Photo: 23rd Annual Decorators-Designers-Dealers Sale and Auction Benefit Gala

The 23rd annual Decorators-Designers-Dealers Sale and Auction Benefit Gala, to benefit the Southampton Fresh Air Home’s 114th year of camp for physically challenged children, took place last Saturday.

The event, which took place at the Southampton Fresh Air Home on 36 Barkers Island Road in Southampton on June 6, featured live, silent and wine auctions and a home furnishings and antiques sale.

Charlotte Bonstrom Assaf and Sarah Senbahar were Honorary Co-Chairmen; Kirsten Solsvig Galef and Barbara Page Glatt were Chairmen; Nicola S. Grant and Silke Tsitidiris were Vice-Chairmen; Raya Keis Knight was Auction Co-Chairman; Vittorio Assaf, Patricia and Daniel Hope, Max Rohn, Roman Roth and Joey Wolffer were Wine Auction Co-Chairmen; Ann R. Grimm was Design and Decoration Chairman; Tish Bliss and Christl Meszkat were Design and Decoration Co-Chairmen; Peri Bogert, Maria del Rio, Jane J. Fear, Traudl Geraghty and Ann Yawney were Design and Decoration Vice Chairmen; Gary P. Crain, Christie Hansen and James Alan Smith were Designers Committee Chairmen.

In addition to the event’s chairmen and committee, as well as the Home’s Board of Directors, guests included Mayor Michael Bloomberg, actor Ansel Elgort, actress Aida Turturro, fashion designers Dennis Basso, Tory Burch and Nicole Miller among others.

The evening began with the unveiling of the Home’s new Catherine di Montezemolo Administrative building.

Mrs. di Montezemolo, a former Board Member of the Fresh Air Home and founder of the Decorators-Designers-Dealers sale passed away in 2009.

The event raised 40 percent of the Southampton Fresh Air Home’s annual operating budget.

Pictured below: Tom Naro, Arthur Fraser, Pam Brandt, Michael Amade, Wanda Azmooden, Barbara Page Glatt, Kirsten Solsvig Galef, Shea Megale, Ansel Elgort, Michelle Farmer, Peter Farmer, Vanessa Rooks, Marc Stefanski, Monica, Anya, Richard Bedard, Ana, Charlotte Glatt, John Wambold Jr., Melanie Wambold, George Wambold, Jean Shafiroff, Galef family, Jane Kaye, Ivan Pakovic, MaryAnn McGinley, Kathy McGrath, Tom Hughes, Andrew Pandaleon, Tyler Morrill, and Chris LeBeau.

Photos courtesy of Pam Deutchman and Paul Kim / www.society-in-focus.com