News & Information
as of July 19, 2011
Well, we are on countdown to the auction! A week of fun and frolic, culminating in the auction action! For those of you who will not be making it in person, we’ll miss you, but you can follow along with all the activities. If you plan on bidding, then I suggest you get your Pre-Registration taken care of right away and don’t wait until the last minute! “Absentee Proxy Bids” on “Silent Auction” items close on Friday, July 22, 2011 at 4:pm Hawaii Standard Time. So, make sure you get your bids in on time! If you plan on bidding on items in the “Main” auction, be aware that the auction “Live” program begins at 3:00pm Hawaii Standard Time, with bidding for the “Main” items commencing at 4:00pm HST. We will be broadcasting “Live” on the Internet on this site and in Hawaii also on Oceanic Time Warner, Channels 250 and HD1250.
For those who are attending the auction in person, please read the following updates as some information has changed.
HENRY PREECE DEDICATION
Belovedly known as the “Mayor of Haleiwa”, there will be a special dedication of a park bench in Henry’s honor, at Haleiwa’s Ali’i Beach Park on the North Shore. This will take place on Thursday, July 21st, at 10:00am. The public is invited and a number of surf luminaries will be present, to pay tribute to Henry. All auction attendee’s are welcome to join in the celebration.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR
We will be having a “Surf Fair” featuring a variety of vendors with all kinds of surf items. Books, magazines, posters, vintage apparel, artwork, fins, surf crafts and all kinds of surf memorabilia. If you can’t find something at our “Surf Fair”, then you shouldn’t be here!
We have ten very talented artists who will have their works on display in the Art Set, for both your viewing pleasure and purchase. Take time to support their work and in doing so, proceeds will go to the Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Foundation Scholarship Fund.
Friday July 22nd Happenings
International Surfboard Builders Hall of Fame Presentation
Bob “The Greek” Bolan and Mike Ester will be presenting new inductee’s their awards for the International Surfboard Builders Hall of Fame. This will be a low key affair, held at Hula Grill (above Duke’s) in the Outrigger Waikiki on the Beach at 8:30am. Inductees include: Harold “Iggy” Ige & Ken Tilton and receiving life time achievement awards will be Barry Kanaiaupuni, Bob “Ole” Olson and Phil Becker.
Wooden Board Seminar
Dan Pincetich will once again be giving an hour long presentation on the history of the wooden surf board. Last auction, this seminar was well received, with a packed room of attendee’s soaking up the knowledge from Dan’s extensive presentation. Scheduled for 9:30am in the meeting room adjacent to the Hula Grill in the Outrigger Waikiki on the Beach. All auction attendee’s are encouraged to attend.
Auction Opens
The auction viewing opens at 12:00 Noon at the Galleria at the Blaisdell Center. We will be having “Antique Road Show” appraisals going from Noon until 4:00pm. So, Honolulu enthusiasts can bring in their surf goods and find out what they are worth. We will also have a “Meet & Greet” with ten different authors, who will be signing books, autographs and interacting with the crowds. Viewing is free for all the items, and those wishing to pick up an autographed copy of the various surf books will have an opportunity to do so. The auction viewing will close at 6:00pm.
Jimmy Buffett’s at the Beachcomber
The Pre-Auction party is sold out. Unless you have a “Premium Packet”, you will not be admitted to the party. For those who have signed up, be ready to have a blast! 7:00pm start, with great food, drinks and camaraderie are all on tap! Lot of special guests and it should be a great way to get everyone in the auction mood!
Saturday July 23rd Happenings
Doors for the auction open at 10:00am. Viewing is once again free. Silent auction bidding opens at 12:00 Noon, with bids closing at 3:00pm. READ the RULES! Don’t miss out and don’t delay putting your bids in for “Silent Auction” items. At 3:00pm, with the close of the “Silent Auction”, we will open the doors for the Pikake Room and ONLY registered bidders and guests will be allowed entry. You MUST be a registered bidder or guest, or you will NOT be allowed in the auction room. The “Live” auction will commence with a pre-auction show at 3:00pm for those on the Internet and Oceanic Time Warner viewers, with the actual auction begins bidding at 4:00pm.
With 70 items up for bid, we expect the auction to finish around 7:30pm.
SUNDAY FUN DAY
For those who have made a purchase of a classic pre-70’s long board, we have the perfect opportunity to try it out. China Uemura will be hosting his 27th Annual Long Board Surfing Classic and he has created a special division for the Hawaiian Islands Vintage Surf Auction. This “Vintage” division is open on a first come, first entered basis and there are still slots available. If you’d like to surf “Queens” with just three other surfers, grab that classic tanker and take a shot at it! For entry info: Chinauemura.com and click on the entry tab and follow the directions for entering the “Randy Rarick Vintage Division”. Good luck and have fun!
