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HEY, TECHIES!

Canon ZR-930 MiniDV Camcorder. A high-quality video format, with a recording format that can be software edited, an image stabilizer, and an external microphone jack for professional sound quality.

Travel worry-free with TomTom! This is the new GO 720, the slimmest TomTom ever, 4.6” x 3.3” x 0.9”, 7.8 ounces. CPU has a 400 MHz processor with 2 GB memory. Award-winning software, 4.3” touchscreen (480 x 272 pixels) with 64k colors, spoken turn-by-turn instructions including street names, preloaded maps of US and Canada, millions of points of interest such as gas stations, ATMs, hotels, etc. Customize TomTom to your own needs. Includes windshield mount, car charger, home dock and more. Switch on and go, right from the box. No activation, no monthly fees.

The winner is Blu-ray! This is a BDP-S300 Blu-ray Disc Player, 17” x 3.13” x 14.88”, with full HD 1080/60p and 24p true cinema video output. Plays BD-ROM, DVD, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, CD, AVC-HD media with x.v. color output. More video and audio outputs and video codec outputs than you’re ever going to use. MP3 and JPEG playback from DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW. Parental control. Screen saver.

Take home a Sony DAV-HDX267W Bravia DVD Home Theater System with a 5-disc DVD/CD player, 1000 watts total system power: 143 watts x 5 (1kHz, <10 percent THD) + 285 watt subwoofer. 720p/1080i upscaling of VDV media via HDMI technology! Rear speakers with DIAT wireless rear speaker kit. Direct digital twin drive subwoofer with mica driver, 285 watts. Digital media port. Music/movie mode. Multiple (40) disc resume.

FOR SPORTS FANS!

Four Premium Upper Level Box seats tickets: White Sox vs. Oakland A's game, Thursday, July 3, 7:11 p.m. Package includes a parking pass and 4 passes to the Stadium Club. We’d take in the Taste of Chicago (not included), go to the game, then return to Grant Park that evening for the Chicago fireworks. You can sleep in tomorrow!

Cubs games?

Two tickets: Cubs/Houston Astros game, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 7:05 p.m., bundled with a Ted Lilly autographed baseball.

Two tickets: Cubs/Cincinnati game, Wednesday, April 16, 7:05 p.m.

A Chicago Bears game without foot warmers and thermal underwear! Two tickets to the Pre-season Game on Thursday, August 21, at 7:00 p.m., against San Francisco.

A Team USA Beijing Olympics '08 size large fleece vest—and more.

HOMEBODIES!

As guests of the Ball Seed Company, four of you will mingle with professional landscapers and growers at Ball Customer Day in West Chicago on July 25. Tour the acres of gardens and greenhouses, and view the newest colors and varieties of flowers. Comfortable even in the heat of July, with breakfast and lunch served in tents erected for the day, and cold drinks nestled in ice at the entrance to each garden. (This is a closed site, available only to Ball customers or by invitation.)

Beautiful Kathy Ireland Brand area rug. The Innovations Santa Fe Loft rug, 3’10” x 5’6” has lustrous, buttery-soft olefin fibers with a sculpted appearance. Colors are primarily wheat, beige and golden tones.

A perfect miniature shopping cart that’s just big enough to carry Beanie Babies Bucky the Beaver, Nuts the squirrel, and Spunky the dog, and is very cute.

Six-inch wooden letters, hand-painted to your specifications—perhaps your child’s or grandchild’s name! You choose background colors, theme and finish. Samples shown will be Garden Flowers, and Bugs & Butterflies, but they could just as easily be Summer Fruits, Fruits & Veggies, Plaids & Patterns, etc. (Maximum of 10 letters, unless negotiated with donor.)

Striking five-foot solid-teak garden bench inspired by Sir Edwin Lutyens’ original 1902 design, with slat construction, arms and a center palladium. Decorative and functional.

A matched pair of cast-iron footed pedestal urns with a black enamel finish. Each urn is 30" tall by 24" at the widest point. With your input regarding favorite flowers and colors, the urns will be planted for you this spring by a landscape gardener (To confirm availability of the gardener, if you are not within 40 miles of Lombard, check at the cashier’s table before bidding. Planting must be scheduled for an appropriate date for this zone.)

Tiffany-style table lamp with a mosaic shade, in a pretty, abstract floral design. Shades of bittersweet/garnet, with a touch of green and clear. (This up-to-date version has all the style, and a shade of polycarbonate instead of glass.) Value $150

Eureka “The Boss” bagless hand vacuum.

A collectible Raggedy Ann doll for one of the dolls in your life. Created by Johnny Gruelle for his daughter Marcella in 1915, Raggedy Ann became a children’s book character in 1918, and has remained a beloved character ever since. This 18” Dakin Signature Series Raggedy Ann Arcola Festival doll is a certified, limited edition doll, #1634 of only 5,000 made in the year 2000, and she has been autographed (on her tummy) by Johnny Gruelle’s granddaughter.

A Camp Fire collectible! A 1918 copy of Camp Fire Girls Trip up the River or Ethyl Hollister's First Lesson by Stella M. Francis.

OUT & ABOUT

An overnight at the beautiful Herrington Inn and Spa in Geneva, Illinois. Includes a private balcony and private whirlpool bath, turn-down service with freshly baked cookies and ice-cold milk, and the European breakfast buffet in the Grand Lobby. (Sunday through Friday, expires 1-31-09.)

Once again, a two-night stay at Harvest House, a private three-bedroom, two-bath home in the beautiful Galena Territories, with all of the shopping, sightseeing and sports that that implies. (Expires May 31, 2009.)

A Private Wine Tasting at WineStyles, Darien, for 10-15 Guests, including a selection of five wines, two hour room reservation, and friendly, knowledgeable service. Guests receive 10% off any purchases that evening.

The last bottle of Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame champagne, a 1989, in our wine cellar. Current retail prices on the Grande Dame for '89 range from $175 to $200, and yes, it's mighty tasty.

A bottle of Woodford Reserve Sonoma-Cutrer Finish. Only 900 cases of this $89.99 a bottle whiskey were made and it will sell out quickly. The distillery is shipping the product to just 17 states and Washington, D.C. Bottled at 86.4 proof, the Bourbon is first aged in new charred oak barrels, then finished in barrels that were previously used to age Sonoma-Cutrer Chardonnay.

Get the girls together for a Jewelry-Making Party. Whether it’s a third-grade birthday, a reunion of your high-school clique, or a reason for the cousins to get together, artisan Jennifer Makely will teach up to five of you how to create an original bracelet from the exceptional beads, crystals, etc. that she provides.

OTHER GEMS!

The Champagne Drawing! The holder of the winning champagne glass this year can choose between two necklaces with delicate chains and diamond pendants: A white-gold with a circular cluster of seven small diamonds, or a gold crossover design with 2 round and additional small rectangular diamonds. We couldn’t decide, so we’re letting you do it!

A special bidding method for multiple sets of necklaces, bracelets and earrings made from real pearls in assorted sizes and shades.

A sterling silver bracelet customized with your choice of names, sparkly beads, gold beads, etc.

Good-looking, high-end man's stainless steel Accutron watch from Bulova. This has a sapphire crystal, and is water-resistant to 100 meters.

AND THEME BASKETS!

And lots more!