007 Tux Raises Thousands For Charity.

11-12-2006 07:13

007 Tux Raises Thousands For Charity.The tuxedo worn by new JAMES BOND star DANIEL CRAIG has sold for £12,000 ($23,535) at an auction to raise money for UK children's charity Childline.The 007 memorabilia was the second highest bid, after a walk-on part in US TV series DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES fetched £17,000 ($33,342). Other items which went under the hammer for the week-long online auction include the diary chair which will be used in British TV reality show, CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 2007, which sold for £5,500 ($10,787), and a visit to the Hawaiian set of American drama LOST had a final bid of £5,200 ($10,198).The Big Brother chair will be given to the winning bidder after the series finished next year (07).The auction - which raised an estimated £150,000 ($294,195) - marks Childline's 20th birthday, and the charity aims to collect £20 million ($39 million) in the next year (07) to help an extra 1,000 children every day.