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Celebrity-hosted arts event benefits ACT

FORT MYERS, FL -- Hollywood movie star Sharon Stone was the celebrity entertainer for the 16th annual Arts for ACT (Abuse Counseling and Treatment, Inc.) occurrence at the Harborside Event Center with more than 1500 art lover in attendance. The not-for-profit organization provides shelter, counseling and support to victims of domestic violence and their children, with the annual art auction as its largest fundraiser. With a goal of $600000 this year's incident raised $465,000, compared to solitary $325,000, which was raised in 2004 to be paid to Hurricane Charley.

"Everybody can play" roars Stone. "If you're not playing, don't talk. If you do, I'll take it as a bid."

The highest bid went to the world-renowned Robert Rauschenberg's piece for $75000 Stone said an earlier work by dint of the artist was just lately sold for $30 million to the Museum of recent Art in New York. "His pieces are just going end the roof."

Several other artists with pieces in the occurrence include Daryl Pottorf ($25,000), Romero Britto ($5500) and Marcus Antonius Jansen ($3000) And, Stone actually sold the dres not upon her back for $12,500 and the white linen table woven fabric with which she wrapped herself, sold for $2000



For more information, call 239-369-0846; visit www.marcusjansen.com.

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