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*The bed where Michael Jackson died has been yanked off the auction block. Julien’s Auctions has removed the queen-sized headboard from its auction of items from 100 N. Carolwood Drive, Jackson’s last residence, reports the AP. Company president Darren Julien said today the mattress was never for sale, but he removed the carved headboard seen [...]
*He may have a Ph.D. in basketball, but he isn’t being too smart about his business. Julius “Dr. J” Erving has been slapped with a $200,000 lawsuit filed by Georgia Primary Bank. According to the suit, he hasn’t paid up on a loan he took out for corporation, The Erving Group, Inc. of Atlanta. The [...]
*An auction house is giving Macy Gray fans the chance to join her in the studio as she records her new album. For $1,350, the devotee will get to sing on the chorus of a track and dine with the singer in the studio’s zen garden. The package, created by the online luxury gift store [...]
*A first-person essay written by Rosa Parks presents a detailed and harrowing account of a young black housekeeper who is nearly raped by a white neighbor. Looking like a remembrance from Parks’ own life, an expert called it an exciting find that might help explain her lifelong advocacy. But on Friday an institute created by [...]
*R&B singer Mya is participating in a charity auction that will give the winner a chance to accompany her on an intimate dinner date. CharityBuzz.com values the lot at $2,500, which will go toward the animal rescue organization North Shore Animal League America. At press time, the bids were up to $850.00. (Click here for [...]
*Alicia Keys is auctioning off a number of her personal belongings after selling her New York mansion. The singer moved into a new Manhattan penthouse apartment with her husband Swizz Beatz last year and put her Long Island property on the market. She was forced to slash the price of the sprawling estate after it [...]
*Omg! Oprah is up for auction, everybody. Get your checkbooks ready because her one-on-one time will not come cheap. The lady media mogul has teamed with CharityBuzz.com to offer four VIP tickets to one of the final “Oprah” shows on May 4. The highest bidder will have a chance to sit backstage with the celebrity [...]
*The estate of legendary jazz singer and actress Lena Horne is selling some of the elaborate gowns, jewelry, fine art and books that filled her New York City apartment. More than 200 items are for sale at the Doyle New York auction house today, reports the Associated Press. They include a sequined cardigan evening coat [...]
*Ron Artest has absolutely no regrets about giving away his Los Angeles Lakers championship ring to boost mental health awareness. In fact, it just encourages him to go out and get another ring. According to the Associated Press, Artest announced the winner of the charity raffle for his ring late Saturday night at a club [...]
*Items seized in a raid at rapper Young Buck’s home are set to be auctioned off by tax officials later this month. U.S. federal agents swarmed the hip-hop star’s Tennessee property in August and took his most valuable assets after he allegedly failed to pay $300,000 in taxes, according to WENN. Among the items on [...]
*You may have seen the historic picture of Tommie Smith and John Carlos standing on a platform at the Olympics in Mexico in 1968 with their black gloved fists held high and barefoot in solidarity with the black power movement in the U.S. The shoeless gesture of the two standing there in black socks were to [...]
*About 100 items of Michael Jackson memorabilia fetched more than $1 million in an auction held Saturday in the southern Chinese city of Macau. The sale, which included a basketball autographed by the late singer and Michael Jordan that netted $245,000, drew bidders from around the world, according to the AP. An unidentified Internet bidder [...]
*In Las Vegas, bidders from around the world bought up Michael Jackson memorabilia worth nearly $1 million at an auction on the anniversary of his death, including $190,000 for the Swarovski-crystal-studded glove he wore on his 1984 Victory Tour. The bidding that began Friday on more than 200 items was “unlike anything we’ve ever experienced,” [...]
*Mariah Carey is reportedly looking to get her hands on Michael Jackson’s former living room furniture. According to TMZ.com, the singer has asked her interior designer to bid on the set at an auction being held Friday in Las Vegas. Jackson paid $200,000 for the ornate pieces, which were headed for the London mansion he [...]
*A custom watch created by Jay-Z was auctioned off Monday night for $220,000 during Audemars Piguet’s “Time to Give” event at the Four Seasons Hotel in New York City. The watch, personally designed and sold by the rap mogul, was among a number of celebrity timepieces auctioned off during the event. While on stage seeking [...]
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