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FEDERICO CASTELLUCCIO'S
HARLEY DAVIDSON SIGNED BY 20 SOPRANOS CAST MEMBERS SELLS FOR
$25,000 ON LINE AT THE STEINER MARKETPLACE
***Portion of the proceeds to assist Little Baby
Face Foundation; James Gandolfini, Michael Imperioli and Lorraine
Bracco among star autographs featured***
Following a bidding war during a two week
period, the 1994 Harley-Davidson motorcycle consigned by Federico
Castelluccio (who portrayed the widely popular character Furio
Giunta), hand-signed by 20 members of the HBO hit series, sold for
$25,000 in an on line auction at the Steiner Marketplace (www.SteinerMarketplace.com).
Steve Toriello of Fairfield, New Jersey, made the winning bid
during the auction which concluded last night.
The opening bid on the
bike was $10,000, and escalated to over double that amount. A
portion of the proceeds will go to the Little Baby Face
Foundation, which provides corrective surgery for children born
with facial deformities, nationally and worldwide.
"Federico is
thrilled that the winner of the bike is as excited about owning it
as he was, and he is extremely happy for the charity, as
well," said Scott Van Lenten of Steiner Sports. "The
winning bidder can't wait to get the bike, and he called twice to
confirm that he had the winning bid."
The motorcycle is
signed by the following cast members: James Gandolfini "Tony
Soprano", Michael Imperioli "Christopher Moltisanti",
Lorraine Bracco "Dr. Jennifer Melfi", Tony Sirico "Paulie
"Walnuts" Gualtieri", Robert Iler Anthony "A.J.
Soprano, Jr. ", Dominic Chianese "Corrado Jr.
Soprano", Steve Schirripa "Bobby Bacala" Baccalieri,
Federico Castelluccio "Furio Giunta",  Vincent
Pastore Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero, Joe
Pantoliano "Ralph Cifaretto", Jason Cerbone Jackie
Aprile Jr., David Proval "Richie Aprile", Sharon Angela
"Rosalie Aprile", John Bianco "Gerry Torciano",
Chris Tardio "Sean Gismonte", Raymond Franza "Donny
K.", Tony Darrow "Lorenzo "Larry Boy" Barese",
Dan Grimaldi "Pasquale "Patsy" Parisi", Tony
Lip "Carmine Lupertazzi", and Robert Funaro "Eugene
Pontecorvo".
Toriello is now the
proud owner of a one-of-a-kind piece of American pop-culture
history, and also gets the opportunity to dine with Federico,
Vincent Pastore and Jason Cerbone at Tini's Ristorante Italiano in
Manhattan. Although Harley Davidson motorcycles are extremely
collectible in their own right, the fact that it is signed by 20
cast members from one of the most beloved shows in television
history, makes this item something that every bike enthusiast and
memorabilia collector would desire.
This is the second
Harley Davidson up for auction at the Steiner Marketplace. In
November 2007, Stanley Cup Champion New Jersey Devils goaltender
Martin Brodeur sold his Harley Davidson FatBoy for over $40,000.
About the Little Baby Face Foundation
The foundation's team
of world-class surgeons and medical providers at the finest
facilities in New York City volunteer their time to provide the
best corrective surgery and medical care to children with microtia
(missing or malformed ears), atresia (malformed ear canals), cleft
lip and cleft palate, facial palsy, vascular lesions (hemangioma),
and malformed face and jawbones (hemifacial microsomia) worldwide
regardless of a families' ability to pay.
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