When average people have unused items they want to dispose of they hold a garage sale. I like garage sales, it’s a cheap way to spend Saturday morning and an even cheaper way to spend Saturday afternoon - after the sales end - as you pick through the unsold items now left by the side of the road.

But if you’re famous, like Cher, and you want to redecorate your house, how do you get rid of unwanted junk and fund the new look?

Auctions at which prized possessions of a celebrity are offered to those members of the public that can afford to outbid other interested fans are generally held after the star’s death. But both Elton John and now Cher have deviated from tradition, offering their cast-offs during their lifetimes to turn a few bucks.

In Cher’s case it was a huge success, netting more than $3.5 million. Part of the money goes to charity and part of it goes to…well, Cher (or her interior decorator). Among the items sold were Cher’s 2005 Bentley and some of Cher’s costumes, jewelry, a couple of furs. How about some Catalano Rhinestone Platform shoes? Went for a mere $3,300. One of the costumes she wore in stage concerts sold for $60,000.

I didn’t bid on anything because I am still waiting for this item to go on the block. I think it would be a great hit at the grocery store.