"That is the most incredibly generous thing to do for me": Olivia Newton-John blown away by fan's gesture
<p>Olivia Newton-John has been left stunned after the leather jacket that she wore in Grease was purchased at an auction and returned to her.</p>
<p>The jacket was bought at auction for $243,000 and the anonymous buyer has now handed it back.</p>
<p>He said: "It should not sit in a billionaire's closet for country-club bragging rights."</p>
<p>"The odds of beating a recurring cancer using the newest emerging therapies is a thousandfold greater than someone appearing out of the blue, buying your most famous and cherished icon, and returning it to you."</p>
<p>A tearful Newton-John, 71, was in shock once she realised what was in the bright pink gift wrapped box</p>
<p>"Are you serious?" she said before giving the man a huge hug. "That is the sweetest thing."</p>
<p>"That is the most incredibly generous thing to do for me. I'm so grateful and I'm just blown away."</p>
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<p>The buyer of the jacket wanted to remain anonymous, but Julien’s Auction House said that he is a doctor and a medical technology entrepreneur.</p>
<p>The black leather jacket was worn in the final scenes of the 1978 film where she and John Travolta perform, You’re the One That I Want and We Go Together.</p>
<p>The skin-tight pants from the outfit were sold separately for more than double their estimate and together, the jacket and pants raised $405,700 for the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research and Wellness Centre in Australia.</p>
<p>"You're the best, you're the best! I'm so grateful," Newton-John said, while hugging the jacket and then the buyer. "This is the most beautiful present, but mainly it's your heart that I'm grateful for."</p>
<p>The anonymous man asked if she would put the jacket on display in the cancer centre.</p>
<p>"Yes, it was always my dream to do that, so yes!" Newton-John said, according to<span> </span><a rel="noopener" href="https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/olivia-newton-john-grease-jacket-gift-trnd/index.html" target="_blank">CNN</a>.</p>
<p>The auction sold off more than 500 items from John’s career, including costumes, awards, jewellery and other iconic outfits.</p>
<p>The sale raised a total of $2.4 million, according to the<span> </span><a rel="noopener" href="http://www.juliensauctions.com/about-auction?id=294" target="_blank">auction house</a>.</p>
<p>Scroll through the gallery to see what was sold in the auction.</p>
