06/ 12/ 00 Chicago auction raises $3.5 million for charity

The Chicago auction, held November 9, 1999, raised a total of $3.5 million for charity, including $1.4 million on-line and $2.1 million at the live auction assisted by Sotheby’s. The average bid price on the 140 cows was nearly $25,000, with the top cow, HANDsome, selling for $110,000. Even celebrities got in on the action, as winning bids were received from talk show host Oprah Winfrey and NFL commentator John Madden. Fun Facts 5 cows were sold for more than $70,000 each! $110,000 HANDsome by Children’s Memorial Hospital $92,000 Uncle Sam $75,000 Grazing with The Cows $75,000 Urban Re-cow-struction and Adaptive Reuse $70,000 Ferragamoo: Diamonds are a Cow’s Best Friend 12 cows sold for more than $40,000. Only 9 were auctioned for less than $10,000.

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