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Movie shirts go for broke
23/02/2006 09:55 - (SA)
Los Angeles - Tom Gregory just spent more than $100 000 on two used cowboy shirts. And he could not be happier.
Gregory was the winning bidder in an online auction for two shirts worn by the star-crossed lovers played by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Oscar front-runner Brokeback Mountain.
To Gregory they represent the ongoing plight of gays for acceptance in society. A longtime gay activist, Gregory, 45, said he plans to keep the shirts "as they were, on the hanger, entwined".
"I would never wear them, put them on, or separate them," he said.
The $101 100.51 proceeds of the sale by the film's distributor, Focus Features, on auction website eBay.com benefit Variety - the Children's Charity of Southern California.
Gregory logged his winning bid just 28 seconds before the 10-day auction came to a close on Monday.
"There is no buyer's remorse," he said, calling his purchase "the most fun thing I ever bought."
- AP
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