Four strands of George Washington’s hair, snipped from his head in 1837, were auctioned off on Friday for $17,000. It was initially thought that the hair could fetch as much as $75,000, but that number came down significantly during the Thompson & Riley auction. Still, there is no concrete evidence that the hair even belonged [...]
Iranian President and all-around asshole Mahmoud Ahmadinejad purchased four German guard dogs for a whopping $161,040 apiece. Hypocritically, ordinary citizens of Iran are barred from having their own domestic pets out in the streets as Islam considers dogs to be impure. Although Ahmadinejad’s purchase has come under scrutiny from several religious leaders, an unofficial [...]
A Quebec man has successfully sold a snowbank for $3,550 on eBay. The seller, Michel Levesque, auctioned off the snow in his front yard in hopes of raising money for charity. Said Levesque, “I don’t know who would want snow, but anyway it’s for a good cause, so why not?” The winners of the auction, [...]
Incredible news out of Pensacola, Florida involving the attempted sale of a baby in a PetSmart parking lot. According to Escambia County Sheriff’s officials, Robert G. Ellingson and Maghen Duvala approached two people in the PetSmart parking lot and offered them a beer. When the couple refused the beer, Ellingson offered to sell them his [...]
A father auctioned off his son’s Guitar Hero III video game on eBay as punishment after he caught his 15-year old son and two friends smoking marijuana (Full Story). An Australian buyer subsequently purchased the $90 game via the online auction site for just over $9,100.00.
All I can say is “Wow.” This Australian guy [...]
You are currently browsing the archives for the Crazy Sales category.
