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   Sue H to mr_black@optusnet.com.au   
   Re: Success! Eric Bana!   
   26 Oct 08 09:28:27   
   
   From: dahoov2@cox.net   
      
   Wow; 10 bucks!  What a friggin' deal!  that's amazing and I love him.   
   I saw that movie too; not bad.  My favorite is still Troy though.   
      
   On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:30:42 +1100, "Mr Black"   
    wrote:   
      
   >   
   >Well, an odd & lucky success...   
   >   
   >   
   >There was local fund raising at the local shops for breast cancer research   
   >in my suburb over the weekend.   
   >   
   >One of the things they had on was a silent auction type of thing, but you   
   >merely wrote down how much you wanted to bid, and if anyone wanted to bid   
   >higher, they just wrote down a greater amount. Everyone could see each   
   >others bids.   
   >   
   >Anyway, one of the items was a "The Other Boleyn Girl" poster signed by Eric   
   >Bana. As many of you know, Eric lives in my suburb. Apparently he was going   
   >to be unable to attend the fund raisert (althought i did hear he did pop   
   >down for a few minutes today) so he put up a poster from his own collection   
   >for auction which he autographed.   
   >I noticed no one had placed a bid so i thouight i would open it at $10. I   
   >put the bid on and forgot about it.   
   >I recieved a phone call late today telling me the poster was mine!   
   >I quickly picked it up and noticed it was an American advance one sheet on   
   >heavy stock glossy paper which Eric has boldly signed it.   
   >A very good score!   
   >   
   >MrB   
      
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