The Kentucky Derby
Two minutes of racing. A whole weekend of hats.
The fastest two minutes in sport, from a seat you can't buy at the gate.
Why it's different
Seven nights. Sixteen guests. One castle.
6,000+ prizes have passed through fundraising events we've worked with. These are the ones we still talk about.
Sometimes the strongest auction item isn't a thing. It's access.

Badges aren't sold; they're inherited. Bidders who've never held a club know the name.

Two minutes of racing. A whole weekend of hats.
The fastest two minutes in sport, from a seat you can't buy at the gate.
Why it's different
The building is the headliner.

The train. The viaduct. The Highlands.

Anyone can book a hotel in the Highlands. Almost nobody gets the whole castle.

A night race through a city.
Race tickets are a purchase. This weekend is a pass.
Why it's differentPut them somewhere they never thought they'd get to go.

Some sports lots are tickets. This one is a pilgrimage.

Two minutes of racing. A whole weekend of hats.
The fastest two minutes in sport, from a seat you can't buy at the gate.
Why it's different
Paddock, pit lane, grid walk — under the Strip.

Four friends. Four nights. Eight rounds.
A golf trip nobody at the club has done — priced for a table to split.
Why it's different
The course is the prize.

Two eras, one wall.

The best lots are understood the moment they're read out. Everyone in the room knows why.
The ticket isn't always the interesting part. Sometimes it's where the ticket gets you.

The show is the ticket. Backstage is the lot.
The hidden half of an experience is usually the more valuable half.
Why it's different
The building is the headliner.

New York, done properly.

They pick the show. That's the hook.

Loud. Fast. Legal.

Toronto knows.

Bring everyone.

Not one island. Two.
Private islands are a fantasy. Two of them is a plot.
Why it's different
Four nights. Four people. Everything.

Mont Blanc from the hot tub.
Ski rooms bid on ski lots. Know your room.
Why it's different
The overwater villa. Yes, that one.

Everyone can picture the elephant at the water at dusk.

The building is the headliner.

The show is the ticket. Backstage is the lot.

They pick the show. That's the hook.

New York, done properly.

Toronto knows.
The chef, the cellar, the table you can't book.

Two couples pool a bid mid-auction. Group lots create group energy.
The bidding isn't for one person. Halfway through, tables start conferring.
Why it's different
The stone hut, the chef, the olive groves.

The villa is in the vineyard.

Eight hundred years old. Still pouring.

Rome, eaten properly.

Ten people. One kitchen. One island.
Six thousand lots later, we're still finding things we never would have thought to auction.

You sleep in it. It melts in April.
A hotel that only exists for a few months a year.
Why it's different
Land the plane. Then look up.

Two things you've never done, before lunch.

Up, then dessert.

Weirdly, this worked.

Of the dog, usually.
Some of the smartest auction ideas we've seen don't require celebrity connections or a private island. The principle behind a great lot is usually replicable, even when the exact lot isn't.
See ideas worth stealingSome of the smartest auction ideas we've seen don't require celebrity connections or a private island.

The chef comes to you.
Most towns have a chef people talk about. Most chefs will say yes to a cause.

Two things nobody says no to.

Of the dog, usually.

Two things you've never done, before lunch.
Pair two firsts and the lot names itself.

The Rockies, from above.

Your own city, two ways you've never seen it.

The falls, from where the birds see them.
Reframe the familiar and it sells like the exotic.

Fall. Then eat.
Historical inspiration and current availability are different things. A few of the 23 we could source today.

Seven nights. Sixteen guests. One castle.

Loud. Fast. Legal.

Two eras, one wall.

Toronto knows.

The building is the headliner.
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