WRAP UP
All the results of the auction will be posted on the website on Monday, July 25th. On behalf of the Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Foundation and the Surfing Heritage Foundation we thank you in advance for your participation.
AS OF JUNE 22nd, 2011
With a month until the auction, things are heating up and all coming together! All kinds of updates, so take a moment and read through what is happening!
Pre-Registration
If you haven’t already done so, we highly encourage you to pre-register now. We have a limit of only 250 bidders allowed for the pre-auction movie screenings and also the pre-auction party at Jimmy Buffett at the Beachcomber. So, if you plan on attending any of these pre-auction events, it will be essential for you to pre-register, or you will be left out. Please see the Pre-Registration page for all the pertinent information.
Consignments
With a month to go, we are 95% to closing out the auction offerings and are only holding a half dozen open slots for last minute consignments and items that may show at the “Antiques Road Show” appraisals. If you have something you feel might be auction worthy, we encourage you to contact us as soon as possible, as we make “the final cut” in the next few weeks! We’d like to take them all, but have to offer a well rounded assortment of items, so unfortunately your submitted items may not make it into the auction. For all of you submitting items, we thank you for your interest!
Art Showings
We are happy to report that we have expanded our art display to include ten artists of incredible talent! They will have art work on display for purchase and be conducting on site paintings and informational talks about their art. Included will be the art of: Christie Shinn, who’s original official auction poster art work piece will be auctioned live! Also included are: Heather Brown, Steve Power, Wade Koaiakowsky, Hilton Alves, Derrick Ontiveras, Ron Crocci, Lee Clark, Clark Takashima and Steven Valiere. This will be a visual delight featured on both Friday and Saturday, so we encourage you to enjoy the viewing opportunity.
Movie Updates
Our first “official” function will be the showing of “Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story”, which is having it’s Hawaii Premier on Wednesday, July 20th. All pre-register bidders will get free tickets to the premier, which will be run as part of the 4th Honolulu Surf Film Festival at the Dorris Duke Theater, located at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. Kathy “Gidget” Zuckerman will be in attendance, along with a number of the luminaries featured in the film.
The following night, July 21st, we will have the first public showing of “Going Vertical”, since it’s premier at the Hawaii International Film Festival. Coming all the way up from Australia, Bob McTavish will be in attendance, along with Dick Brewer, Jock Sutherland, Gerry Lopez and other members of the cast. Featuring the story about the “short board revolution” and who was responsible for starting the movement. This is a must see and all pre-registered attendees will have priority free admission.
Henry Preece Dedication
On Thursday morning July 21st, at 10:00am, there will be a special dedication out on the North Shore for Henry “Hanali” Preece. A park bench, dedicated in honor of Henry, will be installed at Haleiwa Ali’i Beach Park. Known as the “Mayor” of Haleiwa’s surf community, this will be a chance to meet a true legend, who for the past sixty plus years has brought together surfing elite at this unique break. Many of the old time pioneers of the “Country”, will be in attendance to pay tribute.
Authors Book Signing
Friday, July 22nd during viewing of the auction items and while the “Antiques Road Show” type of appraisals are going on, between Noon and 4:00pm we will have a distinguished list of surf authors on hand to personal their offerings. I’m very excited to announce that John R. K. Clark will be on hand to unveil his new book, ”Hawaiian Surfing : Traditions from the Past”, which I feel it the most significant book on Hawaiian surfing ever published! A must read for every surfer who wants to have the knowledge and appreciation of Hawaiian surfing. Also on hand, will be Anna Trent Moore, with the “Increments of Fear: the Buzzy Trent Story. Tim DeLaVega will have his new “Surfing in Hawaii 1778-1930″, which is a perfect compliment to John Clarks book. Rich Harbour will be with us for the first time with his “Harbour Chronicles”. Of course, Greg Noll will be on hand with “The Art of the Surfboard”. Paul Holmes, co-author of the both the Velzy and Bing books will be in attendance. Also on hand will be Duke Boyd with his “Legends of Surfing”. In addition, a number of other others will do repeat appearances, for those who have missed previous opportunities to obtain their works.
Hawaii All Collector Show 2011
The ever popular Hawaii All Collector Show 2011, will once again be going on at the adjacent Exhibition Hall. Those pre-registered, will get free tickets to the show, which features over 300 vendors in 150 different stalls, featuring all kinds of Hawaiianna and other memorabilia and collectables.
Surf Time!
For information about entering this division go to: Chinauemura.com and click on the entry tab for the China Uemura 27th Annual Longboard Surfing Classic and follow the directions for entering the “Randy Rarick Vintage Division”.
AUCTION CATALOG
Due to popular demand, we are changing from the original plan of putting the auction catalog on flash drives and going back to the old school printed program. Most participants indicated their desire to have a physical printed copy of the catalog, so we will be producing a full color version again this year. Do to layout and printing time, we expect to have the catalog out the second week of July. Once the listings are finalized, we will post a PDF copy here on the website, for all to peruse. The printed copies can be picked up at the auction site and will be mailed to those who have registered, but unable to attend. We expect the full listing to be available on line approximately July 5th.
