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Friday, Sept. 28, 2007
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Online auction of ‘We Are Marshall’ items continues through Oct. 2

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Movie props from “We Are Marshall,” donated to Marshall University by Warner Bros. Pictures, continue to be offered to the public through an online auction until midnight Tuesday, Oct. 2.

Rebecca Samples, director of annual giving at Marshall, said proceeds from the auction will benefit the Marshall University Foundation Inc. and the Big Green Scholarship Foundation, primarily by providing academic and athletic scholarships.

“We are pleased with the level of activity on the auction site so far,” Samples said of the auction, which began on Tuesday, Sept. 18. “All of the items are still up for bid.”

Samples said about 35 items are up for bid, including football jerseys – some with dirt still on them, windbreakers, ball caps, faux newspapers circa November 1970, prop newspapers and letters and menus from Boone’s Diner.

To bid on an item, go to http://herdzone.cstvauctions.com. For more information on the auction, call Samples at (304) 696-3292.

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