ADAPT 2011 Auction catalog by Adapt VN

ADAPT Inspires Silent Auction Catalog â&#x20AC;&#x201C; August 2011

Place your bid against human trafficking Net proceeds goes to Pacific Links Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s anti-human trafficking efforts www.pacificlinks.org www.adaptvietnam.org

GUIDE TO BIDDING ONLINE •

To place a silent auction bid, click on the link to the bid sheet for the item. Submit your name, email, and phone number on the form.

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Indicate your maximum bid on the bid sheet. The online process will not allow you to see bids from other bidders. You can enter as many bids as you like for a single item. Any bid that fails to meet the minimum bid will be disqualified.

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Any accommodation/hotel reservations are on a space-available basis and subject to holiday blackout periods. Remember, you are making your reservation based on a donor’s terms and restrictions.

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Please place your final bids prior to closing time. Online bidding ends at 12 noon PDT on the day of the benefit: Sunday, August 28, 2011.

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Bidding will then continue on-site at the luncheon. On-site bidding will end at 2PM PDT on the day of the benefit: Sunday, August 28, 2011.

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At the time of closing, bid sheets will be removed from the Silent Auction tables and reviewed by Pacific Links Foundation (PALS) staff who will certify the winning bids. The highest bid on each bid sheet will be declared the winner. In the event of a dispute or a last-minute bidding war for a silent item, PALS staff shall have sole and final discretion in determining the winning bid.

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All winning bids must be settled before the end of the event by cash, check or credit card. Credit cards payment will be made online.

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If you are a winner through online bidding, PALS will contact you to let you know and payment must be made within 3 days.

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PALS staff will contact online winners following the benefit to confirm payment pick-up and/ or shipping. Online auction winners will be responsible for all shipping charges of their winning items. On-site winners will pick up items at event.

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All sales are final and no exchanges or refunds are possible. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause you. If you should have questions, please contact us: info@pacificlinks.org WE THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING PACIFIC LINKS FOUNDATION

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A01 Cassia Cottage Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam Accomodation Enjoy 3 nights stay in the 4-star resort, Cassia Cottage, on the beautiful Phu Quoc Island. Cassia Cottage accomodations are "plantation-style beach houses and brick garden cottages designed for travelers who wish privacy while having all their needs provided for." Cassia Cottage $500 $300 http://goo.gl/ecQWj

B01 Private Jazz Performance with Vocalist Thùy Linh & Guitarist Live Performance Enjoy an intimate jazz peformance with vocalist Thùy Linh & guitarist in the privacy of your own home. Entertain guests at your private house party. Package includes: 1.5 hr of music (2 sets), personalized song list on request, and travel expense within 50 miles of Huntington Beach, CA. Thuy Linh Tran $600 $250 http://goo.gl/rD6ik

B02 Private Jazz Performance with Vocalist Thùy Linh & Guitarist Live Performance Enjoy an intimate jazz peformance with vocalist Thùy Linh & guitarist in the privacy of your home. Entertain guests at your private house party. Package includes: 1.5 hr of music (2 sets), personalized song list on request, and travel expese within 50 miles of Huntington Beach, CA. Thuy Linh Tran $600 $250 http://goo.gl/VcUlP

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C01 Japanese Tea Set Ceramic Tea set includes tea pot, 4 cups, soy sauce container and black tray. Shirley Chow $150 $100 http://goo.gl/rZ3l7

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C02 Tea Set - Minh Long Fine China Porcelain Tea set includes tea pot and 6 cups. Minh Long is the premier porcelain and ceramics company in Vietnam. Diep Vuong $60 $50 http://goo.gl/Xstlx

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C03 At Home with Coconut Home Set of coconut bowls, plates and chopsticks. Cathy Lam $ $ http://goo.gl/tGuVX

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C04 “Untitled” Clay, copper oxide glaze in 1200 degree celsius Vase made while Nguy!n Qu"c Chánh, artist-in-residence at Tr#$ng M% Thu&t Biên Hòa, formerly École des Arts Appliqué de Biên Hòa, from early 20th century. Inspired by the legacy of ecclecticism of the Biên Hòa school of pottery art that brought together Khmer, Chinese, Cham, Vietnamese, and other local traditions of pottery art from its early days of French colonialism. Clay, copper oxide glaze in 1200C. http://www.saatchionline.com/profile/224757 Nguy!n Qu"c Chánh $300 $200 http://goo.gl/0HI2d

D01 Honey Amber Beaded Necklace Jewelry Rounded honey amber beads strung together to make a luminous beaded strand of clear amber. Lucie Smith $250 $150 http://goo.gl/2YQNV

D02 Cognac Amber Necklace Jewelry Perfectly formed substantial round beads showcasing the beauty of the amber. Handcrafted in Poland. Lucie Smith $250 $150 http://goo.gl/OQZFN

