What price celebrity?

HOLLYWOOD star Scarlett Johansson put herself on the eBay auction block for the charity Oxfam this week. The auction closed with a winning bid of $40,100, with a lucky English bidder winning the opportunity to accompany the star to the premiere of her upcoming film He's Just Not That Into You.

The stunning blonde isn't the first to auction her time and company for charity, and she won't be the last. Charlize Theron auctioned a chance to have dinner with her on eBay in 2002, with the winning Californian man shelling out $38,000 to dine the star, proceeds went to a South African Children's Charity Project.

South American pop star Shakira earned $14,000 for charity from one fan, now entitled to front-row tickets to her Toronto concert and a meet-and-greet with the singer, her eBay store, stocked with her underwear and stage costumes, has raised over $76,000 for her own charity to building a school for impoverished children in her native Colombia. British actor Colin Firth scored a cool $9,300 towards Oxfam. The auction winner will accompany him to the premiere of his new film Mamma Mia! in July.

Triple J's kooky Aussie breakfast co-host Marieke Hardy was placed on the auction block by radio co-hosts Robbie Buck and Lindsay 'the Doctor' McDougal. The lucky winner will be forking out $5,502 to a yet-to-be-announced charity, to spend an evening with the delightful Ms Hardy (before her bed time, at 8 :20pm). Kristin Davis is up next, so if you like the idea of accomanying the star to the New York premiere of the Sex and the City movie, with chauffered transport, hair and a facial, get online to Oxfam's'On The Red Carpet' store and place your bid before she's sold.

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