what madoff belongings will be available from gaston sheehan auctioneers?
Here’s your chance to pick up the perfect gift for that special scam artist on your holiday shopping list this year. Bernard Madoff’s New York Mets jacket, bull-and-bear cuff links and some 100 other personal items are hitting the auction block this weekend to benefit the Ponzi schemer’s former customers. “Our goal is to give back as much as possible to victims who’ve lost so much in this crime,” said Roland Ubaldo of the U.S. Marshals Service, which is overseeing the sale. Items will go under the gavel Saturday morning at a New York hotel, with bidding also allowed via auctioneer Gaston & Sheehan’s Web site, TXauction.com. Available goods range from Madoff’s $75,000 Rolex watch to $14,000 earrings formerly owned by his wife, Ruth. Fur coats, silverware and even Madoff’s 1960 Hofstra class ring are also for sale. However, those interested in online bidding should act fast. That’s because Web participants must get refundable $1,000 depos
Here’s your chance to pick up the perfect gift for that special scam artist on your holiday shopping list this year. Bernard Madoff’s New York Mets jacket, bull-and-bear cuff links and some 100 other personal items are hitting the auction block this weekend to benefit the Ponzi schemer’s former customers. “Our goal is to give back as much as possible to victims who’ve lost so much in this crime,” said Roland Ubaldo of the U.S. Marshals Service, which is overseeing the sale. Items will go under the gavel Saturday morning at a New York hotel, with bidding also allowed via auctioneer Gaston & Sheehan’s Web site, TXauction.com. Available goods range from Madoff’s $75,000 Rolex watch to $14,000 earrings formerly owned by his wife, Ruth. Fur coats, silverware and even Madoff’s 1960 Hofstra class ring are also for sale. However, those interested in online bidding should act fast. That’s because Web participants must get refundable $1,000 depos
