
Every other year Tibet House holds a Benefit Auction at Christie's NYC attracting the support of world-renowned artists and high-end retailers whose generous support has made this event an enormous success.
In keeping with the spirit of generosity of these events, each year Tibet House donates a portion of the proceeds from the auction and concert to other non-profit organizations such as the Tibetan Community of New York & New Jersey, Tibetan Children’s Village, Farm Aid, Batonga Foundation, and others.
Auction At Christie's New York
An Annual Holiday Event

November 18th, 2009
2009 Honorary Chair Committee


* Lynne & Marc Benioff
* Christy Turlington Burns & Ed Burns
* Donna Karan
* Beatrix Ost Kuttner & Ludwig Kuttner
* Yoko Ono Lennon
* Petra Nemcova
* Sandra & Eric Ripert
* Trudie Styler & Sting
* Uma Thurman
* Fortuna Valentino
* Arden Wohl
2009 Items included:
Four VIP concert tickets and a meet and greet backstage with Sting; a two week internship at Rolling Stone magazine and another two weeks at US Weekly; a private jet to the destination of your choice; lunch at The Four Seasons restaurant in NYC with Uma and Robert Thurman; shopping and lunch with Donna Karan at her store; a guitar signed by Roger Waters; dinner for ten at your home prepared by renowned chef Eric Ripert including a wine tasting with the World’s Best Sommelier Aldo Sohm; two orchestra tickets and backstage passes to Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis; a dress of your choice at the Diane von Furstenberg Shop and two tickets to her Fall 2010 fashion show in NYC; John Lennon, Martin Scorsese, Miles Davis memorabilia…
Chairwomen
* Lynn Schauwecker & Nena v.S. Thurman
Auctioneer
* Dr. Hugo Weihe, Christie's Senior Vice President
Emcee
* Robert A.F. Thurman 
December 1st, 2008
2008 Honorary Chair Committee



* Christy Turlington Burns
* Ed Burns
* Sharon Gannon
* Donna Karan
* Yoko Ono Lennon
* David Life
* Petra Nemcova
* Horst Rechelbacher
* Martin Scorsese
* Max Snow
* Sting
* Kiran Stordalen
* Trudie Styler
* Uma Thurman
* Fortuna Valentino
* Arden Wohl
2008 Items included:
Original art pieces from Donald Baechler and Pat Steir; an exotic Geographic Expeditions trip for two, lunch at a world class restaurant with Uma and Bob Thurman, a fashion shoot with a top model and photographer, a vacation to India and Bhutan staying at the Taj Hotels, a $20K shopping spree at Donna Karan, a walk-on-part on a major motion picture contemporary or Asian art, photography, antique furniture, fine jewelry and accessories, vacation trips, tickets & invitations to special events, and other rare gift items.
(AUCTION CATALOG)
Chairwomen
* Lynn Schauwecker &Nena v.S. Thurman
Auctioneer
* Dr. Hugo Weihe, Christie's Senior Vice President
Emcees
* Robert A.F. Thurman & Petra Nemcova
December 5, 2007
Honorary Chair Committee


* Amalia Dayan & Adam Lindemann,
* Sharon Gannon & David Life,
* Donna Karan,
* Petra Nemcova,
* David O. Russell,
* Martin Scorsese,
* Russell Simmons,
* Trudie Styler,
* Uma Thurman,
* Fortuna Valentino,
* Jann Wenner,
* and Arden Wohl.
Chairwomen
* Lynn Schauwecker & Nena v.S. Thurman
Auctioneer
* Dr. Hugo Weihe, Christie's Senior Vice President
Emcees
* Robert A.F. Thurman
* Petra Nemcova
December 15th, 2005
Honorary Chair Committee

* Andre Balazs,
* Iman & David Bowie,
* Christy Turlington Burns & Edward Burns,
* Diane von Furstenberg,
* Donna Karan,
* Beth Rudin de Woody,
* Yoko Ono Lennon,
* Adam M. Lindemann,
* Martin Scorsese,
* Kimora Lee Simmons & Russell Simmons
* and Uma Thurman.
Chairwomen
* Lynn Schauwecker & Nena v.S. Thurman
Auctioneer
* Dr. Hugo Weihe, Christie's Senior Vice President
Host
* Robert A.F. Thurman
