The 10-day online “Rocket Man Resale” auction will support the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
. The “Rocket Man Resale” includes hundreds of items curated from the icon’s collection from his Atlanta home. The wide assortment includes bespoke, Charis Marquez, vice president of fashion at eBay, told WWD that the “Rocket Man Resale” auction stands out as being iconic. It’s a chance, she said, for the marketplace’s 132 million active buyers to truly “own a piece of music and fashion history.
It was important, they agreed, that the auction be available online to reach as many people as possible. While the auction does have an in-person component with a West Village pop-up shop in New York City, the auction will be online for consumers everywhere through July 6. “It’s going to be interesting, because we’ve never really done this before, to see how it does online,” said John. “We always hear from the fans that couldn’t get to the pop-ups so eBay is absolutely the perfect fit for us.”
“ their generosity and the fact that 100 percent of the proceeds are going to the Elton John AIDS Foundation,” said Furnish. “We have a lot of work to do and to get a corporate partner who is stepping up so generously and shares the same passion and vision that we have for an AIDS-free world is a dream come true.”Marquez added that “the element of purpose is why we do what we do” at eBay.
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