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oh yes the coat is nice--but it seems like it never gets cold enough here for a coat anymore. will keep my eye on the sweater for after Christmas sale. :wink:
 
The sweater is warmer than the coat! Both are on sale now. I bought the sweater, so cozy and soft. The coat is real nice and is the same price as the sweater.

The candles were real cheap, $2.99, I bought a bunch for gifts.
 
hey gang!! happy holidays! well, it finally arrived, my first gift-the(RED) mens leather jacket....its awesome!!
black distressed, tons of stitching detail, buttons, and its pretty heavy too. the black/red lining inside is killer. my camera is broke so i cant put picts up yet :(
 
I saw this posted somewhere in EYKIW, but not here:

Bloomberg: Bono, Hirst Back AIDS Charity With $40 Million Sale


Bono, Hirst Back AIDS Charity With $40 Million Sale
By Linda Sandler

Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- U2 singer Bono and Damien Hirst, the U.K.'s
wealthiest artist, are backing a $40 million AIDS charity auction of
art that previewed today at Sotheby's in London before heading for New
York.

"The (RED) Auction," devised by Bono and Hirst to raise money for
HIV/AIDS treatment in Africa, features as much as $13.6 million of art
donated by Hirst including a $7 million pill cabinet. Hirst sent more
than 100 handwritten letters to artists and gathered 70 works for the
New York sale on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, said the artist's
spokeswoman, Jude Tyrrell, in an interview.

"I remember when I couldn't give my art away, it wasn't long ago
either," Hirst said in an e-mailed statement from Sotheby's.

Londoners won't get a chance to see the 10 works by Hirst, Keith Tyson,
Michael Craig-Martin and other artists that were shown to the press
this morning, before being packed for export. Collectors can see more
of the art, including by Georg Baselitz, Cecily Brown, Anish Kapoor,
Richard Prince, Ed Ruscha and Marc Quinn, from Feb. 4 at Gagosian
Gallery in New York's Chelsea district.

The auction proceeds will go to the United Nations Foundation's fund to
support HIV/AIDS programs in Africa, Sotheby's said. (RED) has worked
with companies including Motorola Inc. to devise products, whose
profits go in part to AIDS programs.

Diamond Skull

Bono, the lead singer of the Irish rock band, is the co- founder of
(RED). Hirst, known for his diamond skull and a pickled shark owned by
hedge-fund manager Steven Cohen, donated seven works to the charity
auction, Sotheby's said. He has a fortune valued at 130 million pounds
($267 million) by the London Sunday Times.

Hirst's pill cabinet, titled "Where There's a Will There's a Way," is
filled with red-painted antiretroviral drugs, and is similar to a
cabinet with colored pills that sold for $19.2 million in June, said
Sotheby's specialist Oliver Barker.

Hirst also contributed a 214-centimeter red heart with dead butterflies
stuck in gloss paint, "All You Need Is Love," which has a top estimate
of $1.5 million, and a red circular work, "Beautiful RED Spin
Painting," valued at as much as $800,000.

Hirst, who worked on the auction for more than a year, is a friend of
Bono, Tyrrell said.
 
Just came back from my local Hallmark store and am pissed as hell!

They took the RED items from the front of the store and shoved them in the very back corner, hidden behind displays of God knows what and crowded with odd items reduced or damaged. I so complained stating it was so disrespectful to the RED compaign, and just wrong! The sales girl said they had to make way for their Xmas items and I pointed out they are supposed to be promoting the RED items for Xmas. I am so going to write to Hallmark.

BLM and Kassandra, if you read this, go visit and make some noise. It's the Hallmark in the Kmart shopping center on North Ocean Ave.
 
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Val said:
Just came back from my local Hallmark store and am pissed as hell!

They took the RED items from the front of the store and shoved them in the very back corner, hidden behind displays of God knows what and crowded with odd items reduced or damaged. I so complained stating it was so disrespectful to the RED compaign, and just wrong! The sales girl said they had to make way for their Xmas items and I pointed out they are supposed to be promoting the RED items for Xmas. I am so going to write to Hallmark.

BLM and Kassandra, if you read this, go visit and make some noise. It's the Hallmark in the Kmart shopping center on North Ocean Ave.
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that is just so wrong on so many levels!!! :mad: If I lived in your area I would so be making a big stink about it. Not right.. :tsk:

The hallmark store I went to here had a display for RED not in the front but half way back, easy to find..
 
