Babar book signed by Jeb Bush and mom Barbara sells for $850,000
Tags: Barbara Bush, Hibiscus Children's Center, Jeb Bush, Karla Preissman, Lyric Theatre, Stuart, The Little Auction That Could, The Travels of Babar
| Wednesday 18 November 2009 12:49 pm
(Robert Holland/Special to Page2Live)
What’s a Babar book worth if it was signed by former First Lady Barbara Bush and her son, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush?
Five bucks? Twenty? One hundred?
Make that $850,000!
A resident of Palm Beach County who asked to remain anonymous just contacted organizers of the upcoming celebrity-book charity auction in Stuart, The Little Auction That Could, and bought the signed copy of The Travels of Babar for the equivalent of three Rolls-Royces.
The Jean De Brunhoff work is part of a collection of nearly 100 children’s books John Hancock-ed by world-famous celebrities, including poet Maya Angelou, golfer Tiger Woods, Pres. Barack Obama, singer Jimmy Buffett and astronaut John Glenn. The books will be auctioned at the Lyric Theatre Friday, and proceeds are going the Hibiscus Children’s Center, a Martin County shelter for abused and neglected kids.
But the anonymous caller just couldn’t wait and was adamant he wanted the book signed by momma and sonny Bush.
The sale Thursday morning sent some organizers into a joyous frenzy. With the wire transfer minutes later, they’re guaranteed to raise well above $1 million.
“First thing I said when I got the call is: Are you serious?” said Karla Preissman, who spent two years painstakingly gathering the signed books. “I’m not a professional fund-raiser or anything. I was very humbled by it.”
Jeb Bush’s reaction? “That’s fabulous!!!!’ he e-mailed Preissman.
It is reported that the donation was intended to start a reading program so that the former President, “W” can learn to read.
[...] The Little Auction That Could, a Stuart auction that’s raising money for Martin County’s Hibiscus Children’s Center, just sold a Babar book signed by former First Lady Barbara Bush and her son Jeb, the former governor of Florida, for a whopping $850,000 — guaranteeing that the auction will raise more than $1 million! For more, click here. [...]
I wonder how much a signed “My Pet Goat” book by George W Bush would fetch?
[...] http://www.page2live.com/2009/11/18/babar-book-signed-by-barbara-and-jeb-bush-goes-for-850000/A resident of Palm Beach County who asked to remain anonymous just contacted organizers of the upcoming celebrity-book charity auction in Stuart, The Little Auction That Could, and bought the signed copy of The Travels of Babar for the … [...]
Probably Rush Limbaugh bought it in lieu of a wedding ring for when he proposes to Ann Coulter in his lair.
This is incredible news for such a deserving charity! The negative comments are misdirected and unnecessary. Great fundraising idea and glad it worked!!!
Sounds like Rush Limbaugh just bought a new book. Why else would someone want to remain annonomous? Good Job Rush old boy!
I am a Democrat, but I am also an American, a Floridian living in Palm Beach County.
I want to thank the buyer of these books for their generosity.
You have done something for the good of many.
Every thinking American should be pleased with this news.
Glad to see Rush putting some of his money toward a good cause. Too bad that he made his money doing bad things to the country. Perhaps he’s trying to pay restitution in his own way.
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Kevin,
You make is seem as if Rush is selling dope to kids. I would venture to say you should go buy some books to read yourself. You are an idiot!!!!
CS
Kevin: what “bad things” has Rush done to this country, other than have a radio program that you can choose, or choose not, to listen to? His views do not equate to “bad things” just because you disagree with them.
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i like the babar even if i have some problem of vision
in my fantaisie books for child certainly my optic glasses aren’t good but i know do the difference enter a true babar and a false babar
the false babar are affabulator and drink much and the more often they can’t go or fly in the skies
the true babar them run because they are so heavy and bad swimmer
my wife say often that find a true babar it’s like had find a treasure well i think that doesn’t exist(laugh)