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Benefit auction: Annie Leibovitz portrait of Springsteen on eBay till 3 a.m. Sunday

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July 28, 2007 2:40 pm
By Sheila Lennon

Update: The work sold for $9,250.

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ANNIE LEIBOVITZ signed photograph of Bruce Springsteen on eBay, closing in 12 hours, 20 minutes, at 3 a.m. Sunday.

The seller is the National Priorities Project, the folks who maintain the Cost of War counter ticking up the tally for Iraq. I found it while researching that for my next post. It says here, at NPP,

Annie Leibovitz has donated to the National Priorities Project this signed print of a Bruce Springsteen photograph taken in Philadelphia in 1999, and as previously seen in her book, American Music. NPP is auctioning the photo on Ebay, and 100% of the winning bid will go to support the work of NPP.

The current high bid is $6,150.

ANNIE LEIBOVITZ - limited edition, 6 of 20, signed artist print of Bruce Springsteen.

Taken of Bruce Springsteen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1999. Photograph can also be seen on p. 234 of Annie's book, American Music. Newly acquired, directly from the artist.

* Valued at $5,500
* Color print
* 20" x 24"
* Unframed

-- Annie Leibovitz on Wikipedia.

-- A stunning gallery at PBS of Annie Leibovitz work, including the John Lennon/Yoko Ono cover shot for Rolling Stone photographed the day John died.

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