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more about #auctions more comments → drunkexpatwriter: Are the pants worth more if they haven't been washed and people can huff Levi's personal perfume? more » BlinkyMcChuck: I'm just wondering meanwhile if Ruth wore the Benz necklace or if Bernie did. #berniemadoff more » destor23: Look in the pocket of the jacket and there's an account number for a bank in Turks and Caicos. There you'll find the real Madoff stuff... #berniemadoff more » lostarchitect: I'm pretty sure you can get a team jacket with any name you want on it for a couple hundred bucks. I'm gonna get one that says "DAHMER". #berniemadoff more » MrInBetween: Some ass-clown paid $14,500 for a Mets jacket emblazoned with the name Madoff? Good going, pal. You're going to get your ass kicked, for two worthy re... more » Phyllis Nefler: I'm sad for Mario Ramirez :( #berniemadoff more » RollsRoyceRevenge: I am drawing the inference that Bret Easton Ellis never based a character on this guy. #auctions more » City_Dater: Wonder why Bernie was hoarding his "black on yellow 3" initials" in a cigar box? #auctions more » Spirit Fingers: Because apparently the wooden duck will put my kids through college. Where are all the gold trimmed commodes and Faberge eggs filled with money? Fuck... more » GORDONGARTRELLE: Figures the clubs say Madoff on the shaft. #auctions more » MattyMcboy: I know where all my holiday shopping is coming from this year. #auctions more » Matt Cherette: My grandma has a mink coat that has been sitting in a closet for decades; I'm pretty sure various moths have eaten holes through it. Anyway, a couple ... more » BettyCrocker: Nothing says "old yenta" like that sad, tatty fur in pic 3. #auctions more » The Real JR: A++ for the "Bullship NY" Boat Bouy. That plus the Giant Screw Sculpture he had in the office reveals a level of brilliance that has to at least be r... more » DahlELama: I've seen a lot of potential for poor investments it my time, but purchasing something which labels you as a Madoff--in blue satin, no less? Might as ... more » -
#playgirl
Buy Levi Johnston's Playgirl Outfit
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#gawkerexclusive
Inside the Bernie Madoff Tchotchke Auction
Bernie Madoff, the most successful fraudster in US financial history, is in jail. Everything he once owned went on the auction block today. Hunter Walker was there to watch people purchase souvenirs of the American financial collapse.
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#berniemadoff
The Bernie Madoff Knick-Knack Auction
In order to (partially) repay Bernie Madoff's victims, the Feds aren't just selling off his real estate; they're selling off every last knick-knack and bric-a-brac that might potentially raise a dollar, at auction. Sample the "Bull" crap bounty, below!
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#auctions
Si Newhouse (Almost) Breaks Even
Conde Nast overseer Si Newhouse desperately put his Alberto Giacometti sculpture, "L'Homme Qui Chavire"—for which he'd paid $20 million— up for auction at Sotheby's yesterday. He was expected to lose $10 million on the sale. He got lucky. More » -
#moneymatters
Si Newhouse Has Some Real Nice Art For Sale, Cheap!
Conde Nast potentate Si Newhouse is prepared to take a $10 million loss just to sell off some art and raise some cash. That can't be good. More » -
#art
Tinsley Mortimer Pancaked and Robbed
Dan Lacey presents: "Tinsley Mortimer dressed as Eloise from The Plaza wearing a Kentucky Derby worthy hat being robbed by Fabiolo Beracasa dressed as Lady Bunny and Daphne Guinness dressed as Thomas Jefferson outside The Waverly Inn in New York." More » -
#ugh
For as little as $1,600, Michael Jackson's singed hair can be yours. [Sun]
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#mediacrack
The Nation Staying Afloat With Yard Sales
In your fading Friday media column: America's most august lefty magazine learns how to makes Ca$h the Ebay way, Ivy League murder obsession explained, Suze Orman may wake you up soon, and some assholes still love Tom Friedman. More » -
#artifacts
Gross Leftovers From the Fall of the House of Guccione
Last night we mentioned a creepy auction of the Plato's Retreat-era marble fixtures that adorned Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione's notorious apartment. Here, from the auction house's web site, is a visual taste of how the Gooch lived in his heyday. More » -
#bobguccione
Estate Auction Patrons Shocked By Legendary Smut-Peddler's Poor Taste
Yesterday in Norwalk, Connecticut the contents of former Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione's massive former townhouse were auctioned off for charity. Not surprisingly, some of the items in the auction were, uh, different, which somehow caught some potential buyers by surprise. More » -
#fineart
Going, Going, Going Down
Sotheby's profit cratered last quarter, down 87% from the year before because for some reason people don't feel like spending millions of dollars on pretty pictures. Maybe a Cash For Classicism program would help? More » -
#artifacts
Care to Spend Thousands On a Bernie Madoff Pin-Up?
Would you like an image of Bernie Madoff hung over your bed like some sort of reverse dreamcatcher? The Ponzi Ponce's former secretary is auctioning off a photo described in her Vanity Fair tell-all. Bernie gave it to her personally! More » -
#salvation
Kitschy Portfolio Cufflinks Will Save the Media
Some brash "can-do" entrepreneur is selling a historic pair of ugly Portfolio cufflinks bearing the nonsensical slogan "Linking Business and Pleasure," which describes "Gossip" much better than "Portfolio" or "cufflinks." Please use this priceless item for the good of mediakind! More » -
#charity
The $13,000 HuffPo Intern Speaks
Last week we identified Luisa from Rio as the probable lucky future journalist who's the $13,000 high bidder on a (priceless) Huffington Post internship in a charity auction. Then she emailed us! Meet her:
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#recessionomics
Well Cover Me in Tiger Skin and Call Me Richie Rich
The Way We Live Now: Sick of it all. You work and work to stay positive and then one day you come across some superrich asshole whose yacht's decorated in endangered animal skins. Screw it. More » -
#makingit
Meet Your (Probable) $13,000 HuffPo Intern
Who in the world would bid $13,000 for the right to be an unpaid Huffington Post intern? This lady from Brazil, we think: More » -
#thehuffpoors
HuffPo Now Killing Journalism By Literally Auctioning Off a Job
Would you like to pay $13,000 for the privilege of doing free work for a website for a couple months? Too bad, kid, because the next minimum bid on the HuffPo internship is $15,500. More » -
#sloanecrosley
Own a Piece of Book Promotion History!
Last year, book-publicist-turned-essayist Sloane Crosley left no promotional stone unturned to sell her book I Was Told There'd Be Cake, including constructing dioramas based on each essay. Now you can own one. More » -
#art
The Crucifixion of OctoMom
Pancake painter to the stars Dan Lacey has completed his second painting suggested by you, the Gawker readers: OctoMom upon the cross, as Angelina and Madonna worship her. More »
