and all our facilities.
bathhouse! In essence, a haven for
friends to come together, escape and
southkensingtonclub.com
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be inspired from morning till night!
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HAROLD PINTER THEATRE SunnyAfternoonTheMusical.com
ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING NOW AVAILABLE
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Lot 23
Lot 24
Top-price tickets to Sunny
Afternoon at the Harold
Pinter Theatre
A Tory Burch handbag and
York pouch
Donated is a Tory Burch Perry Tote
Winner of the 2015 Olivier Award for
in French grey with a purple iris resin
Best New Musical, Sunny Afternoon
lining, along with the double York
depicts the rise to stardom of The
pouch in coordinating colours.
Kinks. The best seats in the house
have been donated by Sonia Friedman
Productions for a Monday–Thursday
performance of your choice, subject to
availability.
sunnyafternoonthemusical.com
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© Rachael Smith Photography Ltd
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Lot 25
A one-week internship at the Wiener Library
The Wiener Library is one of the
and issues around the collection of
world’s leading and most extensive
survivor testimonies. There is also
archives on the Holocaust and Nazi era.
the opportunity to undertake some
Formed in 1933, the Library’s unique
research around creating new social
collection of over one million items
media content.
includes published and unpublished
works, press cuttings, photographs
and eyewitness testimony. During
the week’s internship you will gain
an understanding of collection
management in a specialist library
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Recipient must be aged 18 or over
Acknowledgements
Lots kindly donated by
Special thanks
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall
Mr & Mrs Andre Crawford-Brunt and
The Arts Club Mayfair
Mr & Mrs Andrew Wynn for donating
Mr William Asprey
the wine and Ms Alissa Lambina and
The British Museum
T Haus Flowers (t-haus.co.uk) for
Firmdale Hotel Group
donating flowers on the evening
Forte Village
Mr Alex Fowler
Committee members
Mrs Mindy Fowler
Mrs Nada Wynn Chairman
Mrs Reica Gray
Mrs Donna Didizian
Ms Lulu Guinness
Mrs Mindy Fowler
Jimmy Choo Ltd
Mrs Vita Lambina
The Lebus Family
Mr Gary Li
Leiths School of Food and Wine
Mrs Hazel O’Leary
Mrs Andrea Morris
Mrs Victoria Schild
Mrs Helena Morrissey CBE
Mrs Manina Weldon
Ms Melissa Odabash
The River Café
Queen’s Gate staff
Six Physio
Mrs Rosalynd Kamaryc
Dr Venetia Porter
Mrs Olivia Bridges
Sonia Friedman Productions
Mr Johnny Cubitt
Sotheby’s Auction House
Mrs Suzie Evans
The South Kensington Club
Miss Amy Hinds
Van Cleef & Arpels
Sig.na Cristina Podavitte
The Wallace Collection
Mr Stephen Webster
Thank you
Mrs Manina Weldon
ARCH Design Studio
The Wiener Library
Mr Philip Hook
Zafferano
The Landmark Hotel
Zuma London
Queen’s Gate School
Queen’s Gate School Junior School PTA
Queen’s Gate School Senior PTA
TFW Printers
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Terms & Conditions
The lots offered in this auction will be sold by Queen’s
Gate School Trust Limited, Registered Charity Number
312724 (‘the School’).
1. All auctions are open only to members of the
Queen’s Gate Community aged 18 and over. By
registering to an auction, you agree to be bound by
these terms and conditions.
2. Members of the Queen’s Gate Community are able to
bid on Silent Auction items until 7.00 pm on Saturday
23 January 2016. The successful bid for any one
Silent Auction lot will be the highest bid received by
the closing date. In the event that two or more bids
equal the highest bid, the lot shall be awarded to the
bid received first. Successful bidders will be notified
within seven days of the closing date of the Silent
Auction.
3. Any lot may be withdrawn by the School at any point
before the auction takes place.
