Featured
Auction
Sugar Editorial Picks
Bid on eBay to Have Dinner With Sarah Palin!
If you've ever dreamed of hanging out with Sarah Palin — now's your chance. But you'd better break open your piggy bank, because as of the time of this writing, the current eBay bid was $38,666.60 for a private dinner for five. But hey, there's free shipping!
Woman Auctions Virginity, Germany to Tax Her 69 Percent
Wow. And we complain about high taxes in the US!
Romanian-born Alina Percea, 18, auctioned off her virginity to an Italian businessman (for only $18,000!) and now she's facing some pretty stiff taxes in Germany where she goes to school — 50 percent straight away because they're deeming her act prostitution (legal there) and then a 19 percent VAT (value added tax) because she earned her money so quickly!
Love It or Hate It? Damien Hirst's Spin Art
Despite the fact that much of it conjures memories of school fair spin art, 223 lots of work by Damien Hirst grossed a record $200 million at a Sotheby's auction in London this week. Perhaps you agree with Andy Warhol, who said, "Art is what you can get away with." In that case, you'd snatch up Hirst's spin art in a heartbeat (if you had the dough).
This Just In: Vipp and Helena Christensen Team Up For Charity
Danish design company VIPP and supermodel Helena Christensen have teamed up to hold a charity auction of Vipp pedal bins that have been given a fashionable makeover by fashion, design, art, and entertainment leaders. The bins have been made over by the likes of Bono, Michael Stipe, Mario Batali, Michael Bastian, Simon Doonan, Frederic Fekkai, Karim Rashid, Jason Miller, Todd Oldham, Alice Temperley, Mena Suvari, and more, and will be sold in a silent auction benefiting the Food Bank For New York City and Chernobyl Children’s Project International. An installation of the bins will be on display for public viewing and pre-bidding at The Conran Shop in New York through Thursday, Sept.
Milk-Bone eBay Celebrity Charity Auction Ends Saturday!
I love a good cause, and Canine Assistants surely is one! This non-profit provides service dogs (at no cost) to children and adults with mobility impairments, seizures, and other disabilities. In honor of Milk-Bone's 100th Anniversary, the food company teamed up with celebrity pet-photographer, Christopher Ameruoso, to capture "Milk-Bone Moments" between celebrities and their pets.
Illinois-Shaped Cornflake Sells for $1,350
I'm sure you had better things to do this weekend, but me, I spent mine on eBay looking at a weird number of state-shaped cornflakes. On Friday night, an Austin-based trivia-company purchased a cornflake shaped like Illinois for $1,350. That's right, Monty Kerr, owner of TriviaMania, spent over a thousand dollars on a single cornflake.
Food Porn for Sale
If the thought of Tom Colicchio's "Braised Monkfish with Pork Belly, Leeks and Cabbage" gets you all hot and steamy — and no "braised monkfish" is not a euphemism for anything — then you may be interested in this online auction. The show is called "Photography for Philanthropy" and it features photographs of food from star chefs such as Tom Colicchio, Eric Ripert, Daniel Boulud, Jean Georges Vongerichten, and Lidia Bastianich. They've all worked with famed photographer Diana DeLucia, who has captured their masterpieces with her lens.
Dorothy Draper Designs Going Up for Auction
A few weeks ago, I told you about an adorable little book called Decorating Is Fun!, written by famed American hostess and interior designer Dorothy Draper. She's probably best known for decorating the Greenbriar Resort in West Virginia in 1948, and I just read on Shelterrific that hundreds of furniture items, home accents, and artwork from Draper's Greenbriar are going up for auction starting Sept. 29.
Celebrity Signed Yoga Mats Auctioned for Skin Cancer Research
Well designed props make a yoga practice better. A slippery yoga mat can just about ruin the calming affects of your down dog. Maybe a patented, smartly designed yoga mat signed by a celebrity would make your practice stellar?Fab Flash: IFFGD Celebrity Handbag Auction
Donatella Versace, Mariska Hargitay, Joanne Woodward, Camille Grammer (Kelsey's wife) and Anne Tyler have all generously donated their handbags for Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorder's Celebrity Handbag Auction. It will run from now until May 9 and proceeds benefit digestive disease research for the organization. To learn more about IFFGD and the importance of digestive disease research, go here.
More on PetSugar
Fall Award Season
Top Brands
Anna Sui
9monate
Woodhouse Clothing