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Tom Jones-Signed Grammy Book On eBay For Charity; Get Your Bid In! Auction Ends Thursday, 12:40 PM, PDT
Monday, July 28th, 2008The Grammy Foundation is auctioning Tom Jones-signed book.
The book, And The GRAMMY Goes To… The Official Story of Music’s Most Coveted Award, details the history of the Grammy Awards. Tom signed this copy, one of 50 the Foundation says was put aside for Grammy winners to sign for auction, at the Starry Night Gala honoring Sir George Martin on July 12.
The GRAMMY Foundation was founded in 1989 to cultivate the awareness, appreciation and advancement of the contribution of recorded music on American culture from the artistic and technical legends of the past to the still unimagined musical breakthroughs of the future generations of music professionals. One hundred percent of the sale price goes to the Fouindation.
Bidding starts at $150; shipping in the US is $20.
The auction ends Thursday, July 31, at 12:40 p.m. PDT.
July 29th, 2008 at 2:02 am
What a great honor for Tom to sign this book. I hope it does well at action. I wonder who else signed it?
July 29th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Did Tom ever win a Grammy and for which song was he nominated?
Ebay shows beautiful close-ups of the book!
July 29th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
Marisa: Yes, in 1965 for Best New Artist.
July 30th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Great…here’s hoping for another one soon!