Dutchess County Historical Society Fundraising Auction Ending 11/17

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$150 Gift Certificate to Garvan's Restaurant, New Paltz, NY

Garvan’s is set amidst locust trees and occupies a building built in 1759. With dining rooms that feature exquisite architecture and a sense of history, Garvan's itself is a destination and gathering place. Come experience Garvan's! With an emphasis on fresh, local food, fantastic presentation and a desire to delight, Garvan's menu is sure to please. http://www.garvans.com/

VALUE $150

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Guided Farm Tour at Clover Brooke Farm for 4 people, Hyde Park, NY.

At Clover Brooke Farm, you will receive a fun and informative guided tour around the pasture. You will get to meet and interact with many unique and wonderful farm animals while learning about their importance at the farm. How many kids can say they've met an alpaca, llama or mini donkey? The Clover Brooke Farm tour is a special Hudson Valley experience you won't want to miss! https://cloverbrookefarm.com/

A bonus $50 gift certificate to Ruby Hill Farm in Clinton Corners, NY will be yours when you are the winning bidder on this lot! Ruby Hill Farm offers baked goods, rich cheeses, premium dry goods, Jane's Ice Cream, local honey, and pure maple syrup, all crafted with sustainable farming practices. https://rubyhillfarm.com/

LOT TOTAL VALUE $110

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Holiday Mini-Portrait Session at Little But Fierce Photography

Kristen Tomkowid created Little But Fierce Photography after graduating from Syracuse University with a Master’s Degree in photography. Not only has she received over 100 five-star reviews but Little But Fierce was voted Hudson Valley Magazine’s Best Wedding Photographer for 2023!

Kristen’s artistic vision for you is to offer real emotion in your photographs while editing in a natural way. Her skills behind the camera and her ability to make your session fun and comfortable will result in an excellent holiday mini-portrait session images.

VALUE $225

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$150 Gift Certificate to The Hudson House & Distillery in West Park, NY

Gift Certificate can be used for tours and tastings ($30 per person), dining, drinks, or in the shop at Hudson House and Distillery, 1835 Route 9W, West Park, NY 12493.

At The Hudson House, our mission is to produce world class spirits and offer a one-of-a-kind unique experience to our guests, while being true to our story and opening our property for all to enjoy.

In the 1850’s, Archibald Russell, a known philanthropist and founder of Ulster County Savings in Kingston, built a home for his family on an estate known as Glen Albyn. Archibald died in 1871 and his widow, Helen, sold the Glen Albyn estate to the Durkee family in 1885. The Durkee’s were proprietors of one of the country’s leading spice businesses and eventually condiment producers. They purchased the property as a wedding gift for their daughter and owned it until it was purchased in the 1920’s by the Christian Brotherhood, and the historic estate served as a working monastery known as the Santa Maria Novitiate until the 1990’s.

We are proud to be the 4th owner in over 170 years, and equally proud to introduce, The Hudson House & Distillery. We have committed to restore and maintain the property’s natural beauty in keeping with the original Italian Villa Revival style of architecture. We encourage you to explore the old buildings and truly experience this unique and special property in the heart of the Hudson Valley. Our vision is to share our story and experience through our world class spirits and our breathtaking property, and deliver what Hudson Valley has to offer to the world. Schedule a tour to learn more about how this incredible one-of-a-kind distillery came to life and overcame enormous challenges over 6 years. https://www.thehudsonhouseny.com/

VALUE $150

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Antique Spanish Colonial Carved Wood Shepherd with Crook, Pickup Only, Rhinebeck, NY

Antique Spanish Colonial Carved Wood Architectural Panel of a Shepherd with Crook. Measures 14.5" tall, 9" wide and 3" deep. Paint loss and surface wear across the panel.

This lot can be personally previewed from Wednesday to Saturday, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, at the DCHS Headquarters 6282 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY 12572.

