The Daily Tell

If you’ve ever dreamed about dressing like Don Draper or decorating your office like the Sterling Cooper headquarters, you may soon get a chance. Dozens of costumes and props from AMC’s popular television show Mad Men will be auctioned off on eBay for charity.

Mad Men, a drama set amid the changing professional landscape of the 1960s at a prestigious New York advertising agency, features smokers prominently. In fact, the agency Sterling Cooper’s main client is Lucky Strikes cigarettes, and many of the show’s main characters have been known to have a few puffs.

Now, the show is doing its part to remind viewers of the dangers of smoking by auctioning off furniture, props, clothing and other items from its vintage-inspired set. All proceeds from the auctions will benefit the City of Hope Hospital, located in Southern California, and the American Lung Association, which sponsors a number of campaigns against smoking. The hospital is also actively involved in the treatment and prevention of other diseases, such as diabetes and HIV/AIDS.

The auction, beginning this week, will last ten days and is expected to raise a significant sum of money for the charities. Mad Men fans will get a chance to own some of the couches and chairs that have been the site of more than a few steamy liaisons between characters, as well as the famously glamorous outfits worn by Betty Draper, Joan Holloway and others. In addition to vintage furniture and clothing, a walk-on guest role will be auctioned off for aspiring actors – or just especially devoted fans.

Mad Men, now in its fourth season, has won nine Emmy awards and four Golden Globes.