Chewed up Vick cards sell for $7,400
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The eBay auction for 22 Michael Vick football cards, chewed up and slobbered on by two Missouri dogs, ended Wednesday as the winning bidder dished out $7,400 - with the money expected to be donated to the Humane Society.
The success of that auction, with 31 different bidders, created a craze of 25 other postings this week offering torn up cards featuring the disgraced NFL superstar.
But so far, the original post from Rochelle Steffen, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., has been the only auction to attract droves of bidders.
Steffen gave Monte, her 6-year-old Weimaraner, and Roxie, her Great Dane puppy, every Vick card she owned to destroy. The result: The cards worth $1-to-$10 were crumpled, crimped, chewed, torn and generally in a sorry state. Some even had corners missing.
"When I started this, I only expected to get $100 for a local shelter," Steffen told The Associated Press on Wednesday. "But it's received so much attention. It's for such a good cause."
The gnawed cards were the most expensive Vick items on eBay, with well-preserved rookie cards, autographed jerseys and other collectibles selling for far less.
Vick pleaded guilty to a federal dogfighting charge this week. He will be sentenced Dec. 10
---Michael Vick is a scumbag.----
9 comments:
Cherp, cherp, cherp. You hear that E those are crickets! Kind of slow this month on the old OMI blog. Glad to see I am not the only one who still has desire to keep things going.
I liked this story, although I really don't get it.
yeah bud, im trying......
Tif says...
Peter misses you all dearly. He is working hard at geek camp oops I mean bike camp however the town he is in has no library (NO LIBRARY!!) and as far as he has been able to tell no way to www it. I have been checking the blog from time to time and I know when he gets back he will have his usually input. The kids and I are handling his absents as well as we can. I always hate to be without him. JAke had a neat fall yesterday and we spent 8 hours in the er waiting for his lunch to digest so they could send him to lala land to reset the bone. He was super brave and his dad would have been super proud. it was hard on Peter not being there to hold his hand. Max was very good at waitting and thankfully Big Mike was able to pick him up so he did not have to wait it out with us. Big Mike and Auntie Mo are my heroes and it is great to have such a great family to count on.
Well... Peter will be home on Sat. early early am. I plan on kepping him to myself for a while but I'll share... he loves you boys too.
hi TIF!!!!!
thanks for the update, Im glad everything turned out well in that messy situation. Thanks for the PJ and family update =)
Hey Tif! I forgot about Peter's big adventure. We all cant wait to hear his the tails of exploration. Sounds like you are having a bit of an adventure your self. Thanks for sharing. We all wish Jake and his injured limb well.
thanks for your well wishes, Jake is OK'ish now, a fairly giant cast. and he may be nursing is wound to get ot of some chores but...
that being said,
Vick is a dirt bag. Dog fighting! WTF.
tif says...
there is a special place in hell for mr. vick.
Glad to hear Jake is doing well and he knows the deal about nursing the ole boo boo to be able to relax a little bit more..those kids aint no dummys!!! he knows wassup...
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