2022 gibson house museum benefit
Raffle
Raffle to benefit the Gibson House Museum
Tickets available online and by mail
$10 per ticket
Tickets available online and by mail
$10 per ticket
1. Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall …
This attractive oval mirror has a hand-crafted frame; measures 11.75" x 13.75"; and is a reproduction of an original late-nineteenth century Old Schwamb Mill design. The frame was created by master woodturner David W. Graf at Old Schwamb Mill in Arlington, Massachusetts., the oldest continuously used mill site in the U.S.
Donated by the Old Schwamb Mill Museum. Approximate value: $360
This attractive oval mirror has a hand-crafted frame; measures 11.75" x 13.75"; and is a reproduction of an original late-nineteenth century Old Schwamb Mill design. The frame was created by master woodturner David W. Graf at Old Schwamb Mill in Arlington, Massachusetts., the oldest continuously used mill site in the U.S.
Donated by the Old Schwamb Mill Museum. Approximate value: $360
2. A Passport to 18th-Century New England History
Everything you need to revisit New England history: 4 passes to any Historic New England property; 4 passes to the Old State House and Old South Meeting House; and a year-long family membership to the Loring Greenough House.
Donated by Historic New England, Revolutionary Spaces and the Perring Family. Approximate value: $250
Everything you need to revisit New England history: 4 passes to any Historic New England property; 4 passes to the Old State House and Old South Meeting House; and a year-long family membership to the Loring Greenough House.
Donated by Historic New England, Revolutionary Spaces and the Perring Family. Approximate value: $250
3. Wine and Dine on the Waterfront--and Breakfast, too!
Venture down to the waterfront for some food and fun! This package includes gift certificates for $150 each to the Boston Harbor Hotel Restaurant and 75 on Liberty Wharf, where you can enjoy the view, take a stroll, and enjoy the sea air. Includes a “Sugarhouse Breakfast Basket” from Sidehill Farm in Vermont. Bon appétit!
Donated by Friends of the Gibson House Museum. Approximate value: $360
Venture down to the waterfront for some food and fun! This package includes gift certificates for $150 each to the Boston Harbor Hotel Restaurant and 75 on Liberty Wharf, where you can enjoy the view, take a stroll, and enjoy the sea air. Includes a “Sugarhouse Breakfast Basket” from Sidehill Farm in Vermont. Bon appétit!
Donated by Friends of the Gibson House Museum. Approximate value: $360
4. Boston Bling
This gorgeous 14-karat-gold-filled, hand-crocheted, 4mm beaded bracelet goes with everything! Designed and made by local jewelry designer Adler Grier, who happens to be based a few blocks down Beacon Street from the Gibson House. The bracelet is one size: yours!
Donated by Adler Grier. Approximate value: $255
This gorgeous 14-karat-gold-filled, hand-crocheted, 4mm beaded bracelet goes with everything! Designed and made by local jewelry designer Adler Grier, who happens to be based a few blocks down Beacon Street from the Gibson House. The bracelet is one size: yours!
Donated by Adler Grier. Approximate value: $255
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5. What Would Mrs. Astor Do?
You can bet it would involve a personal handwritten note! Send greetings or gratitude with these exquisite gold-embellished notecards. Need some tips? You’re sure to find plenty while reading your copy of What Would Mrs. Astor Do? Donated by The Punctilious Mr. P’s Place Card Company and Dempsey & Carroll. Approximate value: $145 |
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6. Downton Abbey Fans: It’s Tea Time!
It’s time for tea! Enjoy afternoon tea for four at the Courtyard Tea Room at the Boston Public Library. No other tea room offers the experience of finely crafted tea sandwiches, sweets, and scones in a historic and architectural marvel like the McKim Building of the BPL. Enjoy the lovely courtyard view, and take home your own signed copy of Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes’s first novel, Snobs.
Donated by The Catered Affair and Ruth Ann Kupfer. Approximate value: $355
It’s time for tea! Enjoy afternoon tea for four at the Courtyard Tea Room at the Boston Public Library. No other tea room offers the experience of finely crafted tea sandwiches, sweets, and scones in a historic and architectural marvel like the McKim Building of the BPL. Enjoy the lovely courtyard view, and take home your own signed copy of Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes’s first novel, Snobs.
