The history of hosting charity auctions goes back over 20 years at Gotta Have Rock and Roll.com, including the Baseballl for America with Roger Clemens (benefiting the Twin Towers Fund), co-hosted with Sotheby’s, the record-breaking Britney Spears Foundation Charity Auction, the Samsung “Four Seasons of Hope” Charity Auction, the Jergens, "Glow Like the Stars!" Charity Auction, The UGG® Australia “Art & Sole” Charity Auction to Benefit VH1’s Save the Music Foundation, the World Wildlife Foundation, B-52’s Kate Pierson Collection to Benefit Cats and Dogs, and more!
To learn more about our online charity program, please call us at 212-750-7900/800-950-1202 or email us at info@gottahaverockandroll.com! We are eager to continue and expand our work with charities all over the world!
APPELLATE COURT UNANIMOUSLY RULES IN FAVOR OF GOTTAHAVEROCKANDROLL.COM AND AGAINST MADONNA OVER THE AUCTION OF HER PERSONAL ITEMS INCLUDING TUPAC SHAKUR’S BREAK-UP LETTER
Tupac Shakur Handwritten & Signed Letter to Madonna from Prison
On Tuesday June 4, 2019, the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, in a unanimous 5-0 decision, ruled in favor of GottaHaveRockandRoll.com and against Madonna over the auction of her personal items including a breakup letter from rap legend Tupac Shakur. “We won at the trial court, and now a unanimous appeals court in Manhattan has sided for us said owners of GottaHaveRockandRoll.com. Jeffrey Haas, attorney for GottaHaveRockandRoll.com, added, “My co-counsel Hartley Bernstein and I were fully prepared in the event Madonna appealed the soundly decided lower court decision, and it was gratifying to see that justice continued to be blind to Madonna’s celebrity and money and the alchemy of her high profile legal counsel.” Added co-counsel Hartley Bernstein, “Celebrity does not trump the facts. Here, those facts were plain as day. Ms. Lutz, the consignor, owns the items and GottaHaveRockandRoll.com is free to sell them on her behalf.”