Britney Spears' Paparazzo-Targeting Umbrella Goes Up for Auction

Recently shaved your head? Find yourself needing to fend off pesky paparazzi, but lack a proper implement to do so?

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A decade after Britney Spears famously battled a paparazzo with an umbrella, the videographer on the receiving end of Spears’ wrath is putting the singer’s weapon of choice up for auction.

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Feb. 21/2007 – Britney Spears, after dealing with some personal issues, attacked a paparazzi’s car with an umbrella. pic.twitter.com/bxSWk3vXTM

– Today In History (@TodayThatWas) February 21, 2017

Daniel “Dano” Ramos told Broadly this week that he vows to donate half of the proceeds from the sale to Spears’ charity of choice.

In a wide-ranging interview, Ramos, who quit the paparazzi game in 2013, recalled that Spears was initially friendly with the paparazzi, but her demeanor had clearly changed on that fateful 2007 night, days after she abandoned a stay in rehab.

“She knew us already from being out in the streets,” Ramos recounted. “We didn’t know [something was wrong]. We were just going on a daily basis until we figured out what was happening at the time was not good. At the Mobil gas station [on the night of the umbrella incident], I told her I was worried about her.”

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“It was a bad moment in her life,” Ramos said. “Unfortunately it was captured.”

And now, an artifact from that bad moment can be yours. As an added bonus, with all of the rain that’s been pounding Los Angeles recently, it might be practical as well as historical.

The Evolution of Britney Spears, From 'Baby One More Time' to 'Glory' and the VMAs (Photos)

It's Britney, bitch. Britney Spears' ninth album, "Glory," drops today, and the singer will celebrate with a performance at Sunday's MTV VMAs. Here's a look at how she got here.
Britney Jean Spears was born Dec. 2, 1981 in Mississippi. After getting her first professional role in the Off-Broadway musical "Ruthless!" she was cast as a member of the Mickey Mouse club alongside Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera and Ryan Gosling in 1992.
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1998: Spears recorded her first album and opened for Timberlake's group, NSYNC. "Baby One More Time" was released in 1999 and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. The album became the biggest seller ever by a teenage artist.
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1999-2002: Spears dated Timberlake, who later told Vanity Fair: "I just don’t think we were normal; there was nothing normal about our existence." Especially their matching denim outfits.
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May 2000: Spears' second studio album, "Oops!... I Did It Again" was released. It debuted at number one in the U.S., selling 1.3 million copies, breaking a record for the highest debut sales by any solo artist. The same year, she went on her first tour and wrote a book, and had her first MTV VMA performance -- the first of many provocative performances.
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2001: Her third studio album, titled "Britney" debuted at number one. The album's first single was "I'm a Slave 4 U." Her famous 2001 VMA performance featured a caged tiger and a python draped over her shoulders.
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2002: Spears starred in "Crossroads" alongside Zoe Saldana and Taryn Manning. The film grossed $61 million worldwide in three months.
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2003: Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears performed "Like a Virgin" at the VMAs. Halfway through the performance, Madonna appeared and kissed them both.
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November 2003: Spears released her fourth studio album, "In the Zone." The album featured "Me Against the Music" with Madonna, "Toxic" and "Outrageous."
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January 2004: Spears married childhood friend Jason Alexander in Las Vegas. The marriage was annulled 55 hours later.
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September 2004: Spears married dancer Kevin Federline, then took a career break to start a family. In September 2005, her first son was born.
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February 2006: Pictures surfaced of Spears driving with her son on her lap, instead of in a car seat. She and Federline divorced in 2007.
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January 2007: Spears' aunt died from ovarian cancer, and the singer visited a drug rehab center for less than a day the following month. That's when she shaved her head in Tarzana, then admitted herself to other treatment facilities.
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October 2007: Spears released her fifth studio album, "Blackout."
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December 2008: She released her sixth album, "Circus," and set a Guinness World record as the youngest female artist to have five albums debut at number one.
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March 2011: Brit releases her seventh album, "Femme Fatale."
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May 2012: Spears becomes a judge for the second season of the U.S. version of "X Factor." Her reported $15 million salary would make her the highest-paid judge on a singing competition show in TV history.
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September 2013: Spears announced her two-year residency at the Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, titled "Britney: Piece of Me." The show has been extended to 2017.
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March 2015: Iggy Azalea and Spears collaborated on the song "Pretty Girls."
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2016... so far: On July 14, Spears released her single "Make Me..." from "Glory." On August 16, she announced she would perform at the Video Music Awards. It will be her first performance since 2007, when she performed "Gimme More."
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August: Spears also took part in James Corden's "Carpool Karaoke," performing "Toxic" and "Oops!... I Did It Again."
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