A celebrity eBay auction has raised more than £120,000 in two weeks for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti.
The auction was arranged by Glastonbury Festival organiser Emily Eavis for Oxfam's rebuilding programme in Haiti. Eavis thanked the musicians who donated items and the music lovers who bid on them.
"Everyone's been so generous; it's fantastic to see how much people care. When we first had the idea of an auction for Haiti I never imagined we would raise so much," she commented.
Lily Allen, Damon Albarn, Foals and Klaxons were among the musicians and artists who contributed lots to the auction.
The top earner was a Damien Hirst print, selling for £12,655, closely followed by a Rolf Harris oil painting, which made £12,607.
A jacket worn by Coldplay's Chris Martin on their Viva La Vida tour and signed by the band fetched £9,600.
Other items up for auction included a song written especially for the highest bidder by Damon Albarn, VIP tickets to Glastonbury and the chance to have the Magic Numbers playing in your garden.
Eavis previously visited Haiti in 2002 with Chris Martin and Oxfam, when it was already the poorest country in the western hemisphere.
"It was a life changing trip as I'd never witnessed poverty on that scale before and it had a huge impact. It was a real shock and I suppose this obviously made things a lot worse," she said.
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