4. Bids must be made in Pounds Sterling and successful
bidders must remit their payment for the relevant lot
direct to Queen’s Gate School Trust Limited.
5. The conduct of the auction shall be at the discretion
of the School and it reserves the right to reject a
bid from any bidder. If any dispute should arise, the
decision of the School shall be final.
6. The highest bidder acknowledged by the auctioneer
(acting on the School’s behalf) shall be ‘the
Purchaser’.
7. In the event that the School is unable to contact a
Purchaser within seven days of the closing of the
auction, or in the event that payment is not received
within 21 days of a Purchaser being notified, the
School reserves the right to award the lot to the next
highest bidder.
8. The School will not be liable if it is unable, for
reasons beyond its control, to award a lot (for
example, but not limited to, the cancellation of an
event, the unavailability of a person or event or a
lot donor failing to make a lot available). However,
the School will, to the best of its ability, provide the
Purchaser with a similar or alternate experience,
providing no expense is incurred by the School.
9. On the fall of the auctioneer’s hammer, the Purchaser
shall be deemed to have purchased the offered lot
subject to the conditions outlined below:
a) The Purchaser accepts the risk and responsibility
from that moment on. In no circumstances will the
School or the auctioneer be held responsible if any
lot is lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed.
b)The Purchaser will pay the full purchase price.
c) The Purchaser will sign a confirmation of purchase.
d)Under no circumstances will the School or the
auctioneer refund any lots once the hammer has fallen.
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10. Payment in full of the winning bid must be made by
the Purchaser in Pounds Sterling to the School on
the day of the sale or by 12 noon on Wednesday 27
January 2016 but in any event before the lot can be
collected. Payment will be accepted by bank transfer
to the School, using your full name as a reference, or
by cheque payable to Queen’s Gate School Trust Ltd.
11. The lots are described as at the date of publication
of this catalogue and are subject to availability. All
lot descriptions are provided by the lot donors
and as such, the School accepts no responsibility
whatsoever for the accuracy of the descriptions. It is
the responsibility of the bidder to inspect any lot to
check that the description in the catalogue is correct
and s/he will not be entitled to any compensation for
any errors or mistakes in the descriptions of any lots
from the School.
12. The School reserves the right to change, alter or
remove any lot from the auction at any time.
13. Lots purchased at the Queen’s Gate School 125th
Anniversary Ball are for personal use only and are not
transferable or for resale or donation to any other
charitable cause and there are no cash alternatives.
14. If applicable, it is the responsibility of the Purchaser
to make sure they have a valid passport and travel
insurance and to obtain any necessary vaccinations
and visas for their trip.
15. Events may occur that render an auction itself
impossible due to reasons beyond the School’s
control. Accordingly, the School may, at its absolute
discretion, vary or amend the auction and the
entrants agree that no liability shall attach to the
School as a result thereof.
16. The School will run the auction in a fair and
consistent manner. For the avoidance of doubt, for
any bid to be counted, it must be received by the
School before the close of the auction. It is the
responsibility of the bidder to ensure their bid is
received in time.
17. The responsibility for making contact with the lot
donor lies with the bidder.
18. All portable items shall be, if possible, collected in
person from the School reception or via your child.
The Purchaser is responsible for paying all costs (if
any) relating to the packing and shipping of his/her
lot.
19. Unless another date is specified, all lots will expire six
months from the close of the auction, unless agreed
otherwise between the Purchaser and lot donor.
20.These Conditions of Sale, as well as the Purchaser’s,
Queen’s Gate School’s respective rights and
obligations hereunder, shall be governed by and
construed and enforced in accordance with the
laws of England and Wales. By bidding at an auction,
whether present in person or by agent, commission
bid, telephone or other means, the Purchaser shall
be deemed to have consented to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales.
Queen’s Gate Scho ol
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Bidding will cease on Saturday 23 January 2016. Winners will be contacted the following week.
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