``Sale of the Century'' Benefits Tony LaRussa's Animal Rescue Foundation August 12.Entertainment Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com LOS ANGELES--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Aug. 1, 2000 Sports and Entertainment Memorabilia Auction Presented by Internet Exclusives.com and Butterfields 2nd Largest Collection of Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali, pasha of Egypt Muhammad Ali, 1769?–1849, pasha of Egypt after 1805. He was a common soldier who rose to leadership by his military skill and political acumen. Items Ever Up for Auction; Portion of the Proceeds Benefit Tony LaRussa's Rescue Foundation In the "Sale of the Century," one of the largest sports and entertainment memorabilia auctions ever, the Internet Exclusives team and Butterfields will make available millions of dollars worth of extremely rare and never-before available items to fans and collectors of all levels, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting a great cause, Tony LaRussa's Animal Rescue Foundation Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation ("ARF") is a "No-Kill" animal shelter based in Walnut Creek, California. ARF saves abandoned and injured animals, as well as running programs to bring dog and cat visits to abused children, hospital patients, seniors and shut-ins. . The live auction will take place at Dodger Stadium • • [ , in the Stadium Club, on Saturday, Aug. 12, from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1-3 p.m. A minimum donation of $20 to the Animal Rescue Foundation entitles fans admission to the live auction, a color catalog, food and drinks, and a special gift bag. In addition to the live/phone auction at Dodger Stadium, another 100 lots will be featured and auctioned on eBay Great Collections from Friday, Aug. 4 through Monday, Aug. 14 at 7:00 p.m. PST PST Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, see there . Collectors will also be able to preview the entire collection on Internet Exclusives.com starting July 15. The lineup of collectibles to be auctioned includes pieces of sports, music, movie and television history, with many items coming directly from the personal collections of some of the most famous athletes of all time as well as Hollywood celebrities. Among the items scheduled to be available are: signed Mark McGwire
"From this auction, we will be able to raise money and awareness for our Animal Rescue Foundation, a cause very close to the hearts of my wife, Elaine and myself," said LaRussa. Editor's Note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : For more information or to request an interview with Internet Exclusives Chairman Harlan J. Werner, please call Steve Brener/Jordan Miller at (818) 344-6195 ext. 103/110, or visit www.internetexclusives.com or www.ebaygreatcollections.com, on the web. Tony LaRussa will be available for interviews pending baseball schedule. Call Roz Wolf or Kris Carter at Rogers & Cowan (310-201-8896) for interview availability. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.080100/bb2 |
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