Bid High! SEGA rares up for auction for charity!

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<font size="1">[ Lee_yoshi - September 22 2005 - 11:52 AM ]</font>

<P align=center><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG alt="On the eBay Beat" hspace=0 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/hg_ebaybeatlogo.png" align=baseline border=1></FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Ragol.co.uk's Hunters Gazette regular, eBay Chao has been going crazy today, and can't keep this news to himself. So, demanding this be posted as news ahead and outside of the Hunters Gazette, here's what our Chao has got to say for himself...</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Aparently, SEGA of Europe's <A href="http://www.sega-europe.com/en/SCNewsStory/777.htm">SEGA City</A> has put loads of amazing SEGA merchandise up for auction on eBay.co.uk. Why? Well it's all in the name of charity and funding!</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">"<EM>Later this year three intrepid SEGA employees will be packing their bags and waving farewell to SEGA HQ for a few weeks. The next time we'll hear from them is likely to be a chilly phone call from the top of Kilimanjaro.</EM></FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><EM>The SEGA team scaling one of the world's highest peaks and raising money through auctions, collections and sponsorships for the games industry charity ESC. All proceeds are going to some great and wide ranging causes including funding schools in near Kilimanjaro, working with disabled youngsters in the UK and giving street children in Tanzania chance for a better life.</EM>"</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">So in support of the games industry's charity, ESC, we command you to at least look at what's up for auction! Come on... it's all for a good cause.</FONT></P><UL><LI><DIV align=left><A href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=6211542779"><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Shadow the Hedgehog Artwork (Signed by Yuji Naka)</FONT></A></DIV></LI><UL><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Poster - 99p</FONT></DIV></LI></UL><LI><DIV align=left><A href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=6211540579"><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Sonic the Hedgehog Artwork (Signed by Yuji Naka)</FONT></A></DIV></LI><UL><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Poster - 99p</FONT></DIV></LI></UL><LI><DIV align=left><A href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=8220310635"><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Sonic Compilation (Signed by Yuji Naka)</FONT></A></DIV></LI><UL><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">SEGA MegaDrive - £50</FONT></DIV></LI></UL><LI><DIV align=left><A href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=6001116985"><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Astro Boy Figures</FONT></A></DIV></LI><UL><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Figures/Collectables - £3</FONT></DIV></LI></UL><LI><DIV align=left><A href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=6211346784"><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Sonic the Hedgehog Rucksack (Japanese!)</FONT></A></DIV></LI><UL><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Rucksack - 99p</FONT></DIV></LI></UL><LI><DIV align=left><A href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=6001134497"><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Tamiya R/C Rally Car (Branded by SEGA!)</FONT></A></DIV></LI><UL><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Remote Control Car - £35</FONT></DIV></LI></UL><LI><DIV align=left><A href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=8220809451"><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Japanese Virtua Fighter 4 Arcade Stick (Rare!)</FONT></A></DIV></LI><UL><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">PlayStation2 - £5</FONT></DIV></LI></UL></UL><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Don't be fooled by the low prices, the auction's have only just started! For more information on the charity, go to </FONT><A href="http://www.takinages.com/"><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">www.takinages.com</FONT></A><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">, oh, and our best wishes to the SEGA crew going on the climb up Mt. Kilimanjaro later this year! Certainly a more challenging way of raising money then sitting yourselves down in a bath of baked beans! All prices are correct as of 22nd September Afternoon BST.</FONT></P>

[Faulkie]

*drools*
I'm keeping my eyes on these, although the prices will skyrocket in no time.

[Lee-yoshi]

Hell yea they will! Those 99p pieces of Artwork - I wouldn't be surprised if they ended up over £99!

It's all for charity of course, remember ^_^

[Jay]

that mega drive might end up at around €200 since its signed.

[Lee-yoshi]

Just having a look at all the prices now and they've already climed a LOT! I liked this bit though on the Shadow the Hedgehog artwork:

Q: I don't know... There is no way this signature can be authenticated, is there? ...and with a '0' rating too! Many people, self included, will feel that this is a hustle. Please do not take offense if you are genuine. :-\
23-Sep-05
A: Hi, my name is Lynn Daniel and I'm acutally the European PR manager for SEGA Europe, if you take a look at the website that i added at the bottom of the listing we have an official site for SEGA and the charity climb. In August i assisted Yuji Naka in his visit to Germany to take part in Leipzig, at this point we got him to sign a few pieces so that we could auction and he was only too happy to help. Regards Lynn

Pwned! XD