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Auction for FIFA beavers in Toronto closes, Canadian motif statue garners highest bid
Bidding on 50 hand-painted beaver statues closed with the top piece fetching $10,025, and proceeds will support two Toronto charities.
- On Monday, online bidding closed for 50 FIFA World Cup-themed beaver statues in Toronto, raising more than $170,000 for charity.
- The Old Town Toronto Business Improvement Area hosted an artistic scavenger hunt featuring 52 beaver statues between May 25 and Aug. 16.
- High-Value sales included the Canadian motif beaver for $10,025, the Scottish beaver for more than $7,500, and the Spain beaver for $3,200.
- Proceeds from the auction will be split equally between First Post Office and KidSport Ontario, per the Old Town Toronto Business Improvement Area.
- Finalizing the transfer of funds to KidSport Ontario and First Post Office concludes this FIFA World Cup-themed cultural event. The effort demonstrates community engagement generated by the scavenger hunt.
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Auction for FIFA beavers in Toronto closes, Canadian motif statue garners highest bid
TORONTO — The bid to own one of the FIFA World Cup-themed beaver statues sprawled across an eastern downtown Toronto neighbourhood has officially closed. The online bidding on 50 beaver installations closed on Monday and received more than $170,000 in ...
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