For an undisclosed amount Lady Gaga purchased
six CDs and a DVD that her first manager, Bob Leone, was selling in the auction
of nearly 860 celebrity items. Some of the items were autographed and featured
unreleased songs dating back to a 2002 demo recording when Lady Gaga was the
shy teenager Stefani Germanotta.
Minimum bids for each were $1,000. "She
wanted to purchase them. We sent her an offer on behalf of Bob Leone. She
countered and we made a deal," said Peter Siegel, co-founder of GOTTA HAVE
IT! Collectibles, Inc., which is running the auction.
He added that Leone had
never attempted to copy them and make them public. Although there had been
bidding interest in the Lady Gaga songs that were pulled, Siegel said he did
not expect them to be one of the top sellers in the auction.
The Lady Gaga
songs were not the only items that were pulled from the auction at www.gottahaverockandroll.com
from Oct. 6-15. Last week the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) seized a
set of John Lennon's fingerprints.
