The fourth edition from the biennial Only Watch charity auction, held Friday at the Hotel Hermitage in Monaco, raised far more than $6 million to battle muscular dystrophy. According to organizers and auction house Antiquorum, the auction room was complete, while Internet and cellphone bidding maintained powerful last costs, which general doubled the last results with the preceding Only Watch in 2009.
International participation integrated Japan, Switzerland, Hong Kong, China, the United states of america as well as the Russian Federation. Ronnie Woods from the Rolling Stones was also present inside the space to support the auction.
"Only Watch is a fabulous event. The volume raised by the auction has doubled to €4.five million! But what's also wonderful with Only Watch is the fact that we are all united by human warmth and solidarity," mentioned Paul Pettavino a 15 year old teenager affected by Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy?
"Only Watch 2011 could be the fruit of an excellent collaboration between watch manufactures, partners, media, organizers?- however it is initial and foremost an excellent work completed by men and women coming from quite different horizons who joined their energies to create hope in analysis on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy," declared Luc Pettavino, President with the Association Monegasque contre les Myopathies and Founder of Only Watch.
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