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Sweet Relief Celebrity Online Holiday Auction Ending Today

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Posted Dec 11, 1997 12:00 AM

If you can't figure out what to get your friends for the holidays, Sweet Relief, the organization started by Victoria Williams in 1994, is currently holding a special online benefit auction featuring seasonal products donated by some of music's biggest names.|

The auction concludes tonight at 10 p.m. (EST), so you'd better get your bids in fast. Items donated by the likes of Vic Chestnutt, Indigo Girls, Wu Tang Clan, Moby, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Billy Joel, Iggy Pop, Bonnie Raitt, the Beastie Boys, Everclear, Hanson, the Fugees and Lou Reed are currently listed on the Iconographs website. Many of the items are signed by the artists.

There are currently 80 pieces of memorabilia up for bid and more are constantly being added. Some examples: a blue orb signed by the Beastie Boys; a signed, red-mirrored globe by Beck; a VIP, All Access pass from Hanson's "Middle Of Nowhere Tour;" and a mutlimedia T-shirt signed by all the members of Phish.

Sweet Relief is a nonprofit organization that was started by Williams in order to assist musicians, with or without medical insurance, in paying for medical treatments and other necessities of life. In the last four years, Sweet Relief has provided more than $350,000 in grants. (Ari Bendersky)


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