Fashion Week Tickets Are Already Hitting the Auction Block

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With Fashion Week little more than a month away, we should be expecting stuff like this, but still it takes us by surprise. Jill Stuart has already got an auction for a pair of "VIP" front row seats to her Fall/Winter 2011 runway show at Lincoln Center, and the bidding is heating up. The current bid is $2,750, but you'll have to put down for $3K if you want to even have a chance.

The package doesn't figure in transportation or hotels, but what you lose in money spent you gain in Real Housewives sightings and good vibes, as all proceeds from the auction go to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

The estimated value for the two seats is a whopping $5,000, so make sure to pay off that recent Bergdorf's purchase before bidding, hmm?
· Two Front Row, VIP Seats to the Jill Stuart Runway Show [Charitybuzz]
· VIP Access: Fashion Week, SNL, opening night [NewYorkology]