Celebs' Junk for Sale: What's the Most Insanely Overpriced Auction Purchase?
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2011/01/25 19:00:00
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Sylvester Stallone's truck
The custom-built 1955 truck that Stallone drove in "The Expendables" (otherwise known as the old-guy action flick) reportedly sold for $132,000 last weekend.
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Sylvester Stallone's truck
The custom-built 1955 truck that Stallone drove in "The Expendables" (otherwise known as the old-guy action flick) reportedly sold for $132,000 last weekend.
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Princess Diana's wedding cake
This one literally takes the cake -- a 30-year-old slice from Prince Charles and Princess Diana's wedding cake recently sold for $290 on a New Zealand Internet auction site.
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Marilyn Monroe’s "Happy Birthday" dress
Monroe's sexy "Happy Birthday Mr. President" dress sold at a 1999 auction for over $1.26 million.
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Alice Cooper's Corvette
Last year, a 1961 Ermine White Corvette once owned by the rock legend sold for $65,481.
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Michael Jackson's glove
Last year, the sequin-studded glove famously worn by MJ during his "Bad" tour sold for $330,000.
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Elizabeth Taylor's jewels
Christie's auction house sold an emerald and diamond ring given to La Liz by then-husband Richard Burton for $80,000 in 2002.
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Elvis Presley's Mercedes
The King's restored Mercedes-Benz from the 1970s sold last year for $126,500.
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Kate Moss' nude (pregnant) body
In 2005, a nude portrait of the pregnant model by artist Lucian Freud went for $7.32 million.
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It seems like people with too much money to spend get a little too excited at celebrity memorabilia auctions.
Last weekend, Sylvester Stallone's custom-built 1955 truck from "The Expendables" (also known as the old-guy action flick) sold for $132,000, TMZ reported.
We'll admit that the truck's "hidden compartments to hold movie weapons" sound pretty cool -- but why would anyone want a clunky prop from a critically panned movie?
But far stranger things have happened at celebrity auctions. For example, a 30-year-old slice of Princess Diana's wedding cake recently sold for $290. And the sexy dress that Marilyn Monroe wore to serenade President Kennedy with "Happy Birthday Mr. President" coughed up over $1.26 million.
From Stallone's testosterone-fueled truck to Diana's decaying dessert, click through our slideshow and let us know: What's the most insanely overpriced celebrity auction item?
Last weekend, Sylvester Stallone's custom-built 1955 truck from "The Expendables" (also known as the old-guy action flick) sold for $132,000, TMZ reported.
We'll admit that the truck's "hidden compartments to hold movie weapons" sound pretty cool -- but why would anyone want a clunky prop from a critically panned movie?
But far stranger things have happened at celebrity auctions. For example, a 30-year-old slice of Princess Diana's wedding cake recently sold for $290. And the sexy dress that Marilyn Monroe wore to serenade President Kennedy with "Happy Birthday Mr. President" coughed up over $1.26 million.
From Stallone's testosterone-fueled truck to Diana's decaying dessert, click through our slideshow and let us know: What's the most insanely overpriced celebrity auction item?
Read More: http://www.tmz.com/2011/01/24/celebrity-car-sale-a...
Top Opinion
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Heisenberg 2011/01/26 00:12:41
Congratulations! You just blew seven million dollars on something entirely useless, and ugly as well.
I understand MM's dress, 'cause that would be priceless...
And I would LOVE to have bought Stallone's '55... Beautiful truck... :)
I didn't know that... Or... Now I think about it... Was that actually on the truck in the movie 'The Expendables'?
Yep, was made for the movie... Aswell as clones, like you said...
I'm one of those that cringes when I watch a movie and they smash classics like that though...
I can't believe Alice Cooper's corvette sold for so little... Depending on the condition it was in, he might have gotten a higher value from Blue Book.