`Dancing' finale tickets sell for more than $10K

LOS ANGELES (AP) -April 30, 2011

The winning bidder paid $11,000 for tickets to attend the season finale of the hit ABC show during a live auction Friday at the 18th annual Race to Erase MS fundraising gala at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.

/* "Dancing With the Stars"*/ professional dancers /*Cheryl Burke*/, /*Kym Johnson*/, /*Louis Van Amstel*/ and /*Anna Trebunskaya*/ presented the prize during the gala's live auction, which also featured tickets to "American Idol" and a chartered trip on a private yacht (selling price: $35,000).

Race to Erase MS founder Nancy Davis says the fundraiser's auctions have raised more than $10 million for research toward finding a cure for multiple sclerosis.

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