As of May 4th 2011
Pre-Registration
Pre-registration is now open! We will be taking only 250 registered bidders, so if you plan on attending the auction in person, we highly recommend you get your registration in on time, so you won’t be disappointed. Please see the Pre-Registration page for all the pertinent information.
Consignments
We are about 85% of the way to fulfilling the auction offerings! We will be taking the rest of May to seek out and acquire a rounded out mix of auction items. All ready the popular “Peek of the Week” is generating extreme interest and with a few more weeks to go in May, we will be listing additional items, prior to making the “final cut”. There is still time to contact us, if you have something that you think may be auction material. We have had some great submissions and unfortunately can’t take them all. So, for those of you who have submitted items, we thank you for your interest!
Hollywood comes to Honolulu
We are so proud to announce that “Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story” will have it’s Hawaii Premier on Wednesday July 20th, in conjunction with the auction. All pre-registered bidders will get free tickets to the premier, which will be run as part of the 4th Honolulu Surf Film Festival at the Honolulu Academy of Art. Kathy “Gidget” Zuckerman inspired the Gidget movies, but her own story tops them all. Join Kathy and surf celebrities for the first ever Hawaii showings of this great documentary!
Not to be outdone, we have the first premier Hawaii public showing of “Going Vertical”, the full feature film of the controversy of who actually started the “Short Board Revolution”. Featuring Bob McTavish and Dick Brewer, who will both be on hand for the premier screening on Thursday July 21st. Once again, pre-registered bidders will get free tickets to attend!
Party Time!
Jimmy Buffett’s at the Beachcomber and the Honolulu Surfing Museum will for the first time ever, be hosting the Pre-Auction Party on Friday, July 22nd. Great food and drinks are planed along with some surprise guest entertainment.. This should be a great venue as we have twice as much room for the “gathering of the tribe”.
Art Showings
I am happy to announce that we have doubled our popular art showing area, with ten artists committed to not only displaying their works, but giving live demonstrations both days the auction is open. Christi Shinn, the artist responsible for this years official auction poster art work will be on hand to auction off her original art, as well as exhibiting new works. In addition, we have commitments from: Heather Brown, Clark Takashima, Derrick Ontivera, Wade Koniakowsky, Lee Clark, and Ron Croci. Additional artists will be added as well.
Hawaii All Collector Show 2011
Held in conjunction with the auction is the ever popular Hawaii All Collector Show 2011, at the adjacent Exhibition Hall. Pre-Registered bidders will get free entry into the show, which features over 300 vendors with all kinds of Hawaiianna and other memorbilia and collectables.
Check Back every week!
We will be updating this news and information page each week, so check back on a regular basis to keep up with all the expected happenings!
As of March 1st 2011
As the auction gets closer, watch this section for updates and information that will help to make your auction experience much easier.
We will be on the hunt for items thru March, April and May. By June, we will finalize the auction mix and have everything in place thirty days in advance of the auction which is scheduled for July 22nd and 23rd, 2011.
Bidders may begin to register as of May 4th, 2011. We will be limiting the bidders to a maximum of 250 for the “LIVE” auction to insure a pleasurable auction experience for those attending in person. Those that register in advance, will receive a variety of items, which include: tickets to the pre-auction party, scheduled this year at JIMMY BUFFETT’S at the BEACHCOMBER and the HONOLULU SURFING MUSEUM. Tickets to the ALL COLLECTOR SHOW 2011, which will be held in conjunction with the auction. Official vintage auction T-shirt, plus a variety of other items supplied by our associated sponsors. In addition, pre-registered bidders will get first choice at a variety of other activities, which include movie premiers, special tours and elite seminars for bidders. All the details of these will be announced in the coming weeks.
We will be making a number of changes this year, to streamline the auction and move things along. We will introduce the “Surf Fair”, which will feature a select group of vendors, offering a variety of surf collectables for your viewing and purchase pleasures. A number of luminaries will be back, along with new attendee’s who will feature book signings, autograph opportunities and a chance to “Meet and Greet”.
For the first time ever, we will have surfboards on the floor of the “SILENT AUCTION”, which will allow for reasonable pricing of items for collectors. The “LIVE” auction will be reduced from 100 previous items to only 60 items with a three hour limit, so will feature the unique, select, rare and exquisite items that discreet collectors are looking for.
Both “SILENT” and “LIVE” auction items will be available for pre-auction bidding via “Absentee Proxy Bids”, as well as we will once again feature “ON-LINE” bidding for the “LIVE” auction. In addition, the entire auction experience will be filmed for a future documentary release. Think a surf version of “Barrett-Jackson Auto Auction”!
As we have noted, check back on a regular basis, as details are added and we look forward to making this the best auction yet!
