The Late Show with Stephen Colbert may be over, but Stephen Colbert’s charity auction habit appears to have survived the finale.
Less than a week after Colbert resurfaced on Monroe Community Media’s Only in Monroe, several pieces of memorabilia from his top-secret public-access special are now up for bid through The Late Show’s official eBay store, with proceeds benefiting Monroe Community Media, the real-life public access facility where Colbert shot the special.
Among the items on the block: Colbert’s script from his original 2015 Only in Monroe appearance, autographed by the host; Colbert’s copy of the 2026 script signed by Colbert, Jack White, Jeff Daniels, Michelle Baumann, and Kaye Lani Rae Rafko Wilson; and Colbert’s coffee mug from the 2026 Only in Monroe episode, also signed by Colbert.
Also up for bid: two autographed pieces of the Only in Monroe set—the rest of which, viewers will recall, met its end in a dumpster fire during Colbert’s appearance. Those surviving set pieces are signed by Colbert, White, Daniels, Baumann, and Rafko Wilson.
Colbert’s public-access encore, which was released on the former Late Show host’s newly launched YouTube channel at the same time it aired locally in Monroe, Michigan one day after his final CBS broadcast, featured Jack White as musical director, Jeff Daniels as guest, and cameos from Steve Buscemi and Eminem. Colbert had previously guest-hosted Only in Monroe in 2015, shortly before taking over CBS’s Late Show from David Letterman.
Separately, The Late Show is auctioning off a signed vinyl copy of the self-titled debut album from The Great Big Joy Machine—Colbert’s house band—signed by Colbert and the band. Proceeds from that auction benefit the MusiCares Foundation.
The two post-show fundraisers pick up where The Late Show left off in the six months leading up to its finale, when Colbert turned the show’s wind-down into an extended act of charitable liquidation. Through a series of “Late Show Home Shopping” auctions and commemorative T-shirt sales, the show ultimately raised nearly $2.5 million for Chef José Andrés’ World Central Kitchen.
That earlier auction saw fans bid on everything from Colbert’s COVID-era desk to VIP tickets to the Late Show finale, a stolen Capitol Hill rug, the show’s guest chair, Colbert’s 2017 Emmys tuxedo, a custom penny press, and the 12-foot lighted sign that hung above the Ed Sullivan Theater stage.
On the penultimate episode of The Late Show, Colbert presented Andrés with the proceeds—not via an oversized novelty check, but with “the world’s smallest check,” viewed under a microscope.
Now, with The Late Show itself gone, Colbert’s old eBay store is still doing what it did best in those final months: turning late-night leftovers into money for a good cause.
Visit The Late Show’s official eBay store for more information and to bid on all of the newly listed items.