VALUE $300

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$100 Gift Certificate to Deer Hill Farm Cross Stitching Store, Hyde Park, NY

Deer Hill Farm at 1225 Route 9G, Hyde Park, is the only needlework store between New York City and Albany (and beyond!). It sells everything to do cross stitching, including a wide variety of threads, fabric, needlework charts and kits, frames, beads, charms, buttons, and more. Pat Athanas, the owner, is glad to offer help with selecting fabrics and colors, and getting started on a piece. https://www.facebook.com/DeerHillFarmCrossStitching/

VALUE $100

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$150 Gift Certificate to Joseph’s Italian Steak House, Hyde Park, NY

Joseph’s is an elegant Manhattan Style Steakhouse serving lunch and dinner. In addition to their famous steaks they offer fresh seafood, classic Italian cuisine, homemade desserts and an expertly curated wine list. The large all season outdoor pavilion with garden patio and the indoor taproom are local favorites. The restaurant is right next to the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site (Val-Kill) and is just five minutes from the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Marist College, and The Culinary Institute of America and sits on what was Eleanor Roosevelt’s Val Kill gas station and Tea Room. Owner Joe Wilson has a folder of pics and articles which he will share and discuss with you, the winning bidder! * NOTE: Gift Certificate Expires in one year. https://www.josephs-steakhouse.com/

VALUE $150

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Richard Ginori Italy Cache Pot Planter, Pickup Only, Rhinebeck, NY

Richard Ginori Italy Cache Pot. The planter has a floral decoration and measures 5" tall and 7.5" wide. Excellent Condition.

This lot can be personally previewed from Wednesday to Saturday, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, at the DCHS Headquarters 6282 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY 12572.

Value $100

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Mike Arteaga's Health & Fitness Centers - (3) One-Month Memberships, Poughkeepsie/Highland, NY

Check out these state of the art Fitness Centers located in Poughkeepsie and Highland, NY. Both have everything that you would want including pools, weight rooms, fitness machines, classes, and more! Purchase as gifts or use for yourself! https://www.mikearteaga.com/

VALUE $240

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$200 Gift Card to Half Time Beverage Store, Poughkeepsie, NY

If you live in Dutchess or Westchester County and you’re looking for the best beer store in your neighborhood, we’ve got you covered. Half Time Beverage has a store in both Poughkeepsie and Mamaroneck, New York right in the heart of the Hudson Valley craft beer phenomenon and surrounded by so many outstanding craft breweries and cideries.

Half Time features over 4,000 craft beer and cider selections from over 800 breweries located in over 50 countries. If you’re searching for the best IPA of all time, chances are they have it, along with thousands of IPA’s, lagers, porters, stouts, hefeweizens, pilsners, sours and a great selection of non-alcoholic and gluten free beer as well!

For the cider enthusiasts they stock an amazing selection of ciders from our local Hudson Valley area and around the globe. They've even won a few awards for their jaw dropping selection. Ratebeer.com ranked us the Best Bottle Shop in New York, and Top 3 Beer Store in the World. Not too shabby!

Half Time Beverage is one of the few stores where you can grab one beer or cider at a time and make your own six pack. Here's a little history... They opened the first Half Time Beverage beer store in Poughkeepsie, New York (Hudson Valley area) back in 2002 and then a second beer store in Mamaroneck, New York in 2013 (Just 35 minutes from New York City).

Craft beer enthusiasts come from the surrounding six states not only for the selection of craft beers and cider, but our exceptional staff as well. Each staff member participates in our extensive training program as well as private brewery tastings and industry seminars. https://halftimebeverage.com/

VALUE $200

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$300 Gift Certificate to Zimmer Brothers Jewelers, Poughkeepsie, NY

"It is an honor for our family to be celebrating more than 125 years as our community’s trusted jeweler. We are grateful to have been a part of thousands of love stories and important family milestones, as well as for the long-lasting relationships we have formed. These things have made us what we are today." Thank you Michael Gordon, Past-President of the DCHS for donating this $300 Gift Certificate. https://www.zimmerbrothers.com

VALUE $300

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1750 "Farmer's Landing" Tour for 6 of Two Story Historic Home Overlooking the Hudson. Bring your group of up to 6 for this tour including a wonderful prosecco tea reception. Value $300

With the Hudson River and lovely gardens setting the scene, you and your group up to 6 adults will enjoy an exclusive tour of Farmers’ Landing followed by an afternoon tea!