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last unicorn said:

Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- U2 singer Bono and Damien Hirst, the U.K.'s
wealthiest artist, are backing a $40 million AIDS charity auction of
art that previewed today at Sotheby's in London before heading for New
York.

"The (RED) Auction," devised by Bono and Hirst to raise money for
HIV/AIDS treatment in Africa, features as much as $13.6 million of art
donated by Hirst including a $7 million pill cabinet. Hirst sent more
than 100 handwritten letters to artists and gathered 70 works for the
New York sale on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, said the artist's
spokeswoman, Jude Tyrrell, in an interview.

"I remember when I couldn't give my art away, it wasn't long ago
either," Hirst said in an e-mailed statement from Sotheby's.

Londoners won't get a chance to see the 10 works by Hirst, Keith Tyson,
Michael Craig-Martin and other artists that were shown to the press
this morning, before being packed for export. Collectors can see more
of the art, including by Georg Baselitz, Cecily Brown, Anish Kapoor,
Richard Prince, Ed Ruscha and Marc Quinn, from Feb. 4 at Gagosian
Gallery in New York's Chelsea district.

The auction proceeds will go to the United Nations Foundation's fund to
support HIV/AIDS programs in Africa, Sotheby's said. (RED) has worked
with companies including Motorola Inc. to devise products, whose
profits go in part to AIDS programs.

Diamond Skull

Bono, the lead singer of the Irish rock band, is the co- founder of
(RED). Hirst, known for his diamond skull and a pickled shark owned by
hedge-fund manager Steven Cohen, donated seven works to the charity
auction, Sotheby's said. He has a fortune valued at 130 million pounds
($267 million) by the London Sunday Times.
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The shark wasn't put in formaldehyde, hence not "pickled" but oh well, incorrections aside, I think it's awesome Hirst and Bono are doing this. Hirst is not just a "wealthy" artist. But doing things like this, and the Flat Lake Festival contributions previous this year, he is really showing how art can make a difference and put to its most limits and find something new and wonderful in it again. It's fantastic.
 
Val said:
Just came back from my local Hallmark store and am pissed as hell!

They took the RED items from the front of the store and shoved them in the very back corner, hidden behind displays of God knows what and crowded with odd items reduced or damaged. I so complained stating it was so disrespectful to the RED compaign, and just wrong! The sales girl said they had to make way for their Xmas items and I pointed out they are supposed to be promoting the RED items for Xmas. I am so going to write to Hallmark.

BLM and Kassandra, if you read this, go visit and make some noise. It's the Hallmark in the Kmart shopping center on North Ocean Ave.
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Hmmm, I'll have to check this out
 
Val said:
Just came back from my local Hallmark store and am pissed as hell!

They took the RED items from the front of the store and shoved them in the very back corner, hidden behind displays of God knows what and crowded with odd items reduced or damaged. I so complained stating it was so disrespectful to the RED compaign, and just wrong! The sales girl said they had to make way for their Xmas items and I pointed out they are supposed to be promoting the RED items for Xmas. I am so going to write to Hallmark.

BLM and Kassandra, if you read this, go visit and make some noise. It's the Hallmark in the Kmart shopping center on North Ocean Ave.
Click to expand...


So not right, especially around christmas. But what do you expect, the sales people didn't even know anything about at the 2 Hallmarks I went to. :huh:
 
Kassandra, it's just north of exit 63 on the Expressway. Go get em!
 
JCOSTER said:



So not right, especially around christmas. But what do you expect, the sales people didn't even know anything about at the 2 Hallmarks I went to. :huh:
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I had that exact same problem...grrr:mad: You would think with the kind of press release it got (from Product RED) that they would be more diligent about setting up and informing staff. I guess they didn't give it the big push it so deserves...:(
 
U2Fanatic4ever said:


I had that exact same problem...grrr:mad: You would think with the kind of press release it got (from Product RED) that they would be more diligent about setting up and informing staff. I guess they didn't give it the big push it so deserves...:(
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Same deal with me....the hallmark in King of Prussia didn't even have them unpacked and I had to ask them to pull some of the cards out for me.
 
That's too bad about those Hallmark stores not promoting their RED items. I have only been to one store so far here in San Diego, but I was happy to see that although it was a small display, it was the absolute first thing you saw as soon as you walked in... right in front and practically blocking your path to get in :lol:
This store sometimes sets up cookies or donuts on a little table in this spot right as you enter, but instead they made it their RED spot now. :up: :)
 
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