Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Top Ten Charity Auctions on YJ 2007!



Yahoo Japan auctions released the top ten highest winning bids on auction for charity in 2007.

Topping the list was a life sized replica 100 ton hammer designed after City Hunter, The replica weighs 110 pounds and is 5.9 feet long. Tsukasa Hojo, the creator of City Hunter, Angel Heart and Cat's Eye, signed the item, which sold for 1, 832, 000 yen (approximately 18,000 USD) !!

Number two is a guitar provided by Tomoyasu Hotei, who provided music for Kill Bill and Transformers. The guitar sold for 1,524,000 yen.

Two other guitars made the list- Kazuya Yoshii and Kouzi Tamaki, number 4 and 6.

Three signed baseball jerseys- Giants player Hisanori Takahashi (6 tied with Tamaki's guitar), Tomonori Maeda (8)and Yoshihisa Naruse (9)

Yahoo! Japan's charity auctions raised 135,948,760 yen (approximately $1,350,000 USD) in 2007.

Check out the list for the other auctions!

YJ Links OF Interest:
City Hunter
Angel Heart
Cat's Eye
Transformers
Kill Bill


Translated YJ URL for Top Ten List

Via ANN

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