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Going, Going Gone!

The gavel rules as art and memorabilia find loving homes.

T

he Sisterhood of Adat Shalom
Synagogue mixed fine art with
plenty of shmoozing at its
third annual art auction.
The live auction, led by Kurt Dise
of the Ross Gallery in New York, fea-
tured works by artists such as Renoir,
Tarkay, Chagall,
Picasso and Agam.
Sports and music
memorabilia also
were offered to bid-
ders.
About 130 guests
previewed theFeb. 5
art and noshed
from an array of
sweets and hors
RONIT
d'oeuvres provided by
PINTO
caterer Jeffrey
Columnist Rosenberg. Simon
from the Vineyards in
Farmington Hills offered wine tasting.
"We come every year — we love it,"
said Nancy Liefer of Farmington
Hills, who attended with husband,
Dennis.
"This is a fun night," said Marianne
Sacks of West Bloomfield, who attend-
ed with her husband, David. "It's
something different."
"We nearly tripled the amount of
people from last year," said Sisterhood
President Norma Dorman of West
Bloomfield. Proceeds from the evening
will benefit synagogue programs.
"The event created so much enthu-
siasm, we hope to do it again next
year," said co-chair Beth Hirsch of
West Bloomfield.
Among the art aficionados were co-
chair Shannon Dickstein, Berton and
Renee May, Sharon and Tom
Bebovic, Pam and Bill Marcus and
Jennifer and Steve Riblan, all of West
Bloomfield; Phil and Susan
Greenblatt of Birmingham; Sherry
Shanbom of Bloomfield Hills; Bonnie
and David Otis of Waterford; Danny
Victor and Tracy Moen of Sylvan
Lake; Michael and Sue Feldman and
Rita and Ed Sitron, all of Farmington
Hills.
"I'm delighted Jewish people appre-
ciate art and come to events like
these," said Rabbi Herbert Yoskowitz
of Adat Shalom. ❑

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Above: Auctioneer Kurt Dise of Hershey,
Pa., directs the bidders to the selling points
of each work of art.

Left: Sherry Shanbom of Bloomfield Hills
and Marianne Sacks ofWest Bloomfield
take a closer look at wearable art.

Above: Walter Rosenblum and Nancy
Leland, both ofWest Bloomfielth check
their paperwork before the auction starts.

Above: Neil .Anchill
ofWest Bloomfield
moves a Havdallah
set to the auction
area.

Left: Jeff and
Rachel Levine of
West Bloomfield
check out a sculp-
ture along with
Suzanne Levine of
West Bloomfield.

Above middle: Debbie and Albert Holtz of Orchard
Lake chat with Phil Greenblatt of Birmingham.

Above: Alan and Marilyn Chandross ofWest
Bloomfield discuss the merits of the art.

Left: Eileen Hyman
ofWest Bloomfield
is careful in check-
ing all her notes for
the auction.

3/24
2005

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