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On Wednesday, October the 2nd the Museum of Photographic Art, San
Diego, held
it's bi-annual auction. This year they auctioned off photographs. Previous
years it had been a wine auction, so I was thrilled it was for art.
It was so much fun and I met a lot of new folks,
and said hi to old friends. A $75 donation, for members, which I am, got you in
and included an open bar, and it ran from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m..
A couple of hundred patrons took part and a lot of donated art was auctioned
off, which will help school programs, as well as senior programs, they
administer there and off premises.
— at
Museum of Photographic Arts.
Here are
some images
I took with my iPhone, and some MOPA photographer Stacy took.
Click photo to enlarge.
After paying my entry fee, and getting
a glass of cPhil and Margaret Ham were nice enough to share their table with me
so I could eat the wonderful hors d'oeuvres that were served. They've been
volunteers since the museum opened they said. They also mentioned they had been
to our Del Mar Gallery.
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While chatting with Phillip Scholtz
Rittermann, a photographer and old acquaintance a gentleman came up and I was
introduced to him. His name was Gary Singer and we toured the museum while he
pointed out the art he'd bid on, and I critiqued them as he did.
Come to find out he is an
artist/architect, and about 2/3rds around the space someone came up and informed
him that as THE DIRECTORS HUSBAND he had a conflict of interest and he would not
be able to bid. Funny, I think he knew it, but I was amazed at my luck as I then
asked me to introduce me to his wife, I'd not met her yet (she's fairly new at
the position, comparatively speaking).
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Retired
director Arthur Ollman showed up towards the end of the night and I snagged a
shot of him and Phillip. Phillip had a piece he donated and it raised over
$5,000 during the live auction. I mentioned how tough it is when your in
attendance when it goes to the gavel, you want it to go for as much as possible.
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I hold up my 'paddle', practicing so I'll be ready to
outbid the millionaires that showed. Bottom line, I did not add anything to my
collection.
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I pose with artist/architect Gary Singer and his
wife/director of M.O.P.A. Deborah Klochko. They moved here from San Francisco
about six years ago, when she became the director. Info from the Union Tribune
about her
HERE.
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