Sunday, July 19, 2009

So, how much is that Cannes Gold Lion really worth?

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Digital agency Boondoggle won five Gold Lions 

at Cannes this year. They decided to find out 

exactly what the trophies were worth

Armed with a video camera, some of Boondoggle's 

creatives took the awards round dealers in the 

Pelikaanstraat in Antwerp, Belgium, the world's 

biggest centre for the diamond and gold trade. 

They soon found out that all that glitters might 

just be yellow copper.

"We wanted to let people know we won five 

Gold Lions, but without taking ourselves too 

seriously," says Boondoggle's Jorrit Hermans.

With Cannes charging €900 for a replica 

Gold Cyber Lion trophy and €1999 for a

 replica Grand Prix, entrants might want to 

reflect on the fact that the agency couldn't 

even get someone to offer €5 for one of theirs...

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