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Oprah is Auctioning Her Shoes and Clothes on eBay
Attire worn by Chicago's talk show matriarch at Harpo Studios will be sold to benefit the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy.

CHICAGO, IL - Oprah Winfrey has moved out of Chicago, but her attire and other accessories that made her the legend she is will live on.
More than 250 items of clothing, shoes and accessories worn by Chicago’s forever talk show queen are being auctioned off on eBay. And in just one day since bidding began, fans have already begun to rack up the numbers.
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One of Oprah’s Caroline Herrera Salmon Pink Boatneck Short Sleeve Dress is already up to $510 after 73 bids. An Off-White Ruffle Applique Silk Blouse is at $310 after 40 bids, and a pair of Christian Louboutin White & Blue Peep Toe Heels is at an astounding $1,725 after 116 submissions.
The items were worn or featured by Winfrey either on the cover of O, The Oprah Magazine or on “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” which aired for 26 years and was filmed at Harpo Studios in the West Loop.
All auctions will end March 10, and a whole lot of money raised from the sale will benefit Oprah’s Leadership Academy Foundation.
Additional items will be added through March 4.
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