Second-hand Apparel Charity Sale & Auction 2011
Event: Second-hand Apparel Charity Sale & Auction 2011
Date: 11 September 2011
Venue: Auditorium, 3/F, Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre
Text: Rinky Ng (AWCALC0163)
Have been awaited for three years, the “Apparel Charity Sale” was held at Auditorium in Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre on 11 September. Early that morning, I found there were members already queued up outside the venue earlier than I did when I arrived there! Before the start of the Charity Sale at 10 am, more than few hundreds members from different countries were waiting for admission. It also lived up the entire location.
The Charity Sale officially began! The members with kind-hearted got their favorite items in hands in less than half an hour. A few of them even bought their own suitcases to carry the captures… All members chorused that Andy’s costumes were beyond its value.
After five sessions of charity sales, an auction was held at 3 pm on the same day. Once the MC declared the auction began, Andy entered from the backstage. Undoubtedly, he was the auctioneer because of his great reputation and popularity. He purposely selected several suits which he has worn in concerts for biddings.
The first auction processed very intensively. Andy even put on that T-shirt and took picture with the successful bidder. Then, there were two set of pajamas for bidding. Andy made fun of that and asked which set was prettier on him. In my mind, “In fact, you look handsome in whatever you wear!” Another auction was the ‘Colorful Sandals’ which was hotly talked about on web. The successful bidder donated the sandals out again for bidding to raise more fund. The whole auction process was very exciting, prices got higher and higher bid after bid. Even our auctioneer’s voice had a little hoarse at last!
Towards the end of the auction, the last item was the “Clown Tuxedo” that Andy wore in concert 2007. In less than five minutes, a member from Hong Kong used $60,000 to get the costume and it’s the highest bid price of the day.
Finally, I would like to thank the staff of the Fan Club for their arranging a happy and meaningful day for us. Look forward to the next charity sale to raise fund for Andy Lau Charity Foundation.
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