KIRSTY JOHNSTON

FOR SALE: Pawnbroker Shane Lilley has listed items pawned by Scribe on Trade Me after the rapper failed to buy them back.

Bidding on Kiwi rapper Scribe’s pawned music awards has reached in excess of $3000, with a Christchurch strip club leading the auction.

Pawnbroker Shane Lilley listed the four awards on the TradeMe website yesterday, after he got fed up waiting for Scribe to redeem his $5500 loan.

Lilley said the 31-year-old musician gave 11 of his awards as security when his firm lent the rapper the money in October 2008.

“He always promised he’d try and get them back but he hasn’t so now we’re just trying to get our money back.”

The awards were presented to Scribe when his album The Crusader went platinum, then double platinum, triple platinum and four-times platinum after its release in 2003.

They feature a framed tiki or paua swirl, a photo of Scribe, silver CDs and a plaque, and were listed with a start price of $500.

By 1pm today bidding on the four awards had topped $3000 total, with the four-times platinum listing up to $816.

The others ranged from $615 to $805.

Christchurch “gentleman’s club” Calendar Girls was leading all of the auctions.

The club’s manager Jacqui Samson didn’t want to give too much away about their intentions for the awards, or how much they were willing to pay.

“We’ve got a few reasons for bidding on them but we’re not going to say just yet,” she said.

“But we do have plans and ideas for them.”

The club previously bid on the naming rights for Christchurch’s  Orana Park’s baby rhino but  was not successful.

Scribe’s manager did not return calls, texts or emails about the sale yesterday. Scribe was in Australia, where he yesterday cancelled a concert due to food poisoning.

The auction closes on January 28.

Scribe, whose real name is Malo Luafutu, released his debut album, The Crusader in 2003 in New Zealand.

It went five times platinum, achieving two number one singles, Stand Up and Not Many.

– Stuff

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