Farmers’ Landing is a small stone house circa 1750 in the Town of Wappinger where a wharf complex once existed at the mouth of the Wappinger Creek. Once owned by the Verplanck family who operated a mill at Fishkill Plains from the late 1730s. Their mill was so successful, they opened a road between the mill and the Hudson River, establishing a Landing called Farmers' Landing. The house served as an agent’s home/office who managed the docks and shipping of produce from local farms.

After you view the first and second floors of this historic house enjoy an afternoon tea with Prosecco, tea, finger sandwiches and sweet treats!

VALUE $300

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Season Tickets for Two at the County Players Theatre, Wappingers Falls, NY

Two subscriptions for County Players Season 68 Main Stage productions (five shows) and CP2, readers’ theater mini-festivals (three mini-festivals, two shows each). Item will be presented as a $300 gift certificate for County Players, which can be redeemed between 1 February, 2025, and 23 July, 2025, when tickets for Season 68 go on sale.

During their lifetime, the County Players Theatre has presented over 200 productions and have served thousands of theatre goers who continue to reward the theatre's efforts with their loyal attendance. In 1977, they acquired the old Academy Theatre in the Village of Wappingers Falls, and through countless hours of volunteer efforts, have turned a crumbling relic into a living theatre – The County Players Falls Theatre. Value $300. Website: https://countyplayers.org.

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Sports Museum of Dutchess County: Behind Home Plate With Joey Cavaccini Wappingers Falls, NY This unique experience, up to 8 people, will feature a tour of the museum with Curator Joey Cavaccini. Light refreshment will be available. You and your group will benefit by getting to see and understand this fantastic sports museum under the leadership of the young man, now D.C. Legislator, who was one of the original Founders and was instrumental in the complete makeover/renovation of the museum in 2019. Step up and take a swing at hitting a home run for yourself and up to seven others by being the high bidder on this fun opportunity. Sports Museum of Dutchess County:

Open May through the end of October, a tour through the Sports Museum of Dutchess County will show you why "legends are born in Dutchess".

In 2015, ten years after the grand opening of the museum, the Sports Museum Board of Directors appointed Joseph Cavaccini as curator and closed the museum for one year for the museum's first major face lift. The renovations included almost a complete gut of the Sports Museum level in the Reese Cultural Center and the announcement of a new permanent exhibition entitled "Legends of Dutchess". Joey Cavaccini (then 16 years old) and his father Dan, a trustee, renovated the museum and brought it into the 21st century as a modern respectable museum.

In 2016, the Museum reopened to the public as a destination museum in Dutchess County. Exhibits within Legends of Dutchess include highlights of over a dozen athletes who made it to the professional level in sports from Dutchess County as well as artifacts on almost 20 different sports with impacts on Dutchess County history.

What you will see: Ty Cobb's Bat, 1920's Ice Yacht, Arnold Palmer's Autograph, and so much more!

Learn about the lives and larger than life athletic careers of some of Dutchess County's greatest. A walk through the exhibition presents to you the history of each sport and their significance in the county along with the biographies and artifacts pertaining to that sport's famous athlete(s). The Sports Museum keeps with its original hometown feel with exhibits on local Little League and Pop Warner teams as well as recreational and high school sports.

https://www.sportsmuseumofdutchesscounty.org/

https://www.dutchess.org/museums/sports_museum_of_dutchess_county

VALUE $300

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White’s Hudson River Marina $200 Certificate, New Hamburg, NY

FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED SINCE 1959. White’s Hudson River Marina offers marine services for the Hudson Valley region. Based out of New Hamburg, New York, the team at White’s Hudson River Marina has been helping Hudson Valley boat owners since 1959. The Marina specializes in Marine Services, Winterizing Services, Winter Storage, Season Docking, Gas Dock Services, and Transient Slips. We are a Mercury-certified dealer. Stop by or call us today to learn how we can assist you with your boating needs.

