| 2nd December 2007 07:12 PM |
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| Daethgod |
ROCK superstar Ozzy Osbourne's skull-decorated sneakers sold for $US2625 ($2973) and his gemmed statuette of France's famed Eiffel Tower brought in $US10,000.
The legendary Black Sabbath band front man's favourite coffee mug fetched $US1625 and a cast bronze devil head that hung on a doorway of his family's Beverly Hills home was bought for $US8750.
What amounted to an Osbourne family garage sale conducted in the name of charity brought in $US800,000, twice the amount expected by the Southern California auction house that handled the event.
A treasure trove of furniture, art and memorabilia belonging to Osbourne, wife Sharon and the couple's children went under the hammer in Beverly Hills in a two-day sale that ended on Saturday.
Proceeds from the sale will be donated to the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program at the Cedars Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles.
More than 500 lots from the Osbournes' homes - a Beverly Hills mansion, a Malibu beach house and a country estate in Buckinghamshire - were sold.
"Sharon knows how to have a first-class garage sale," Julien's Auctions executive director Martin Nolan said after the bidding closed.
A dog bed given to the Osbourne canine, Minnie, by rock icon Sir Elton John sold for $US2375 and the winning bid for Osbourne's batskin coat was $US3300.
A bidder paid $US5250 for a pair of Osbourne's trademark round sunglasses.
A cast bronze sculpture by Hungarian artist Jozef Rona brought in $US56,250 and the Osbournes' custom billiards table sold for $US11,250.
The auction featured an array of designer dresses, antique furniture, art and gold records along with quirky items that were part of the Osbournes' colourful family history.
"Sharon has great taste in fine arts and furniture, so we had our normal fine and decorative art market," Mr Julien said.
"It was fun to see some of the hardcore Ozzy fans bidding against these refined art buyers."
The auction attracted an unprecedented 4000 registered bidders from at least 15 countries.
That was twice the number of bidders as were drawn to the auction Julien's held for Cher memorabilia, Mr Julien said, referring to the famous singer and actress.
"There were a lot of people vying to get a piece of Ozzy and Sharon," Mr Julien said. "The bidding was feverish."
A bidder paid $US4500 for the Yamaha Banshee quad-bike that Osbourne was riding when he suffered a near-fatal crash in 2003.
Items featured in hit MTV reality television show The Osbournes and from the family's Beverly Hills home were the most coveted, according to Mr Julien.
"The biggest request was people wished there was more early Ozzy stuff," he said.
"He is very sentimental. There isn't a lot of stuff he wanted to part with."
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22860111-5005961,00.html |
| 2nd December 2007 07:40 PM |
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| glencar |
At least it was for a good cause... |
| 2nd December 2007 08:32 PM |
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| Dan |
He is on tour now. Wonder if he even had any clue this was going on. |
| 2nd December 2007 08:35 PM |
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| voodoopug |
quote:
Dan wrote:
He is on tour now. Wonder if he even had any clue this was going on.
does this count towards total gross? |
| 2nd December 2007 08:37 PM |
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| JohnDoey |
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voodoopug wrote:
does this count towards total gross?
I just took my evening dump.
W-W-W-What???
Oh sure.
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| 3rd December 2007 02:37 AM |
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| pdog |
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Dan wrote:
He is on tour now. Wonder if he even had any clue this was going on.
Whenever I read or hear about Ozzy, I picture him walking around in a robe calling out "Sharon"! |
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