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D03 Handmade Jewelry Piece Jewelry Silver chain with red pendant. Tran Khanh Tuyet $35 $25 http://goo.gl/26Ggp

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D04 Handmade Jewelry Piece Jewelry Silver Carnalian. Tran Khanh Tuyet $100 $80 http://goo.gl/ol4jL

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D05 Handmade Jewelry Piece Jewelry Pearl necklace. Tran Khanh Tuyet $40 $30 http://goo.gl/jnoYQ

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D06 Handmade Jewelry Piece Jewelry Purple earrings. Tran Khanh Tuyet $30 $20 http://goo.gl/2BePK

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D07 Handmade Jewelry Piece Jewelry Green earrings. Tran Khanh Tuyet $20 $15 http://goo.gl/t081f

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D08 Handmade Jewelry Piece Jewelry White earrings. Tran Khanh Tuyet $20 $15 http://goo.gl/zGJh6

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D09 Handmade Jewelry Piece Jewelry Yellow pendant. Tran Khanh Tuyet $50 $40 http://goo.gl/Y8p97

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D11 Handmade Jewelry Piece Jewelry Pearl pendant. Tran Khanh Tuyet $30 $20 http://goo.gl/TxGFN

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D12 “Whispers” by Caroline Pham Designs Jewlery Whispers are felted silk wraps that are gossamer light, warm, and richly colored. Each is lovingly designed and felted by hand, using only luxurious hand dyed roving of merino and silk. Patterns are therefore unique. Caroline strives for transparency. Lang Anh Pham $180 $120 http://goo.gl/rdQaj

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D14 Beaded Necklace Jewelry Green jade-color necklace. Tran Kim Anh $150 $100 http://goo.gl/NZ21M

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E01 “Green Field” Painting on canvas Painting of a rural landscape in green. (33”x27” painting on canvas, 36”x30” painting with grey frame). Tran Kim Anh $500 $200 http://goo.gl/8chNZ

E02 “Red Village” Painting on canvas Painting of a landscape dominated by the color red. (31”x25” painting on canvas, 32.5”x38.5” painting with black frame). Tran Kim Anh $500 $200 http://goo.gl/c3gD4

E03 “Teatime” Painting on canvas The diaphanous background lights up the still objects. Kim To's paintings have details that look so real, yet also floats effortlessly. (16”x16” painting on canvas, 19”x20” painting with bronze frame). 2010. Nguyen Thi Kim To $600 $350 http://goo.gl/pVhWl

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E04 “Autumn Flower” Painting, oil on canvas. Hà th' H(nh fought during the war. Her latest exhibit is titled “A Peaceful Corner.” (16”x24” framed oil on canvas painting). 2010. Hà th' H(nh $400 $200 http://goo.gl/sOCZ2

F01 "Rice Paddies" - Set of 2 photos Photography Rice paddies are ubiquitous throughout the rural regions of Vietnam, and tending to them is a daily chore for the girls with whom we work. This series of 2 photographs captures the brief stillness of a crane gliding through the rice landscape and the laborious individual planting of young rice stalks. Photographer Nhu Tien Lu is a writer currently working with ADAPT in the northern and southern regions of Vietnam. Photo was taken in 2011. (8”x10”). Nhu Tien Luu $150 $75 http://goo.gl/6X889

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F02 “Working Hands” - Set of 3 photos Photography The trafficking survivors at our shelters have been working since they were toddlers. To help their families, they may work in the fields, tend to the livestock, cook and clean, and take care of their younger siblings, among many other tasks. For the ethnic minority girls in the north, they may also embroider and dye cloth in order to sew their own clothing or to produce fabric to sell. This series of 3 photographs captures the industrious hands of three sisters, all of whom were trafficking survivors, during a visit to their family's home in northern Vietnam. Photographer Nhu Tien Lu is a writer currently working with ADAPT in the northern and southern regions of Vietnam. (8”x10”, unframed). Nhu Tien Luu $250 $75 http://goo.gl/t5WTA

F05 “Irish Borderland” Photography This photo was taken in South Armagh on the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland where some of the bloodiest fighting took place between the British forces and the Irish Republican Army (IRA). Photographed by Neal Newfield, 2005. (16.3”x11.5” photo printed on 18.5”x12.75” matt). Neal Newfield $150 $100 http://goo.gl/8u7rp

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F06 “Riding with Clouds” Photography This photo was taken at the Antrim Coast of Northern Ireland and won honorable recognition in a photo contest with thousands of entries. Photographed by Neal Newfield, 2005. (16”x 6.4” photo printed on 18.5”x12.75” matt). Neal Newfield $150 $100 http://goo.gl/QNUxV

