Internet auction of Shakira’s tour wardrobe raises $76,000 for poor Colombian children
Colombian singer Shakira plays guitar at her rural estate, known as “La Colorada,” in Maldonado, Uruguay, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008. Ricardo Figueredo, The Associated Press
February 13, 2008
MEXICO CITY – Ever paid $3,000 for a bra?
That’s what one fan forked over for one of Shakira’s bras.
Another admirer shelled out $14,000 for the privilege of meeting the pop sensation and receiving front-row seats at a future show in Toronto.
The two bids were among the highest offered for 40 items that Shakira donated to an Internet auction for her Bare Feet Foundation, which is building a school for impoverished children in northern Colombia.
Another popular item: a shiny lavender skirt with turquoise-and-coral beading that she wore while singing “Hips Don’t Lie,” which fetched more than $1,000.
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The items were from Shakira’s 2007 “Oral Fixation” tour.
Still up for grabs until Sunday: an electric Fender guitar and an acoustic Taylor guitar, both bearing the 31-year-old singer’s autograph.
The auction has raised $76,000.
“It was a phenomenal success,” Eric Gazin, president of Auction Cause, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Tuesday. “We had bidders from 10 countries.”
