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20-01-2006, 17:29
FROM CNN.COM
Shatner kidney stone goes for $25,000
GoldenPalace.com is buyer; money to charity
Wednesday, January 18, 2006; Posted: 7:06 p.m. EST (00:06 GMT)
William Shatner has sold his kidney stone for $25,000, with the money going to a housing charity.
Actor William Shatner has sold his kidney stone for $25,000, with the money going to a housing charity, it was announced Tuesday.
Shatner reached agreement Monday to sell the stone to GoldenPalace.com.
"This takes organ donors to a new height, to a new low, maybe. How much is a piece of me worth?" he said in a telephone interview. (Watch what else Shatner said comes with the stone -- 1:56)
GoldenPalace.com is noted for its collection of oddities, which includes a partially eaten cheese sandwich thought to contain the image of the Virgin Mary.
"This is a bold new addition to our fleet," GoldenPalace.com Chief Executive Officer Richard Rowe said in a statement.
The money will go to Habitat for Humanity, which builds houses for the needy.
"This would be the first Habitat for Humanity house built out of stone," joked Darren Julien, president of Los Angeles-based Julien's Auctions, which handled the sale.
Shatner, who played Kirk on the original "Star Trek" TV show and won an Emmy for his role on "Boston Legal," passed the stone last fall.
The stone was so big, Shatner said, "you'd want to wear it on your finger."
>>>>FULL STORY HERE (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/18/people.shatner.ap/index.html)
Shatner kidney stone goes for $25,000
GoldenPalace.com is buyer; money to charity
Wednesday, January 18, 2006; Posted: 7:06 p.m. EST (00:06 GMT)
William Shatner has sold his kidney stone for $25,000, with the money going to a housing charity.
Actor William Shatner has sold his kidney stone for $25,000, with the money going to a housing charity, it was announced Tuesday.
Shatner reached agreement Monday to sell the stone to GoldenPalace.com.
"This takes organ donors to a new height, to a new low, maybe. How much is a piece of me worth?" he said in a telephone interview. (Watch what else Shatner said comes with the stone -- 1:56)
GoldenPalace.com is noted for its collection of oddities, which includes a partially eaten cheese sandwich thought to contain the image of the Virgin Mary.
"This is a bold new addition to our fleet," GoldenPalace.com Chief Executive Officer Richard Rowe said in a statement.
The money will go to Habitat for Humanity, which builds houses for the needy.
"This would be the first Habitat for Humanity house built out of stone," joked Darren Julien, president of Los Angeles-based Julien's Auctions, which handled the sale.
Shatner, who played Kirk on the original "Star Trek" TV show and won an Emmy for his role on "Boston Legal," passed the stone last fall.
The stone was so big, Shatner said, "you'd want to wear it on your finger."
>>>>FULL STORY HERE (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/18/people.shatner.ap/index.html)