BEST SALE'S A CRACKER..(News)

From: The Mirror (London, England) | Date: September 10, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: By VICTORIA McMAHON

A LIMITED edition Faberge egg of George Best was just one of the items that went under the hammer at a special fundraising event in honour of the Belfast boy.

His dad Dickie and sister Barbara McNally sat at George's favourite table in the Quays restaurant in Portavogie, Co Down, on Saturday night.

Businessman Jeff Healy paid pounds 18,000 for the Faberge egg at the fundraiser which made mor...

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