Donated by The Catered Affair and Ruth Ann Kupfer. Approximate value: $355
7. Cocktails at Locke-Ober
Locke-Ober, Boston’s Gilded-Age restaurant, lives on! The Ward Eight, created in 1898, was their signature cocktail. Make yours with all the ingredients, served in six elegant gold-rimmed vintage glasses, and plan your next cocktail party with The Gilded Age Cocktails book and a vintage Locke-Ober cookbook. Cheers!
Donated by Michael Duca and Frances Duffly. Approximate value: $255
Locke-Ober, Boston’s Gilded-Age restaurant, lives on! The Ward Eight, created in 1898, was their signature cocktail. Make yours with all the ingredients, served in six elegant gold-rimmed vintage glasses, and plan your next cocktail party with The Gilded Age Cocktails book and a vintage Locke-Ober cookbook. Cheers!
Donated by Michael Duca and Frances Duffly. Approximate value: $255
8. Meet Me at the Athenaeum
Founded in 1807, the Boston Athenaeum is one of the most distinguished independent libraries and cultural institutions in the United States. History, art, a peaceful sanctuary for reading and working, and many literary and cultural events will be at your fingertips with this one-year family membership (two adults and any dependents under the age of twenty-two).
~Sweet are the fruits of letters~
Donated by The Boston Athenaeum. Approximate value: $525
Founded in 1807, the Boston Athenaeum is one of the most distinguished independent libraries and cultural institutions in the United States. History, art, a peaceful sanctuary for reading and working, and many literary and cultural events will be at your fingertips with this one-year family membership (two adults and any dependents under the age of twenty-two).
~Sweet are the fruits of letters~
Donated by The Boston Athenaeum. Approximate value: $525
9. Calling All Chocoholics!
Chocolate lovers rejoice! This collection of tasty treats includes The Baker Chocolate Company by Anthony Sammarco, gourmet hot chocolate from L.A. Burdick, chocolate tea from Harney Tea Company, and a $50 gift certificate for Beacon Hill Chocolates. As if that isn’t enough, serve hot chocolate to your friends in a vintage white-and-gold porcelain chocolate pot with four matching cups and saucers.
Donated by Lorie Komlyn and Laurie Thomas. Approximate value: $215
Chocolate lovers rejoice! This collection of tasty treats includes The Baker Chocolate Company by Anthony Sammarco, gourmet hot chocolate from L.A. Burdick, chocolate tea from Harney Tea Company, and a $50 gift certificate for Beacon Hill Chocolates. As if that isn’t enough, serve hot chocolate to your friends in a vintage white-and-gold porcelain chocolate pot with four matching cups and saucers.
Donated by Lorie Komlyn and Laurie Thomas. Approximate value: $215
10. Beautiful Bristol Glass
Bristol glass is a glorious collectible that speaks to a bygone era. This Victorian Bristol glass vase dates from c. 1870 and measures 10" high. The elegant turquoise and white Etruscan Revival motif is stunning and will catch your eye every time you walk into the room!
Donated by Mary Ethel Grady, Willow and Urn Antiques. Approximate value: $265
Bristol glass is a glorious collectible that speaks to a bygone era. This Victorian Bristol glass vase dates from c. 1870 and measures 10" high. The elegant turquoise and white Etruscan Revival motif is stunning and will catch your eye every time you walk into the room!
Donated by Mary Ethel Grady, Willow and Urn Antiques. Approximate value: $265
11. A Gilded Night In
Cozy up for a gilded night in with this DVD set of Smithsonian Million-Dollar Princesses; Snack Spice Package and Good & Gold Latte Spice Package from the Spice and Tea Exchange in Newport; a Newport Mansions deck of cards; Murder at the Marble House novel; and a lovely bottle of prosecco. Where to start? With the prosecco, perhaps?
