Seems bidding on paintings and art works is passe. The latest hot thing is bidding on celebrities. Well, one-on-one face time with celebrities. The latest to get in on the act is Ultimate Experiences, a partnership between the non-profit organization Musicians on Call (www.musiciansoncall.org/) and Bloomingdale’s.

If you end up with the highest bid, you could find yourself in the company of John Mayer, Tony Bennett, Yo-Yo Ma, Celine Dion, Miranda Cosgrove, or Lang Lang. The auctions are in progress online at www.bloomingdalesholidayauction.com through December 11, 2008. 100% of the proceeds go to charity.

If you’re a John Mayer fan, and you win the bidding (starting bid is $25,000), what you get is a 7 day, 6 night experience, which includes a 4-day cruise for you and 3 of your friends abroad the Mayercraft Carrier 2, a floatable party ship that sails the seas stocked with parties, performers, jam sessions and good times. This experience includes roundtrip airfare for four to Los Angeles, California where you’ll stay at The Leading Hotels of the World’s luxuriously intimate Casa del Mar, a hacienda-style beachfront hotel set on the edge of the Sea of Cortez, on both the eve of your cruise and the night of your return.

Plus, you get first class airfare to Los Angeles, John Mayer’s signed guitar, complete collection of John Mayer CDs and DVDs, Four Sony Reader Digital Books. You stay in 2 double occupancy rooms with Partial Ocean View at The Casa del Mar, which offers custom designed, pillow top beds with Egyptian cotton bedding and opulent bathrooms with hydrotherapy tubs. Accommodations arranged on  both the eve of your cruise and the night of your return. The cruise is scheduled for March 27 – 31, 2009, and departs from San Pedro, CA.

Posted on December 11th, 2008 by Thomas
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