Note: "I have had a boat here at White's for over sixteen years. The White's family have taken great care in the Winterizing, Servicing, Storing and providing slip space for all three of the boats that we have had over the years. This $200 can be used for any of their services, at the Gas Dock or in their Store. If you have a boat, bid on this lot." Captain Rob Doyle. https://whitesmarinaonthehudson.com

VALUE $200

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Double O Grill Restaurant & Bar $200 Gift Card (Wappingers Falls, NY)

We are locally owned and operated. By dining at Double O, you are directly inserting yourself into our local community and the local economy that we all depend on. Cheers to our local movers & shakers. So many local professionals depend on your patronage. Not only our own employees but the local work force that contribute to our everyday operations. From the local photographers, graphic designers, printers, local brewers, cheese makers, farmers, distributors, accountants, lawyers, carpenters, plumbers, engineers, electricians, the list goes on and on. & cheers to you. By not choosing to dine in a "national chain" restaurant, you become part of our local chain of economic well being. You are engendering good things – and with gusto, we thank you. So let’s make a toast. To your dutiful dining, & commitment to conscious cuisine. https://www.doubleogrill.com/

VALUE $200

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$200 Gift Certificate to Farm to Table Bistro, Fishkill, NY

We are Farm to Table Bistro located in Fishkill, NY. We source most of our ingredients from local farmers and creameries and use as many local Hudson valley purveyors as possible. The promise we make to our customers is to provide them with the freshest ingredients that are seasonably available and do so by purchasing locally whenever possible. The word "local" gets thrown out there very often without any concept of what it really means. For instance, we shake hands every Tuesday with the man who makes our fresh hot dogs (Peter’s Meat Market), we drink espresso corretto with one of the local farmers we use for produce (Taliaferro’s Farm) and we are only a hop-skip away from one of the best cheese makers in the area with whom we are proud to purchase many of our cheeses from (Sprout Creek Farm). https://www.ftbistro.com/

VALUE $200

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$200 Gift Certificate to Longobardis Restaurant, Wappingers Falls, NY

Don't miss this family-friendly Italian eatery for classic pastas to pizza in an old-world, white-tablecloth space. Enjoy a delicious and authentic Italian meal featuring old-world recipes and modern flavors in a charming ambiance with great service! https://www.longobardisrestaurant.com/

VALUE $200

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"Hudson Views" 3-hour Hudson River Tour for Six, New Hamburg, NY

Experience beautiful "Hudson Views" on a three-hour tour on the Hudson River for up to 6 people. Depart from White’s Marina New Hamburg, NY and head north to Poughkeepsie, or south to Newburgh Bay, your choice, for an enjoyable time on the "River of Destiny" with Captain Rob Doyle on a 24' 2022 Monterey M4 boat - "Hudson Views." Bring your friends, snacks and a camera. Co-ordinate your excursion and choose the time and date. You can go out in the morning, afternoon or for a sunset cruise. Guaranteed nice weather or reschedule at no charge! Tour to be scheduled in between May and September of 2025. https://whitesmarinaonthehudson.com/

Valued at $600, for up to six people.

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Collection 40 Original Postcards: Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge/Walkway.

A great assortment of used postcards, many with handwritten messages from the period. All protected in plastic sleeves ready for display.

This lot can be personally previewed from Wednesday to Saturday, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, at the DCHS Headquarters 6282 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY 12572.

VALUE $200

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