AEGiS-Chicago Tribune: Welcome to the Real World, kid

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Welcome to the Real World, kid

Chicago Tribune - November 18, 2001
Elaine Matsushita, Tribune staff reporter

Well, MTV's "The Real World Chicago" is folding up its tent, so to speak, heading for that nebulous world of post-taping/pre-broadcast. And the show, which had been taping in Wicker Park from May to Nov. 5, is set to unload at auction all the glorious ready-for-prime-time furnishings that filled the home created by British architect Suhail.

What's to be had? Everything from cool and contemporary KleinReid vases from potters James Klein and David Reid (opening bid, $125; $400 retail) to Cappellini's Irkel partition bookcase (opening bid, $6,500; $12,075 at Luminaire, 301 W. Superior St.).

You can check out the auction offerings--or buy smaller items, such as plates, games, books, glassware and flatware--from noon to 4 p.m. today at the "Real World Chicago" home at 1934 W. North Ave. Nothing has been used more than about six months. Preview admission is $15. The actual auction (both live and silent) of the higher-end furniture and furnishings, lighting and appliances will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday. Auction admission is $25; $35 for the preview and auction.

Admission proceeds will benefit The Hearts Foundation, a nonprofit organization that funds five Chicago area AIDS/HIV service organizations. Proceeds from furniture sold will be distributed among present and past "Real World" cast members.

If you manage to be a "highest bidder," you can catch your celebrity chair or pool table or whatever the case may be on TV Jan. 15, when RWC begins its four-month run.

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