Handcrafted Farm Table, Oil Painting by Former President To Be Auctioned To Benefit The Carter Center

For Immediate Release
Contact: Deanna.Congileo@cartercenter.org

ATLANTA — A farm table with six chairs handcrafted at the Jimmy Carter Boyhood Farm in Plains, Georgia, last summer by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and three other artists is among more than 150 items to be auctioned June 25 to benefit the not-for-profit Carter Center. Proceeds will support the Center's work to wage peace, fight disease, and build hope in the world's poorest and most forgotten countries.

President Carter and his wife, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, will join friends and supporters for the auction and other activities during a four-day retreat June 22-26 in Annapolis, Maryland.

Bidders have a chance to own an original oil painting by President Carter, several signed giclée prints of his artwork, and an autographed Camp David jacket. Auction-bidders also will get the chance to own one of the most comprehensive sets of astronaut signatures ever assembled. Participants also can bid on a National Geographic expedition to Scotland.

Additional auction items include:

• Vacations to Rome, Hawaii, Martha’s Vineyard, and Florida
• Guitars signed by the Allman Brothers, Willie Nelson, and Johnny Cash
• Wrist watch made with artifacts from a Chinese satellite
• Film screening for 10 hosted by Sherry Lansing in her Hollywood home
• Private concert by Peter Yarrow of famed group Peter, Paul & Mary
• Limited edition silkscreen print by Kurt Vonnegut and Robert Redford
• Maya Angelou’s signed limited-edition art print and signed copy of her book, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
• Signed photographs of President Carter with a variety of former presidents including Richard N Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama
• Archival framed vintage program from President Carter’s U.S. Naval Academy graduation with signed black and white photo of Jimmy Carter on graduation day
• Rare Tibetan worship scroll
• Thornton Utz original portrait of President Carter
• Three handcrafted olive wood bowls created by Mike Snegg and signed by President Carter
• Signatures of over 100 Medal of Honor recipients in two books with a collection of other signed memorabilia

How to bid:

Bids for the silent auction will be accepted via fax or online until 2 p.m. EDT on Friday, June 24. Bids for the live auction will be accepted via fax or online until 5 p.m. EDT on Saturday, June 25.

Donation proceeds will be used to support activities of The Carter Center, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. A not-for-profit, nongovernmental organization, The Carter Center has helped to improve life for people in more than 80 countries by resolving conflicts; advancing democracy, human rights, and economic opportunity; preventing diseases; and improving mental health care.  The Carter Center was founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, in partnership with Emory University, to advance peace and health worldwide.

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"Waging Peace. Fighting Disease. Building Hope."
A not-for-profit, nongovernmental organization, The Carter Center has helped to improve life for people in over 80 countries by resolving conflicts; advancing democracy, human rights, and economic opportunity; preventing diseases; and improving mental health care. The Carter Center was founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, in partnership with Emory University, to advance peace and health worldwide.