auction catalog - Suffield Academy

191 MOVIE LOVER’S GIFT BASKET
ESTIMATED VALUE: $60
If you love movies, this basket is for you. Two VHS movies (Something About Mary and Office Space) along with
three DVDs (Fast and Furious, Ice Age and Sweet Home Alabama). Popcorn, Starbursts and $25 worth of Hoyt’s
movie passes.
A gift from Deborah Cobb & Richard Scully ’73, parents of Andrew ’04
BOOKS & MOVIES
192 BAND OF BROTHERS DVD SET
ESTIMATED VALUE: $120
The World War II drama was executive produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks and won six Emmy Awards
including best miniseries. The DVD box set (six discs, ten episodes, over ten hours) retails for over $120 and has
sold millions of units since its release last fall. Bonus features include an 80-minute documentary, a 30 minute featurette
about the making of the series, an interactive field guide, web links and more. Based on the bestseller by
Stephen Ambrose, Band of Brothers tells the story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division,
U.S. Army. They were an elite rifle company which parachuted into France early on the morning of D-Day, fought
in the Battle of the Bulge and captured Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest in Berchtesgaden. The programming is educational and
the viewing experience moving.
A gift from Susan Berman, parent of Eric Wald ’05
193 BOOKS AND BOOKS ON TAPE
ESTIMATED VALUE: $168
Stephen King’s Dreamcatcher in hardback and the following audiobooks for those long car rides: Steven King’s,
Hearts in Atlantis, three best sellers from Tom Clancy, and Carol Higgins Clark’s Fleeced and Deck the Halls. All your
summer reading in one fell swoop.
A gift from Dace & Jonathan Weiss, parents of Dan ’04
194 THREE BOOKS FROM CANADIAN AUTHOR DAVID BOUCHARD
ESTIMATED VALUE: $52
David Bouchard is a Canadian author, teacher and storyteller. These three autographed children’s books tell the
important story of Canada and each showcases a different artist’s work. The titles are If Sarah Will Take Me, If You’re
Not From The Prairie and The Colors Of British Columbia.
A gift from Luci & John Lackey, parents of Anthony ’03
195 LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT
ESTIMATED VALUE: $200
Long Day’s Journey Into Night by Eugene O’Neill. From the New Haven: Yale University Press, 1956, first edition.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for drama and the 1957 Tony Award. Offset on front endpaper from newsprint previously
laid in, otherwise the book is fine in a dustwrapper with some light wear on the edges. Still in very good or
better condition.
A gift from the S. Kent Legare Memorial Library
PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION AUCTION 31