BIDDING WAR: More proof of Springsteen’s phenomenal...
BIDDING WAR: More proof of Springsteen’s phenomenal popularity came last weekend from an unexpected source--the Actors and Others for Animals’ Celebrity Fair, held at the Burbank Studios Ranch.
The fair’s main fund-raising activity was a daylong auction of celebrity-related items. Autographed copies of best-selling albums by such top artists as Lionel Richie and Olivia Newton-John fetched $45 to $65, but an autographed copy of Springsteen’s five-record boxed live set brought a whopping $1,500. That was the second-highest bid of the day--the highest being $3,000 for a metallic giraffe from Liberace’s “safari room.”
Other Pop Eye-tems that were auctioned off included cat note paper from Joni Mitchell and People magazine’s cover story on the death of John Lennon--autographed by Yoko Ono.
The oddest item: a copy of Life magazine’s cover story on the Woodstock festival--autographed by rock hound Phyllis Diller.
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