Mr. & Mrs. Wilbur L. Ross Host Cocktail Party for Parrish Art Museum Annual Fundraiser

NEW YORK-OCTOBER 10: Mr. & Mrs. Wilbur L. Ross Host Cocktail Party to Celebrate Parrish Art Museum's Annual Fundraiser: The Parrish Presents & The Parrish Presents Benefit Committee on Tuesday, October 10, 2006, Upper East Side residence of New York power couple Hilary Geary-Ross & industrialist Wilbur L. Ross (Forbes Profile: Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. | New York Magazine: Sago Mine Owner Wilbur Ross's Distress), Guests included Alvin & Susan Chereskin, Betty Cuningham, Gale & Ira Drukier, Etta Froio, Monte & Mayme Hackett, Lyn Hamer, Stan Herman, Leslie Horn, Mildred C. Brinn, Kathy & Billy Rayner, Dan Wassong, David Wassong, Gillis MacGil Addison, Jewelry designer Christina Addison, Anthony Addison, Melissa Biggs Bradley, Dorothy Lichtenstein, Charlotte Moss and Betty Sherrill, Andrea Stark, Steven Stolman, Joanne de Guardiola, Jamee & Peter Gregory among others. This year's Parrish Presents preview cocktail party takes place on Friday, November 26 from 5 to 8 PM at the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton. The evening presents the first opportunity for shoppers to uncover extraordinary bargains in the flea market on unique home furnishings, accessories, books, china, crystal, jewelry, furniture, silver, designer clothing and more. Guests can also cast bids in the silent auction, featuring everything from designer handbags to lavish jewelry and priceless antiques. Special book signings that evening will take place with Christophe von Hohenberg, Anthony Haden-Guest, and Charlie Scheips, for Andy Warhol: The Day the Factory Died (Empire Editions, October 2006); Anthony Haden-Guest for Disco Years (powerHouse Books, October 2006); and Christopher Cerf and Paige Peterson, authors of Blackie, The Horse Who Stood Still (Welcome Books, September 2006). Parrish Presents 2006 is co-chaired by Lyn Hamer and Leslie Horn. Gillis MacGil Addison returns this year as Honorary Chair. The event opens to the public on Saturday, November 27 from 11 AM to 5 PM and on Sunday, November 28 from 11 AM to 4 PM. For additional information, visit the museum�s website at parrishart.org or call 631-283-2118, ext. 33. MEDIA: Erin Ferguson | Director of Marketing and Public Relations | Parrish Art Museum |tel: 631-283-2118, ext. 22 | email: fergusone@parrishart.org PHOTO CREDIT: ©Manhattan Society.com 2006 by Gregory Partanio | tel:718.614.7740 |e-mail: PrinceGregory@manhattansociety.com