Donated by the Perring Family. Approximate value: $200
Cozy up for a gilded night in with this DVD set of Smithsonian Million-Dollar Princesses; Snack Spice Package and Good & Gold Latte Spice Package from the Spice and Tea Exchange in Newport; a Newport Mansions deck of cards; Murder at the Marble House novel; and a lovely bottle of prosecco. Where to start? With the prosecco, perhaps?
Donated by the Perring Family. Approximate value: $200
12. A Day in Newport
The Gilded Age will come alive with two tickets to any two Newport Mansions and a $100 gift certificate for lunch at 22 Bowen’s on the waterfront. Get in the mood with this collection of Gilded Age-themed books: The Glitter and the Gold, The Gilded Age, and The Husband Hunters.
Donated by Jackie Blombach. Approximate value: $245
The Gilded Age will come alive with two tickets to any two Newport Mansions and a $100 gift certificate for lunch at 22 Bowen’s on the waterfront. Get in the mood with this collection of Gilded Age-themed books: The Glitter and the Gold, The Gilded Age, and The Husband Hunters.
Donated by Jackie Blombach. Approximate value: $245
13. Voilà! Instant Wine Cellar
Start or grow your wine cellar with these personally selected outstanding wines, each from a different area of Burgundy, France. Red? White? With three of each, you won’t have to choose. A votre santé!
Donated by Sam and Nancy Jane Duncan. Approximate value: $450
Start or grow your wine cellar with these personally selected outstanding wines, each from a different area of Burgundy, France. Red? White? With three of each, you won’t have to choose. A votre santé!
Donated by Sam and Nancy Jane Duncan. Approximate value: $450
A SPECIAL SILENT AUCTION ITEM
Portrait of a Lady, c. 1880
The years have touched her only to enrich her; the flower of her youth had not faded; it only hung more quietly on its stem. ― Henry James
A lovely, professionally executed, period portrait of a bright-eyed woman in an elaborate Victorian dress who gazes wistfully into the distance, perhaps lost in thought, her enigmatic smile reflecting psychological depth and refinement. The portrait's glowing tones of goldenrod, peach, cream, and umber will add warmth and distinction and a touch of “old Boston” to your home. Signed but undecipherable. The heavy gilt frame and canvas are in excellent vintage condition with no repairs.
Oil on canvas; stretcher dimensions: 30.5" x 24.75"; frame dimensions: 40.5" x 35"
Valued at $750. Bidding will begin at $250, with increments of $25. Reserve is $400.
Please note that winner is responsible for shipping or transport.
Generously donated by Todd and Linda Gernes.
The years have touched her only to enrich her; the flower of her youth had not faded; it only hung more quietly on its stem. ― Henry James
A lovely, professionally executed, period portrait of a bright-eyed woman in an elaborate Victorian dress who gazes wistfully into the distance, perhaps lost in thought, her enigmatic smile reflecting psychological depth and refinement. The portrait's glowing tones of goldenrod, peach, cream, and umber will add warmth and distinction and a touch of “old Boston” to your home. Signed but undecipherable. The heavy gilt frame and canvas are in excellent vintage condition with no repairs.
Oil on canvas; stretcher dimensions: 30.5" x 24.75"; frame dimensions: 40.5" x 35"
Valued at $750. Bidding will begin at $250, with increments of $25. Reserve is $400.
Please note that winner is responsible for shipping or transport.
Generously donated by Todd and Linda Gernes.
Raffle Ticket Instructions and Information
Please contact info@thegibsonhouse.org with any questions.
- Proceeds benefit the preservation of the Gibson House Museum.
- Tickets will also be available at the Benefit on May 5.
- Be sure to indicate, on each ticket, the number of the raffle prize that you hope to win.
- You may put as many raffle tickets as you wish toward one prize or allocate them to different prizes. If you do not indicate a preferred prize, the committee will allocate the tickets.
- For a discounted purchase of 6 raffle tickets for $50, please send a check made out to the Gibson House Museum to 137 Beacon St., Boston, MA 02116. Please be sure to indicate your prize choices with your check.
- You do not need to be present to win a raffle prize.
- Prizes may be subject to change, and some restrictions may apply.
- Prizes may be subject to taxation.
Please contact info@thegibsonhouse.org with any questions.