Oceana chief scientist Michael Hirshfield, Oceana board member Sam Waterston.
Oceana,
the largest international organization focused solely on protecting
the oceans, held a reception, silent auction and private viewing
Tuesday, June 24, at the Ocean Liner auction preview at Christie's
in New York. The event showcased a life preserver from R.M.S.
Titanic.Never before seen in public, it is
the first preserver from the doomed ship ever to be offered for sale
in North America and is one of only six known to be in existence.
Silent auction items were donated by Baccarat, Damiani, DPS-Sport
Development Co., Epiphany Designs, La Mer, Nautica, Scandia Down,
Tous and Transform Fitness.
All proceeds from this event, sponsored by AIG Environmental and
Nautica, benefited the marine conservation efforts of Oceana. The
140 attendees received a private tour of the Christie's Ocean
Liner preview and had the opportunity to learn the history of each
item, including the life preserver from the Titanic. The guests were
also treated to brief remarks from Bettina Alonso,
the head of Oceana's New York office and vice president of
Global Development, Law & Order star and Oceana board
member Sam Waterston, as well as Oceana senior vice
president and chief scientist Mike Hirshfield.
Oceana's work continues to grow in importance as worldwide overfishing,
habitat destruction, pollution and global climate change continue to
deplete the oceans. Scientists have projected that if current trends
in human activity continue all commercially fished species could collapse
by the middle of this century.
Bettina Alonso, head of Oceana New York office.
Christie's head of Sales Greg Dietrich, Geoff Meluso.
Alain and Youne Sajous.
Alex Salkeld, Jenna Lazar, Sam Waterston, Cece Coffin, Mary Skinner.
Anna Nieto, Ivo Tomasinni.
Bridgite Johns, Scott Maddalene.
Charles Howland, Richard Faber.
Almudena Fernandez, Cameron Alborzian.
Mirian and Jason Lamberth.
Dan Pimentel, Jacques Doassans.
David Haines, Jean Zhang.
David Stone, Rodney Hilton Brown.
Diana Paxton, Erin O'Brien.
Ella Newman and Sam Waterston.
Erin O'Brien, Sir Thomas Moore, Nina Kaminska, Kay Breakstone.
Ethel Tejada, Ivi Navarrete.
Geoff Meluso, Nikki Dietrich, Eugenie Meluso.
Jenna Yoon, Polly van Raalte.
John Ianitto, Tish Bacon.
Kimberly and Kenneth Thomson.
Marie Kotsonis, Rodney Hilton Brown.
Micah Kagan, Sara Eisenstat.
Mimi Crune, Brent Jibadlo.
Monica and Jeffrey Ruthizer.
Øivind Johanson, Andrew Shaw.
Richard Torrenzano.
Ron Fiamma, Meg Confrey.
Tyler Heiden Jones, Diane McNulty.
Larry Sharpe, Ivo Tomisini, WR Mann.
Elina Miakisz, Sara Eisenstat, Meg Confrey, Susan Gordon, Sam Waterston,
Joe Miakisz, Charlotte Osborne, Alison Jones, Ron Fiamma.
