Jackman's jeans hit of the evening

A pair of old jeans owned by Hugh Jackman have been sold at a fundraising auction for A$30,000 ($36,300), more than double the amount paid for Nicole Kidman's denim duds.

Jackman's jeans - decorated by a local artist and signed by the X-Men star - were among 17 pairs auctioned at a Jeans for Genes fundraising event for the Children's Medical Research Institute in Sydney.

The Australian-born actor's pants were the hit of the evening, outselling Kidman's, which went for $11,000 and model Megan Gale's, sold for $10,000.