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"&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0612_philip_philips_pawnstore\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/06/12/0612-philip-philips-pawnstore-1.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phillip Phillips&lt;/strong&gt;' family says the singer left them high and dry after winning \"&lt;strong&gt;American Idol&lt;/strong&gt;\" -- refusing to help them out financially -- and now, they've been forced to sell their cherished family business ... Phillips family sources tell TMZ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Phillips family-owned Albany Sporting Goods and Pawn -- which has been in the family for 24 years -- is scheduled to hit the auction block on December 1st ... and we're told, Phillip's dad hopes to use the profits to cover the family's mounting debt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're told Phillip's dad hopes to bring in between $200,000-250,000 during the auction.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're told Phillip's family has reached out multiple times to the singer for financial help since he hit it big, but Phil has blown them off.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to Phillips family sources, the family's especially hurt by the singer's radio silence -- since they spent a ton of money on travel expenses so they could see Phillip compete on \"Idol.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We made multiple calls to Phillip Phillips over several days -- but our calls were not returned."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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