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NEWS
June
2002
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BSB
Auction Bidders Beware
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Source: Just
Within Reach
This is a disclaimer from JWR and NCOC. It appears that the auction
item(s) have been withdrawn from Ebay/Sotherbys.
We've received a number of emails asking if the auction items listed
at the URL below (white snakeskin suits from first leg of the Black
& Blue Tour -- even though it lists them as being from the
Millennium Tour) are truly going to benefit the Just Within Reach
Foundation, NCOC, HHC, JNN and DLF. People seem to be particularly
concerned that the charities didn't know of this auction. We can
confirm for sure that at least JWR, NCOC and DLF did not know about
the auction until it was brought to our attention by the fans. People
are further concerned that the Boys' charitable foundations were not
listed by name on the auction page. And they are confused as to why
the items are incorrectly listed as being from the Millennium Tour
when they are indeed from the Black & Blue World Tour. Another
cause for concern -- the Certificate of Authenticity comes from the
auctioneer, rather than the Backstreet Boys organization. And a final
point to this end, it appears that the final bid for all these pieces
was $2775.60. Divided by five charities, that is $555.12 per costume.
Past records show that single hat props alone have garnered more than
that amount; an amount that could go to benefit very important work on
behalf of the environment, Lupus research, cardiac operations and
juvenile diabetes research and programs.
According to Kevin and the DLF, they are both unaware of any of these
online auctions and do not know how they have acquired these wardrobe
items. Kevin has asked that we look into the matter. In doing so, we
were put in touch with a representative from Sothebys.com as well as a
rep from Entertainmentrarities. Sothebys.com
has a well-established record for being a reputable auction
organization. However, we have not yet received enough information
from their item provider, Entertainmentrarities, to confirm and
authenticate the items listed OR the manner in which they were
acquired. JWR requested written documentation or copies of the
agreement for such items to be auctioned and have not yet received
such documentation. We also requested the name of the person within
the Boys' management (then, The Firm) who approved the auction, but
have not yet received that name either. Also, upon requesting the name
of the item provider, we were told that Entertainmentrarities is not
at liberty to give the name of the provider without their prior
permission, which has not been received as of this email. We were told
this morning that the provider himself would contact us by phone,
which at the time of this writing, has not occurred.
Though we trust Sothebys to be an upstanding organization and believe
they will indeed provide contributions to the foundations based on
their integrity, sadly, because we lack documentation, we don't feel
as though we can guarantee for you that the proceeds from this auction
will go to the chosen charities. Nor can we guarantee that the items
are authentic. But even more important, we are not able to confirm
that these items were legitimately acquired and provided with
permission by the Boys, who as we understand, own their wardrobe
items.
As confirmed by The Firm and Kevin, the wardrobe cost is divided by 5
and each Boy pays for his own wardrobe items. They are his at the end
of the tour to do with as he pleases. Most of the Boys keep their
wardrobe for their charity auctions or for submission to museums and
such. However, some desired items have come up missing, such as
Kevin's leather cowboy hat used during the first leg of the Black
& Blue Tour and the chain-link top Kevin wore during the tour. You
may or may not recall that both of these items later showed up on an
online auction as did many items of the other Boys' wardrobes. We are
not able to determine how or why these items were not forwarded to the
Boys, but that is being looked into now.
Please share this information with anyone and everyone who supports or
participates in online auctions for Backstreet Boys' memorabilia and
tell them to please be careful and take precautions to protect their
money. Unless a potential bidder contacts the charity directly to
confirm the auction's legitimacy, there is no guarantee that the
charity even KNOWS about the auction, let alone will receive the
proceeds. So again, if you know anyone who has bid on these suits,
please let them know that at least JWR, NCOC and DLF cannot confirm
that this was authorized by the Boys. The bidders may want to check
into it further as eBay.com will be doing, based on our request for a
report on this auction. We will be in touch again if there are further
developments or information to share.
Thanks.
Vicki Hanna
Director of Public Relations and Programming
Just Within Reach Foundation
Nick Carter's Oceans Campaign
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