Some charities have started to auction services and items with celebrity status as a quick way of raising large amounts of money. For example, TV channel American Movie Classics hosted a both online and traditional auction on July 12, 2013 where they raised money for the Film Foundation. At this auction, one of the surviving Cowardly Lion suits from the film The Wizard of Oz was sold. This suit's approximate value is $434,000!
Another example includes, It's A Wrap Production Wardrobe Sales in conjunction with Yahoo! auctions and actress Lucy Lawless raising money by selling memorabilia from the Xena Warrior Princess tv show. Together they raised roughly $240,000 for the Childhelp USA National child Abuse Hotline in two weeks.
A last example is, Apple CEO Tim Cook auctioning coffee and conversation with him at Apple's campus in Cupertino in order to raise money for Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights. The auction held in May 2013, concluded with a bid of $610,000.
Posted by: Diana Ritchie
Sources:
http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/14/4331304/coffee-with-tim-cook-fetches-610000-charity-auction
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/t/story?id=98417&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F
I think it is really awesome how celebrities will auction off their stuff for the benefit of charity. It is amazing the technology we have now, not only to hold auctions online, but the media that comes with spreading the word and hosting these events. Do you happen to know who it was that was the first to bring up the idea of auctioning off expensive items to benefit charities? Whoever it was, they were a genius!
ReplyDeleteThat's a good question Alysia, no I do not. I did a web search to see if I could find the answer, but I didn't have any luck. I will continue searching for an answer though.
ReplyDeleteHere are a few questions to get people responding to this blog post.
If you could spend a hour with any current celebrity, who would it be, and what charity would you like to donate to?
Here are my answers, I would like to spend a hour with Ellen Degeneres, and I would donate to the Second Harvest Food Bank.
Posted below is a link to an interesting slide show about celebrity auctions
http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/entertainment-weirdauctions/2/