LARA CROFT AUCTION
CLOSES AT £4,400
Copyright 2002 www.tombraiderchronicles.com
[ May 6th 2002 ]
The Eidos/UNICEF
charity auction featuring Nell McAndrew's original
Lara Croft outfit has now closed with a winning
bid of £4,400 going to PAULUS38 who walks away
with one of the most famous outfits of contemporary
popular culture. A total of 69 bidders participated
in the auction each hoping to secure their own
part of video-game history.
The costume,
which comes with a certificate of authenticity
signed by Ian Livingstone and Nell McAndrew, features
Lara's trademark green rubber all-in-one vest
and military-style shorts. Lara Croft will never
be seen in this outfit again making it even more
collectable - a brand new outfit was unveiled
last month by the new Lara Croft model, Jill de
Jong.
Jeremy
Heath-Smith, managing director of Core Design
says, "This outfit is one of the most desired
items in computer game history. We hope it will
raise a substantial amount of money for a very
worthwhile cause." Rose Nelson, regional fundraising
manager of UNICEF UK says, "Education opens an
infinite number of doors for children and it is
our hope that all children everywhere can receive
their right to a basic education. Sadly though,
more than 130 million children world-wide - most
of them girls - are being denied this right. UNICEF
is working very hard to get these children in
to school and we are so grateful to Eidos and
the public for supporting our efforts."
Jennie
Reed, marketing communications manager of eBay
UK says, "We are sure that this Lara Croft outfit
will prove to be a huge hit with girls, who dream
of looking like her, and boys who want their girlfriends
to look like her! With such a world-wide appeal
we are confident that a significant amount of
money will be raised by selling the item on eBay,
for what is such a good cause."
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