Rossi’s helmet to be auctioned for charity on eBay
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Dainese will be auctioning off an Agv helmet worn by Valentino Rossi on eBay to the benefit of the non-profit “Un sogno per il Gaslini Onlus” association (“A dream for Gaslini Children’s Hospital”), the Doctor himself will present the helmet to the generous winner in person. In the wake of the success of previous years, over 70 thousand Euros were raised from the auction of the Doctor’s racing suit, boots, and gloves in 2006 (also dedicated to the “Un sogno per il Gaslini” Project), Dainese has decided to repeat this gesture of solidarity through a charity auction of unique items of Valentino Rossi’s personal racing gear on eBay.
To be precise, this was the helmet that the Champ from Tavullia wore during the Grand Prix race in Mugello in June 2007. Designed by Aldo Drudi, only three examples were ever made of this helmet, which is distinguished by a big red heart at the center of the shell that will complement the big heart of the motorcycle racing fan who places the highest bid at the auction scheduled to begin at 12.00 PM on Thursday, November 22 and end at the same time on Tuesday, November 27. Bidding will start at 1 Euro and can be accessed from the home page of the www.dainese.com website by anyone who wants to make an offer of their own.
Generous fans will have five days to win a truly unique airbrushed helmet autographed by Valentino Rossi himself, who will deliver the helmet to the winner in person in the first days of December.
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November 20th, 2007 at 5:55 pm
Sweepstake on how much it goes for? I say 20 Thousand Euros!
Thumbs up to Rossi and Dainese, a good charitable cause.
November 20th, 2007 at 9:36 pm
I know some people who would go for it, but not sure how high they would be willing to go
November 21st, 2007 at 3:45 am
Ha ha, i would go for it definately but i think the helmet will go for more than my top bid of £100!
November 21st, 2007 at 4:45 pm
If imagine the bid will skyrocket out of my range, great that Rossi is delivering it himself!
November 21st, 2007 at 5:36 pm
Yeah it’s a nice touch, will probably add a few thousand pounds to the price too. Would be interesting to know who gets it.
Oh and GPFan i think it will be more than that, they got 70 thousand euros last year