Is James Albright actually auctioning off an answering machine tape with messages from Madonna?”
Yes, James Albright who dated Madonna from 1992 to 1994 is auctioning off her answering machine messages to him from when they dated. “Madonna Erotic Phone Messages” will be among several lots of Material Girl-related arcana up for grabs next week in the Rock & Roll Pop Art Auction. Minimum bid: $25,000 (U.S.). That works out to about $1,470 a minute. Contained on “two original microcassettes from Jim Albright’s answering machine,” the 17 minutes of messages date from 1992-1993, when Madonna was dating Albright, who was her bodyguard before becoming romantically involved with the singer. Another lot contains “a very personal and intimate amateur video taken of Madonna and a few of her castmates from the 1993 film Dangerous Games.” The 15-minute VHS tape bears the titillating label “1 SNAKE EYES WIFE SWAP FOOTAGE.” The minimum bid: $10,000. Also included in the auction is an “archive of 21 letters faxed by Madonna to boyfriend James Albright spanning the years 1992 to 1994. The faxes ar
Madonna’s erotic phone calls for auction in NYC NEW YORK — Madonna’s love letters and erotic answering machine messages to an ex-boyfriend are up for sale in New York City. The Material Girl’s material is among nearly 500 personal celebrity items including Jimi Hendrix’s $1 performance contract and Muhammad Ali’s training robe being offered in an online auction ending Aug. 5. The Gotta Have It! auction house says the 1965 contract between Hendrix and PPX Enterprises is believed to be his first. Ali trained in the terry cloth robe for his third fight against Ken Norton in 1976 at Yankee Stadium. Ali won. Madonna faxed love letters to her then-boyfriend Jim Albright and left naughty messages on his answering machine in the early 1990s. The messages are on two micro-cassette tapes estimated to sell for up to $40,000. The items belong to 150 consigners including collectors. On the Net: Gotta Have It!
Two cassette tapes holding 17 minutes of messages that Madonna left in 1992 and 1993 on the answering machine of James Albright, the bodyguard who became her lover, are expected to fetch between $30,000 and $40,000. An intimate home video sent to Albright featuring Madonna in a hotel room with castmates shot during the making of the 1993 film “Dangerous Game” has an estimate draw of $12,000 to $14,000. Also up for sale are copies of love letters faxed to Albright by Madonna between 1992 and 1994 using the code name “Lola Montez.” The auction house described the video as “very personal and intimate” but its representatives said they were not allowed to say exactly what was on it. Neither the audio tapes nor the home video are being sold with copyright so the owner will not be able to sell the tapes to a public forum.
