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Reminded me of my favourite Andre story. This is after his career and I was watching some charity tennis thing (no clue what it was). However, Andre and his w
by giarc 11y ago
Reminded me of my favourite Andre story. This is after his career and I was watching some charity tennis thing (no clue what it was). However, Andre and his wife Steffi Graf were on the court and auctioning off a weekend with the two including tennis lessons at their private home. The auction was taking place at the centre court of the US Open venue in NY. The bids were up to $75,000 for the weekend with Andre and Steffi. When the bidding stopped, they asked the last two bidders if they would each pay $70,000 (the highest amount both had bid) and they would each have a weekend with Steffi and Andre. They basically doubled the amount given to charity by giving up two of their weekends to complete strangers.
- pimlottc 11y agoJeff Tweedy, singer for the band Wilco, does a similar thing. As part of Second City's annual Letters to Santa 24-hour charity benefit, he auctions off a private living room concert. Last time I watched, he ended up accepting bids for 3 shows at the final bid amount. The concerts themselves are legendary among Wilco fans, who form syndicates to bid on shows. The buy-in is at least a few-hundred dollars per person.
- pdog 11y agoHere's a potential start-up idea: a marketplace/crowdfunding platform for private shows and concerts.