(bought by Rainer Haas for the Haas collection)
(bought by Peter Blum for the Blum collection)
Here is a small report by Russ Bauer directly from New York: "Several celebrities were in attendance: Donald Trump, Blaine Trump, Matthew 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 $15,000. All in all, it was a great event culminating in an exciting evening. Without a doubt, though, the biggest winner was God's Love We Deliver!"
Debbie Burghardt-Platt was a former director of special Swatch events for the US. She adds: "Heidi came as a courtesy, I also brought Aida Turturro from The Sopranos who I brought to a Swatch France event. Donald Trump of course came because the event benefited Gods Love We Deliver which was Blaine Trump’s big NYC charity. The funniest thing about this event was no matter how big the celeb they all broke down their chairs and took them home. That was their gift. Had all the artwork on them."
I went to Zurich to follow the auction. At 9pm, we met in Zurich
in the restaurant Movie near the Zurich swatch store.
About 50(!) club members were participated. We had an excellent
dinner. At about midnight, we went to the swatch store were TV and
chairs were already prepared. At about 1am, live TV (and audio)
coverage began. First, the camera walked across the exhibition of
the auction lots. The exhibition was phantastic with very nice
acrylic displays (they were included in the lots!). It was almost
like being there... almost... At about 1.30am, the auction
began. First Nick Hayek jr. spoke some introductory words.
He greeted also the European participants. Then Heidi Klum stopped
by and also spoke some words in German, very nice! The
auction was great, the auctioneer was really entertaining.
We had most excitement when one bidder from Zurich (famous for his great
collection!) bought the lot with the gold and platinum prototype.
It was clear that he would have paid *any* price!
The whole event was organized perfectly (both in Zurich and New York) and it went smoothly. The best thing of course was all the money raised for a good cause. Here are some of my (not too good) photos. I think that Nikolai's pictures are better.
| LOT | Ref.No. | Lot Content | Name | Min.Bid US$ | High Bid US$ |
| 1 | GK100 | Original Jelly Fish | Clear View |
3,500 | 6,000 |
| FK100 | 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 (bought by Rainer Haas for the Haas collection) |
| 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 (bought by Peter Blum for the Blum collection) |
| 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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