F07 “Da Nang Kites at Night” - Set of 2 Photography These two photographs were taken in Da Nang, a seaside city with an ocean breeze that cools while inviting kids and adults alike to fly kites. The kite vendors have bikes that are festooned with kites that dance at the end of tethers attached to poles. At night, when kites are backlit from street lamps and headlights from cars and motorcycles, they glow. In “Da Nang Kite at Night #2,” the photographer was able to catch this glow and in the lower part of the image you can see the headlight of an oncoming vehicle. Photographed by Neal Newfield, 2011. (Each are 17.7x11.8” photo printed on 18.5”x12.5” cardstock). Neal Newfield $200 $150 http://goo.gl/HyQH7

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F08 “Châu )"c mùa n#*c n+i” (1961) (“High water season”) Black & white reprints Series of 4 black & white photos depicting Châu )"c (An giang province) scenes in 1961 when the water rose high. Photos include notes by photographer Quang D,ng who is a native son of Châu )"c and currently lives in Southern California. The mementos reprints usher in memories of a landmark border town where trade thrived throughout the century. 1961, orginal photos. Quang D,ng $200 $120 http://goo.gl/EKvcL

F09 “About to Bloom” Photography Framed environmental photo taken in the communities where ADAPT works during a site visit by Phuong Thao whose compassion has moved mountains for our recipients. (14”x11” print with frame, 18”x12” photo size). 2009. Nguy!n th' Ph#-ng Th.o $100 $50 http://goo.gl/3hjRN

F10 “Mother & Child” - Northern highlander Photography Matted black & white print of Vietnamese Northern highlander women and daughter. Vietnam 2007. (19.5”x16” matt with photo, 15.5”x12” photo size). Photographed by Luca Prasso. Luca Prasso $200 $100 http://goo.gl/KSRnG

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G02 Growing Up Bilingual with Books Books Basket of children’s bilingual books. Tran Kim Anh $100 $50 http://goo.gl/Uc5ls

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G03 Nguyen Ngoc Tu's Collection Set of 9 books A collection of nine signed works by bestseller young writer Nguyen Ngoc Tu. One of her books, "Canh Dong Bat Tan", was made into an internationally acclaimed movie, screened widely on US university campuses.

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Born in 1976, Nguyen Ngoc Tu first achieved fame in 2000, and introduced the notion of "bestseller" in Vietnam. In 2007, some of her works were translated into Korean. Nguyen Ngoc Tu $100 $75 http://goo.gl/ge2W5

E05 “Thuy Kieu” Lacquer An interpretation of the poem, Thuy Kieu. In this depiction, the talented, Thuy Kieu, plays music amongst her maids. (20”x19” lacquered painting). Diep Vuong $200 $125 http://goo.gl/b6guO

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E06 “Gift Basket” Photography, canvas in wood frame Imagine the horrific reactions of by-standers as they catch a mother carrying her child in a bicycle's basket without a child’s helmet here in the US. However, in many parts of the world and in Vietnam, this is the only way mothers can afford to transport their children daily. The red sheer scarf is used to cover the child from the dirt along the unpaved road. Photo was taken in Ha Nam, when Hai-Ho participated with Project Vietnam on a medical mission. (18”x25”). Hai-Ho Tran $250 $75 http://goo.gl/Kmy1S

E07 “Modern Tradition” Photography, print in wood frame The modern umbrella provides a contrast with the traditional costume and the intricately embroidered textiles worn by this H'mong Girl in Sapa, Vietnam. She carries a basket with a chicken inside heading to the market. Frequent travelers to Sapa will notice that globalization is creeping in, even in such a remote region where members of indigenous hill tribe groups such as H’mong, Dzao, Tay and Tai, minorities of Vietnam, fiercely defend their cultural identities such as by wearing traditional dress at all times. (21"x17" frame size, 8"x10" photo size). Hai-Ho Tran $250 $75 http://goo.gl/vYB5d

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“Rào Tre” Iron pen on paper Titled “Bamboo Fence.” Hà Th' H(nh, known for her iron pen works, fought during the war. Her latest exhibit is titled “A Peaceful Corner”. Iron pen on paper with gold frame. (20”x30”). Hà Th' H(nh $500 $250

“Da Lat” Sketch Sketch of Da Lat, Vietnam by artist Le Ngoc Linh. The sketch includes a pine tree, which lends Da Lat the nickname of “City of thousands of pine trees.” Le Ngoc Linh has participated in nearly 20 painting exhibits in Vietnam and throughout the world. His 4th solo exhibition was held in 2010. (35”x35”). 2011. Le Ngoc Linh $100 $50

“Quê Nghèo” Sketch Sketch titled “Poor Country” by artist Le Ngoc Linh. Le Ngoc Linh has participated in nearly 20 painting exhibits in Vietnam and throughout the world. His 4th solo exhibition was held in 2010. (35”x35”). 2011. Le Ngoc Linh $100 $50

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“Hoi An” Painting, Oil on Canvas Painting of Hoi An, by artist Le Ngoc Linh. Le Ngoc Linh has participated in nearly 20 painting exhibits in Vietnam and throughout the world. His 4th solo exhibition was held in 2010. (70”x54”). 2011. Le Ngoc Linh $250 $75

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