The Hamburg based Ukrainian heavy-weight boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko spent this past weekend in an optimal way by helping a good cause after he had to cancel his world championship fight due to an injury.
Klitschko visited the P.S.I. auction in Ankum with his Ukrainian countryman Alexandre Onischenko and raised his arm with a double effect: for starters, he is now the owner of a Lewitz Paint and secondly, the funds raised by his winning bid will go towards cancer research and education.
The hammer fell in Klitschko’s favour at 30,000 euro to become the owner of the yearling pony “Call Me Pink”, bred by Paul Schockemoehle. There had been a true bidding duel with Russian businessman Nikolai Aristov in the Ankum auction hall which was filled with 1,500 guests.
Nobody had to leave the ring empty-handed because the hosts, Paul Schockemoehle and Ullrich Kasselman, had a second pony ready which went to Aristov for 27,000 euro.
This is how the 2011 P.S.I. auction raised a total of 57,000 euro for the charity “Pink Ribbon” which supports breast cancer research and education. This Pink Ribbon project was founded by Norwegian dressage rider Carina Carlsen. For over ten years it has been habit to raise a noteworthy sum for a charity project at the P.S.I. auction
Information on the collection, the auction, contact persons and service is available online at www.psi-auktion.de