A mild silver lining of the cool economic climes is watching the preposterously overpriced -- the diamond tennis bracelets, the beachfront mansionettes -- throttle back earthward in value.
But who knew there'd be downright in The Great Value Reassignment of 2009? From the looks of the RFK Center for Human Rights and Justice celebrity charity auction, only half of Hollywood has caught up with the times. Either that, or we're imagining some crazy appraiser in shirt garters holding a loupe over Dr. House's cane, and somehow finding over $20,000 worth of there.
The excerpted list!
- Coffee with Melody Hobson of Good Morning America -- $150
- Have Gloria Ruben, star of "Raising the Bar" on TNT, sing for you and your guests at your next cocktail party -- $175
- VIP tickets to "Real Time with Bill Maher" -- $225
- Lunch at the Four Seasons with Dennis Haysbert of CBS's "the Unit" -- $250
- Lunch with "Project Runway"'s Tim Gunn at Bryant Park Grill -- $425
- Go backstage at Rachel Ray's show, take home pots and pans -- $425
- Meet Laurence Fishburne on the set of "CSI" -- $550
- A dance lesson from 'Dancing with the Stars" Contestant Jason Taylor -- $500
- Visit "America's Most Wanted" and meet creator and host John Walsh -- $850
- Spend the day on the "Damages" set with Glenn Close -- $900
- Tour the set of 'This Week" with George Stephanopoulos -- $900
- Meet Matt Lauer and tour "the Today Show" -- $900
- Meet Charles Grodin, Regis Philbin and Alan Alda at a New York Lunch -- $950
- Tour Wisteria Lane on the set of "Desperate Housewives" -- $1000
- Enjoy a backstage tour of the Emmys -- $1000
- Watch "Meet the Press" on set and then interview David Gregory -- $1000
- Meet Joe Scarborough on the set of "Morning Joe" -- $1000
- Tour the Set of "The Young and the Restless" with Kate Linder -- $1050
- Meet MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on set -- $1050
- Meet Jim Cramer on the set of "Mad Money" -- $1350
- Take home a pair of Larry King's suspenders and visit Larry King Live to meet him -- $1500
- Meet Bill O'Reilly on the set of "The O'Reilly Factor" -- $1555
- Dinner with "Hardball"'s Chris Matthews at the Willard in DC -- $1550
- Meet Bobby Flay at a taping "Iron Chef America" -- $1600
- Visit set of "Anderson Cooper 360" and meet Anderson -- $2000
- Dinner with TV legend Bill Cosby, with 4 bottles of wine from the Cos's cellar -- $2350
- Tour Pine Valley on the set of "All My Children" with creator Agnes Nixon -- $2750
- Have lemonade and cookies after Martha Stewart guides you through her garden -- $2750
- VIP tickets to Saturday Night Live and dinner at the Beacon -- $3501
- Visit the set of "the Office" and meet Steve Carrell and cast -- $4250
- Dr. House's signed cane, plus meet Hugh Laurie + cast and get tour of "House" set -- $20,500
- Meet Oprah Winfrey backstage -- $27500
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