Shakira charity auction raises $76,000
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Ever paid $3,000 for a bra? That's what one fan forked over for one of Shakira's bras. Another admirer shelled out $14,000 for the privilege of meeting the pop sensation and receiving front-row seats at a future show in Toronto.
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HOBART, Ind. - A woman's effort to assuage her 6-year-old son's fears of his grandfather's ghost by selling it on eBay has drawn more than 34 bids with a top offer of $78.
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The 25th Children in Need appeal raises over Â£17m on the night - up from Â£15.5m in 2003, the BBC says.
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An auction of more than 700 items belonging to singer and actress Cher raised over $3.5 million -- more than double pre-sale estimates -- as celebrity collectors snapped up her possessions.
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The winning bid to break bread with billionaire Warren Buffett came in at $650,100, which is $30,000 more than the top bid at last year's charity auction.
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A Valentineâs Day charity auction at Sothebyâs in New York raised more than $42.5 million to benefit H.I.V./AIDS relief programs in Africa, far above the presale estimate of about $29 million, The Associated Press reported. Organized by Sothebyâs, Bono, Damien Hirst (whose âWhere Thereâs a Will Thereâs a Way,â above, was among the works sold) and the Gagosian Gallery, the event set sale records for 17 artists, including Howard Hodgkin, Marc Quinn and Keith Tyson, and included pieces by Jasper Johns, Jeff Koons and Ed Ruscha. Proceeds will go the United Nations Foundation and will support programs run by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
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IMG, the sports and celebrity management group that lists Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova and golfer Tiger Woods among its clients, was yesterday sold for $700m (Â£390m).
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According to a new state survey, 592 charity campaigns in New York last year used professional fund-raisers to raise 187 (m) million dollars.
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Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber noted yesterday the first-day sale of David Beckham jerseys with the Los Angeles Galaxy had surpassed the first-day numbers of Beckham shirt sales at Real Madrid four years ago. More than 250,000 Galaxy shirts with Beckham's name and No. 23 have been ordered at $80 each, a good start on gaining ...
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An album featuring music from stars including Badly Drawn Boy goes on sale to raise money for refugees in Sudan.
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Ashlee Simpson and Teen People magazine have put together an auction to benefit UNICEF's relief and recovery efforts for the young victims of the Dec. 26 Asian earthquake and tsunami disaster.
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Unicef, the United Nationâs fund for children, reported it raised $7.5 million since Sunday for tsunami victims in south Asia. âYesterday we raised more online than
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Elizabeth Gibson found a painting by Rufino Tamayo on the street four years ago. Said to be worth about $1 million, it is heading for the auction block next month.
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A woman's effort to assuage her 6-year-old son's fears of his grandfather's ghost by selling it on eBay has drawn more than 34 bids with a top offer of &#36;78.
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A nonprofit group that plans to produce  low-cost computers for poor children has raised the laptops&#39;  price, a spokesman for the foundation said on Friday.
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Pop star Shakira and writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez unveil a set of concerts to fight poverty in Latin America.
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The family of David Dingman-Grover, a 9-year-old boy diagnosed with cancer, and GoldenCasion.com agreed to make a donation to a Va. charity after an eBay auction helped pay their son's medical bills.