Photos of SABEW executive director Warren Watson’s Winthrop, Maine lake cottage.

Feb. 8, 2010

It’s auction time!

A highlight of SABEW’s annual conference is the benefit auction – live and silent. Where else can you compete for everything from a business-card holder to an authentic editorial cartoon?

Alan Murray offered lunch and a tour of The Wall Street Journal’s glitzy new Manhattan headquarters, while Ray Hennessey is throwing in the popular Fox Business tour and steakhouse meal with talent.

There will be the usual assortment of mugs, autographed books, famous pages and T-shirts. I personally can’t wait to bid on the Times-Picayune’s “We Publish Come Hell and High Water” tee.

Here’s something new this year: We know journalists are stressed, so SABEW is stepping up to the plate. Kevin Noblet is offering up a day of guided fly-fishing on Connecticut’s famed Farmington River. (He’ll also supply grub.)

Want to use this for one week in the summer?

SABEW executive director Warren Watson is offering his lake cottage in Winthrop, Maine, up for bid in the Society’s benefit auction. The photos show the 90-year-old camp (as it is often called in Maine) both inside and out. The facility sits right on the water and rents for up to $850 per week in the summer.

Don’t worry about being competitive. This is for a good cause.

— Dawn Wotapka, auction chair, SABEW board member

Auction list as of 2/23/10

NEW — Freelance survival kit, Maya
NEW — Fly-fishing trip and lunch, Kevin Noblet
NEW — WSJ hat with spiffy sweat band, Chris “friend of SABEW” Hardesty
NEW — WSJ notebook, pen, highlighter that dispenses post-it flags, Chris
NEW — WSJ Asia shirt, travel pillow, USB port, flash drive, etc., Chris
NEW — NBC package with Jim Cramer talking bobblehead, tickets to top of the rock/NBC tour and a Vancouver Olympics hat, Marty

NEW — Copy of last edition of Rocky Mountain News (March 2009), Rob Reuteman

NEW — Copy of last edition of Tucson Citizen (May 2009), Mark Scarp

–Lunch with Alan Murray/tour of 1211 AoA, Chris Hardesty
–Alan Murray’s book (autographed), Chris Hardesty
–WSJ Guide to Information Graphics, Chris Hardesty
–WSJ umbrella, Chris
–WSJ T-shirt, Chris
–Newspaper stuff, Warren
–Rocky front page plates, Rob
–Autographed Dave Kansas book, Dawn
–Autographed WSJ small biz book, Chris Hardesty
–Times-Picayune T-shirts, Kim
–NBC items, Marty
–Week at Warren’s vacation cottage in Winthrop, Maine, Warren
–The annual board basket brimming with chocolate
–Pair of Phoenix Suns tickets for March 21, Warren

– 2 pairs of tickets to San Francisco Giants spring training baseball game 1:05 p.m. March 22 at Scottsdale Stadium, Mark Scarp

–Annual Fox biz tour, lunch with talent, Ray
–1945 miniature Baltimore Sun delivery truck/piggy bank, Bernie
–Ilyce’s book, Dawn
–Dow Jones fleecies, Dawn
–Dow Jones running shirts, Dawn
–WSJ News Hub mug, Chris Hardesty
–Two tickets to the Thomson Reuters box at Madison Square Garden for the April 11th NY Knicks vs Miami Heat game at 6:00 pm, Walden
–LAT goodies, Sharon
–Board basket with regional foods

IN PROGRESS

–Reuters pictures, Walden
–LAT Hollywood access, Sharon
–CNBC tour, Marty
–Food network goodies

Comments are closed.