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Going Once, Going Twice! Wacky Celebrity Artifacts

From Michael Jackson's glove to Madonna's love letters, see the star items that have brought in top dollar (10 Photos)

Vicki Salemi on Oct 19, 2009 at 12:24PM

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Going Once, Going Twice! Wacky Celebrity Artifacts

Gotta Have It!

Madonna's Faxed Love Letters

All’s fair in love and war, right? So we suppose it's okay that Madonna's former bodyguard and boyfriend, Jim Albright, sold 21 handwritten letters faxed by Madge herself between 1992 and 1994 for $2,400 at a Gotta Have It! auction. Whether the Material Girl was touring in Tokyo, Brisbane, London or Los Angeles, it mattered not -- she wrote sweet nothings on the road. Madonna signed some "Lola Montez" (named after a dancer-actress who became a famous Spanish dancer and mistress of a Bavarian king). We also learned that she referred to her boyfriend as "Booty Man" and called herself "Lil Booty" from time to time. TMI!