With prizes as highly sought as a spot in the Whistler Golf Classic itself, the Live and Silent Auctions are eagerly anticipated by participants year after year. Boasting rare vacation packages and crates of fine wine, the auction catalogue is annually one of Canada’s finest.

Live Auction Highlights

New York New York
 

Take a bite out of the big apple.  You and three friends will experience the flavour of New York City, from the Brooklyn Bridge to Wall Street.

See Gotham in a private helicopter tour of the city. Coast over the trees of Central Park, the skyscrapers of Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island. 

Get grounded again and choose between the Saturday or Sunday round of the 2009 US Open at the Bethpage Black Golf Course, considered one of the most challenging courses in North America. Your passes include access to the VIP Hospitality Suite, complete with meals and hand rolled cigars. 

The following day, get made over like a true fashion forward New Yorker with a hair cut by What Not to Wear’s Nick Arrujo and a guided shopping tour from the comforts of a luxury town car.

In the evening, sample the Chef’s Choice Menu at Morimoto, the world-famous kitchen of Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto. After sushi, make your way to the bright lights of Broadway where you will take in a show. Rent, Westside Story… the choices are endless.     

While New York is known as the city that never sleeps, you will do just that at the stylish Westin New York at Times Square. At the heart of the city’s fashion and financial districts and just blocks from Grand Central Station, you will rest easy and sightsee conveniently.

To prepare you for your trip this package includes a one year subscription to New York Magazine.

Silent Auction Highlights

Cruise with Holland America - Value $2,600

Holland America promises you a signature of excellence. Embark on a seven day cruise for two to any of their fabulous locations. Whether the sun or the glaciers are your preference, a week of luxury and relaxation await you. Watch the seals in Alaska, cruise to the ruins of Mexico, sea the sphinx of Egypt or the cheetahs of South Africa. The possibilities are endless.

Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port 1994 – One Bottle - Value $700

Taylor is accepted by most wine authorities to be the greatest of all port shippers, famous especially for its sublime and long-lived Vintage ports, which consistently fetch the highest prices at auction, and for old, distinguished Tawny ports. The 1994 is considered, in a word, superb. It is full-bodied, moderately sweet and incredibly tannic with amazing finesse and refinement in texture.  Perhaps the greatest Taylor to date, it also exudes concentrated aromas of raspberries and violets.  Wine Spectator rating: 100 points.

Signed Nazzy Jersey - Priceless

Demonstrate your loyalty to the Vancouver Canucks with this authentic hockey jersey signed by Team Captain, Marcus Naslund. During his ten year tenure with the Canucks, Naslund has placed second overall in NHL scoring and been the recipient of the Lester B. Pearson Award.

Raffle Prize

Okanagan Wine Country

Relax in BC’s wine country with a two night stay at the new Guesthouse accommodation of Burrowing Owl Estate Winery. Sip wine on your private balcony overlooking the vineyards, then have a scrumptious lunch or dinner at The Sonora Room with a $75 gift certificate. During your stay in Osoyoos, also visit Nk’Mip Cellars and spend your $50 gift certificate at the winery. Leave their cellars feeling invigorated and with two lovely souvenirs – a bottle of their 2006 Riesling and 2005 Merlot.