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2025 Gala & Auction
Saturday, April 26, 2025

Top selling auction items each year at the FASPS Gala:

Events and Entertainment

  • Online entertainment classes – private cooking classes, or music lessons, or language classes, etc.
  • Private online art class with the painting materials included
  • Suite/Skybox/ Floor Seats/Tickets to Professional Sporting Events (Seahawks, Sounders, Mariners, etc.)
  • Autographed Sports Memorabilia
  • Boat rental for a day on Lake Union / Washington
  • Water sports (Stand up paddle board, kayaking, sailing, etc.)
  • Fishing trips
  • Premier Mountain / Racing bikes
  • Premier or custom set of golf clubs
  • Air activities (Helicopter or Jet ride, Flying lessons, Hot Air Balloon Ride, Skydiving, Paragliding, etc.)
  • Learn to drive a race car
  • Season tickets (or single event tickets) with Broadway at the Paramount
  • Season tickets (or single event tickets) to local theaters, opera, symphony, or ballet
  • Front row tickets to local performances with a star ‘meet and greet’
  • Cirque du Soleil tickets
  • Comedy club private party
  • Concert tickets for a group with all access/ backstage passes
  • Private musical performances
  • Private tour / cocktail party and exclusive or newly built establishment in the area
  • Attend the taping of a show (LA/ NY)
  • Extra role for a child’s TV show
  • Passes to aquarium, children’s museum, zoo, etc.
  • Sports clinic with professional athlete
  • Birthday party with local sports team or fire department
  • Kids camps - basketball, football, soccer, diabetes, etc.
  • Honorary bat boy/girl (throw first pitch, meet and greet, tickets for family)
  • Foursomes of Golf at exclusive clubs/ courses

Sip and Savor

  • Rare bottles of fine wine or liquor
  • Wine tasting party with local wine expert or sommelier (in home or at cellar)
  • Wine and cheese tasting at a special venue
  • Scotch, whiskey, or bourbon tasting for a large group
  • Wine gift basket with accessories
  • Margaritas/Mojitos & Manicures party
  • Beer tasting around Ballard or Freemont
  • Bottles of “cult” Napa, Washington, or French wines
  • Magnums of wine
  • Martini party with top shelf vodkas

Dining and Gourmet Dinners

  • Private in-home dinner for group catered by local celebrity chef
  • Chef tables at new or chic restaurant
  • Private movie screening
  • Party for group (10) at a new or exclusive venue
  • Dinner cruise (Argosy)
  • Wine tasting with limousine
  • Dining at favorite local restaurants (dinner for 4, 8, 10, etc) with transportation
  • Babysitter once a month for a year
  • Cooking classes by a local chef
  • Personal chef for private weekend getaway or dinner in your home
  • The Cycle Saloon

Live your Best Life (Spa, Health, Beauty, Leisure, etc.)

  • Spa packages - for a day, week, year
  • Makeover and spa package for a group
  • Private shopping experiences
  • Custom designer gown or men’s suit
  • Hot stone massage for two in your home
  • Designer handbags/wallets
  • Fine jewelry
  • Opportunity to design your own bracelet, necklace, or ring with a local jeweler
  • Handmade furniture from local wood craftsman / cabinetmaker
  • Grill with cover, tools & accessories
  • Flower bouquets for a year
  • Cleaning service
  • Custom landscaping consultation and design, plus gift certificate for plants
  • Chance to pick a painting from an artist’s gallery
  • In-home starter gym: elliptical, treadmill, bike, free weights, etc.
  • Apple products - iPad, TV, iPhone, watch, accessories
  • Tablets or E-book readers
  • Bose speaker products
  • Sonos speakers and sound bars
  • Xbox, PlayStation, Wii, and games
  • High end cameras
  • Toy box full of toys
  • Meet the author of children’s books
  • Basket of art supplies
  • Swing set or outdoor playhouse delivered and installed
  • Children’s bikes and helmet
  • Children’s acting or theater classes

Destinations & Getaways

  • RV rental
  • Camping package
  • Weeklong stay at home in prime vacation destination
  • Whitewater rafting trip for the family
  • Ski vacation with lift passes and rentals
  • Golf destinations (Pebble Beach, Augusta, Arizona, Scotland, Ireland, etc.)
  • Trip to Disneyland with access passes
  • Weekend getaway to Portland, Vancouver, Victoria, etc.
  • Stay in the Hamptons, Cape Cod, or Martha’s Vineyard
  • Exotic hotels stay at hotels around the world
  • Weeklong trips to: Italy, France, Greece, Ireland, Spain, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, Africa, Caribbean, etc.
  • Vegas trip with tickets to a show
  • Trip to Sonoma, Napa or Santa Barbara
  • Weekend at a quaint Bed & Breakfast with dinner included
  • Festival and award show tickets (Grammys, Emmys, Oscars, Sundance Film Festival, etc.)
  • Red carpet experience and viewing passes to film premier
  • Backstage / VIP passes to concert
  • Tickets to a couture fashion show / fashion week
  • Rare sports experiences (Olympic Games, Super Bowl, NBA finals, World Series, Wimbledon, US Open, The Masters, etc.)
  • Late Night TV Show filming with backstage passes