Monday, December 3, 2007

Ozzy Osbourne Throws Garage Sale

Ozzy Osbourne put up some of his personal items for a charity sale ran by Julien’s Auctions. Items put up for auction included a coat with embroidered bats, sneakers with skulls on them, and a pair of Ozzy’s trademark round glasses. Ozzy fans were bidding against art buyers who also wanted the items. For most of the items the fans were outbidding the art buyers. People came from as far as Germany to try to buy the items. Items that were on the Osbourne’s MTV reality show were the most popular.

The bat embroidered coat sold for $3,300, the skull sneakers sold for $2,625, and the trademark glasses sold for $5,250. The coffee cup that Ozzy often used sold for $1,625. A dog bed that was given to Ozzy’s wife, Sharon, by Elton John sold for $2,375. Many fine art buyers wanted the sculpture by French artist Edouard Drouot and a painting by Gabriel Joseph Marie Augustin Ferrier. A pool table sold for$11,250. The entire auction made $800,000. All of the money will go to the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

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