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MEET OUR AUCTION TEAM
By Edythe L. Bronston

The Foundation’s live auction on December 2nd, a vital part of our inaugural “Jazz Summit,” held at Catalina Jazz Club, engendered enthusiastic bidding on a large variety of items and substantially added to the Foundation’s ability to assist our jazz musicians in need. The full capacity audience eagerly responded to the exhortations of our professional auctioneer, Todd Wohl. Who is this “Todd Wohl,” you might ask and why is it that we haven’t seen him at other jazz events?

Todd is President of Braun, Incorporated, and is a full-time auctioneer and part-time television personality. The items which have sold under his hammer include multi-million dollar residences, office complexes, commercial and retail properties, classic car collections (purchased by the Petersen Automotive Museum), art objects for Barbara Streisand and Sylvester Stallone ……… and he has even auctioned off Henry Winkler! Todd has a weekly gig as the auctioneer of the HGTV show “Real Estate Confidential.”

Todd and his lovely wife, Samantha, live in Manhattan Beach with their two sons, Connor and Zachary. Todd and Samantha have supported the California Jazz Foundation, not only with Todd’s talent and the gift of his time, but also as Patrons of the Foundation. Todd had a ball at the Jazz Summit and has promised to recreate his role at our 2nd Jazz Summit on December 7, 2008. We hope to see the Wohls at other jazz events during the coming year!

Sandra Seymour is the Foundation’s auction chair and, as such, is responsible for gathering the items for auction and overseeing the extensive paperwork and logistics that this endeavor requires. Sandy’s background is 180 degrees removed from her role as “auction honcho.” She is an accomplished concert violinist and toured the world with the Henri Temianka Chamber Orchestra, the Clebanoff Strings, and the Roger Wagner Chorale for 17 years before settling in Las Vegas, where she was violin soloist at the Dunes Hotel, first-violinist and string contractor at the Sands, and held the same position at the Frontier Hotel. Sandy and her husband, Phil, moved back to Los Angeles in 1977, when she started her second career in residential real estate. Sandy and Phil are Benefactors of the California Jazz Foundation and Phil serves on its Board of Directors.

The Foundation is indeed fortunate to have such a dedicated and talented team in its corner.

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