Celebrity Auction Items

The power of celebrities never cease to amaze me.  Michael Jackson’s coat from Thriller (signed ‘love Michael Jackson’) just auctioned off at $1.8 million and the guy who bought it is turning around and auctioning it off again for charity… that tells me that he thinks there is MORE to be made on the jacket.  WOW!

It got me thinking what other pieces of celebrity items have been sold for astrological amounts? 

When Justin Timberlake finished a breakfast interview at the New York radio station Z-100, the DJ put the left over french toast on eBay. A fan bought the food for $3,154. Her plans? She told the DJ, "I'll probably freeze-dry it, then seal it...then put it on my dresser." Ew.

After 83 bids, the tissue actress Scarlett Johansson used to blow her nose on 'The Tonight Show' with Jay Leno was sold on eBay for $5,300. (All proceeds will benefit USA Harvest. )

Remember when Britney Spears went crazy and took an umbrella to hit an empty car?  Well, the umbrella  went up on Ebay -- starting at $25,000. Although the auction site took the item down, bids exceeded the starting price (and may have been bought offline.)

John Lennon's Steinway piano, which he composed 'Imagine,' went for $2 million. The buyer? Singer George Michael.

A clump of Elvis Presley's hair sold for $15,000 at a Chicago auction. But that's nothing. In 2002, a clump of the singer's hair went for almost $115,000!

During a 1999 auction, Marilyn Monroe's infamous "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" dress went for $1,267,500.

Radio host Dave Ryan won Bob Barker's trademark skinny microphone with a $20,000 bid on eBay, calling it a "cool opportunity to win... a one-of-a-kind piece of American pop culture." His wife on the other hand wasn't pleased with the purchase and tried to get him to back out of the auction.

Audrey Hepburn's black Givenchy cocktail dress worn in 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' sold in 2006 for $923,187.

John Lennon's hand painted Rolls Royce Phantom V was sold to Canadian businessman Jim Pattison in 1985 for $2.23 million.

Judy Garlands ruby slippers from 'The Wizard of Oz' sold to a private collector in 2000 for $666,000.

Based on some of these prices I’m going to say we had in one of our rooms uh, Mr. Al Pachino… no DeNero… wait it was Marlon Brando Jr. Yeah and as I recall he trashed the room and left some uneaten breakfast items… We haven’t touched the room since… but you can have the luxury of getting a piece of this history for only $500… no $1000… wait… ONLY $2500 per night.  (hey just teasing… If just one of those actors stayed with us I would have already auctioned off the whole ROOM!!)