Cher Auction Of Adelaide's City Key Ruffles Mayors' Feathers (VIDEO)

Cher is under fire with Adelaide, Australia, because a key given to her in 1990 by the city is now being auctioned off by eBay

The Australian city of Adelaide isn't singing the praises of Cher after the entertainer chose to auction off a key to the city bestowed upon the artist in 1990.

Cher recently decided to clean house and put a variety of artifacts up for auction on eBay, including an engraved plaque and brass key to the city of Adelaide, Australia.

The auction ends April 26 and the winning bid could be in excess of $100,000, a price that shocks eBay experts like James Massey, who runs WhatSellsBest, a website that tracks sales of rare and unusual items being sold online.

"It's taking off more than other celebrity items, especially considering what it is," Massey told The Huffington Post. "But, sometimes, the people who bid don't actually have the money to buy an item."

Even if the key sells for that much, Cher could be paying a price for it in the form of negative publicity among prominent Australians like Adelaide's current mayor Stephen Yarwood, who told Adelaide Now that he is "exceptionally disappointed."

Another angry Aussie is former mayor Steve Condous, who presented Cher the key to the city of 1.2 million in recognition of her performance at the 1990 Formula One Grand Prix, noting that she "added a lot of charisma" to the event.

"I'm disappointed. I would have thought that getting the key to a city like Adelaide would have had some value to her, but obviously it doesn't because she wouldn't have got rid of it," Condous told the Sydney Morning Herald. "If she didn't want to keep it she should have returned it back to the city."

Meanwhile, Cher is trying to find out exactly how the key went up for sale in the first place and explained her situation in this tweet:

@cher
Cher

Im upset 2& trying 2get2 bottom! I Think my office fkd up?RT @bettyann329 key 2 Adelaide on Ebay upsetting the peeps in Aussie esp the Mayor

April 23, 2012 12:53 pm via TweetDeck Reply Retweet Favorite

A person connected with the eBay auction told Adelaide Now that the money from the sale will go to Cher's charitable foundation, but Condous believes that charity should begin at home -- if your home is Adelaide.

"It's our key, so I believe the money should come back here," Condous told Adelaide Now.

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Comments

[Scott Woodson]

04:59 PM on 04/25/2012

Do some of you people really not know how to read?
"@cher
Cher
Im upset 2& trying 2get2 bottom! I Think my office fkd up?RT @bettyann329 key 2 Adelaide on Ebay upsetting "
Calm down and take a chill pill.

[mmiret]

03:07 PM on 04/25/2012

Zero talent and no voice wow, what music ear do you own. Jeezzz

[bizzaro birdman]

02:04 PM on 04/25/2012

Why are they mad at her?

Maybe because she has an annoying voice and zero talent

[nanaofmysky]

02:00 PM on 04/25/2012

Get over it! The key was given to Cher and now it is hers to do with what she wants. The money goes to charity. What is wrong with that?

[LkeToRead]

01:37 PM on 04/25/2012

That Key was an old souvenir for Cher. It was probably fun to have around for awhile but it is hers to do with what she wants (I sound like I am talking about Bagel Boy or somebody).

[Jced]

01:24 PM on 04/25/2012

Get over it!

[Perky2Cents]

01:02 PM on 04/25/2012

QUIT WHINNING ADELAIDE!

[walkingonsunshine111]

11:46 AM on 04/25/2012

Cher, just give the darn key back to the whiners They gave it to you in good faith, and this is a diss, but heck just think of all the publicity you'll get once again. lucky us!

[WILLIEMOJORISIN]

10:45 AM on 04/25/2012

"It's our key, so I believe the money should come back here," Condous told Adelaide Now.

No it's not ,as soon as you gave it to her it b/c hers to do with as she please's.

[Ray Russelburg]

01:00 PM on 04/25/2012

Amen! THat the problem. They probably just mad because it bringing in so much.

[pllc]

10:40 AM on 04/25/2012

Adelaide is an interesting city. I consider it the LA of Australia what LA must have looked like 100 years ago. The terrain is remarkably similar. It is the wine capitol of Australia as well for its unbeatable cool weather. It's a sin city paradoxically co-existing with more churches per square mile than any other city in Australia. Perfect city for Californians thinking about immigrating to Australia.

[WILLIEMOJORISIN]

10:46 AM on 04/25/2012

Lol you sound like a tv ad,and it worked I want to go there now :-)

[walkingonsunshine111]

11:38 AM on 04/25/2012

the way they are in Cali, you can gladly have them!

[gurukalehuru]

09:19 AM on 04/25/2012

$100,000? Do people realize that a key to a city is a symbolic item? It doesn't actually mean that if you go to Adelaide, all the restaurants give you free food, all the hotels give you free rooms and all the massage parlors give you free massages.
If it did, it would be worth 100 grand, easy.

[walkingonsunshine111]

11:40 AM on 04/25/2012

I'd be pi$$ed off too. they did it a a kind gesture and she's kind of slapping them in the face.

[rkeeeballs]

09:14 AM on 04/25/2012

Aussies take their key's serious ehh mate ?....Did they not know about Gypsy's, Tramps and Thieves ?....Too late !....lol

[acarioti]

08:40 AM on 04/25/2012

It's her key. If she wants to disrespect the city by selling it, it's her right.

[walkingonsunshine111]

11:41 AM on 04/25/2012

nice tude acarioti. it's people like you who make it bad for others.

[Justright7]

03:41 AM on 04/25/2012

Who in their right mind would give a certified full fledged wacko like Cher a key to their city? I would have thrown her out of town and told her to not come back.

[HRLS]

09:55 PM on 04/24/2012

I'm sure it was someone in her crew and not actually her that put it up eBay.
But it doesn't really matter anyway. They gave it to her which means, it's her's she can do as she wishes with it.