Mumbai: The Foundation, the NGO founded by actor Rahul Bose today announced “EQUATION 2012 – An AUCTION FOR EQUALITY”. After receiving a whopping response for India’s most historic sports auction of iconic memorabilia in year one (in 2010), Equation 2012 most certainly promises to be bigger and better.
This year will see 29 pieces pledged not only by world champions from India but from across the world as an expression of both the faith in the Foundation and their highest regard for EQUATION, an event dedicated to the beauty and honor of sport. The auction will be held on February 11, 2012 preceded by cocktails followed by a black tie, sit down dinner.
This year pieces of the caliber of Sachin Tendulkar’s bat, Sebastian Vettel’s signed F1 World Championship Racing vest, the match ball used of the final of the ICC World Cup 2011, signed by the captains M. S. Dhoni and Kumar Sangakarra, Rafael Nadal’s autographed tennis shoes, Lionel Messi’s Team Argentina autographed football, Milkha Singh’s Rome Olympics 1960 running spikes, Mary Kom’s’s World Championship medal–winning boxing gloves 2011, will be auctioned amongst others. (Complete list of pieces below)
The auctioneer at the main event will be Mallika Advani, and the evening will be hosted by actor Siddharth and Cyrus Broacha .The proceeds of the auction will go towards the corpus of the Foundation, an NGO dedicated to creating a world without discrimination.
Speaking on the occasion the founder of The Foundation Rahul Bose said, ‘EQUATION is massive, this year. I spent six months collecting pieces from across sports, across continents. Already it is the greatest collection of sporting memorabilia in history. Now let’s see how much we raise on Feb 11!’
In honour of his services to the country and in celebration of his farewell year, present at the announcer press conference as the chief guest was football champion and former India captain, Bhaichung Bhutia, donor from last year and good friend of Rahul and The Foundation. Bhaichung has extended his association with The Foundation this year as he would like to pledge four additional pieces to be auctioned along with the others, the proceeds for which would be directed towards earthquake hit areas of Sikkim.
Says Bhaichung, “It’s such a pleasure to help Rahul and The Foundation. The work they do is tough, but really important. Rahul has created an organization with the qualities he is well known for- honesty, professionalism, excellence and a genuine sense of caring.”
List Of Pieces
SPECIAL TRIBUTE
Lot 1. Sachin Tendulkar : Bat. IPL 2011.
Lot 2. Brian Lara : Bat. Autographed Bat.
Lot 3. Rafael Nadal : Autographed Tennis shoes.
Lot 4. All Blacks : World Champions 2011. Autographed Jersey.
Lot 5. Lionel Messi, Team Argentina : Autographed football.
ICC WORLD CUP 2011 SPECIAL
Lot 6. ICC World Cup 2011 Final, Mumbai : Autographed Ball.
Lot 7. ICC World Cup 2011 : Bat. World Champions - India.
Lot 8. ICC World Cup 2011 : Autographed Captains’ Bat.
Lot 9. Zaheer Khan : ICC World Cup 2011. Bowling shoes.
Lot 10. M. S. Dhoni : ICC World Cup 2011. Bat.
MASTERS
Lot 11. Magic Johnson : Autographed LA Lakers vest.
Lot 12. Steve Ovett : Running vest, European Championships, 1986.
Lot 13. Greatest All Rounders :
• Imran Khan: bat,
• Sir Richard Hadlee: ball,
• Kapil Dev: bowling shoes,
• Sir Ian Botham: Botham’s Ashes, 1982.
Lot 14. Spin Quartet :
• Test Blazers: B S Bedi, S Venkatraghavan.
• Test Pullovers: E A S Prasanna, B S Chandrasekhar.
Lot 15. Spin Quartet : Autographed Cricket Balls.
Lot 16. Milkha Singh : Rome Olympics 1960: Running Spikes.
FORMULA 1. FORMIDABLE 4.
Lot 17. Sebastian Vettel : World Champion 2011. Red Bull Racing vest.
Lot 18. Rubens Barichello : Williams Racing suit, 2011.
Lot 19. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari racing gloves, 2011.
Lot 20. Famous Five : Autographed Team Caps, 2011 - Michael Schumacher, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Mark Weber, Niko Rosberg.
YESTERDAY, INDIA. TODAY, THE WORLD.
Lot 21. Viswanathan Anand : World Champion Trophy, Teheran 2000.
Lot 22. ‘Indian Express’ : Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi. Autographed Racquets.
Lot 23. Mary Kom : Gold medal-winning boxing gloves. 2010 World Championship, Barbados.
Lot 24. Sushil Kumar : Gold medal-winning wrestling vest. 2010 World Championship, Moscow.
Lot 25. VVS Laxman : Bat - 148 v Australia, Adelaide, 2003.
Lot 26. Saina Nehwal : Autographed shoes, racquet. All England Championships, 2011.
Lot 27. Dhanraj Pillay : Asiad 2002 (Gold Medal): Captain’s blazer, armband, hockey stick signed by Indian team.
Lot 28. Vijender Singh : Bronze medal–winning boxing gloves. 2009 World Championships, Milan.
Lot 29. Harbhajan Singh : Pullover, 400th Test wicket.