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Latex Casey Anthony mask fetches almost $1 million on eBay
A big spender on eBay shelled out almost $1 million to get inside Casey Anthony's head.
A Los Angeles eBay user called "prophunter" wound up with six rubber renderings of Anthony's face that had been used in a parody video and put one of them up for auction on eBay. That first mask garnered a winning bid of $999,900 Wednesday. It beat out 104 other bids that started at $25 on Monday.
In the description field for the item, the seller billed it as "possibly the most frightening mask on the planet."
The mask's expression is, well, expressionless, capturing the image that became a national obsession over the course of Anthony's almost six-week trial for the 2008 death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee. Anthony was acquitted on July 5, drawing the vocal ire of crowds outside the courthouse, social media users and television personalities nationwide.
On HLN's Showbiz News Tonight on Wednesday, Popeater.com columnist Rob Shuter pronounced then-active bidding "tasteless, but it is capitalism."
For comparison's sake, the most expensive set of Charlton Heston's stone tablets from "The Ten Commandments" fetched $87,000 at Christie's in 1995, which would be a little more than $120,000 today.
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It is a really good rendering, though. The artist really captured the depth of her eyes.
Nancy Grace is the mystery buyer! 🙂
That really would explain it!
False bid: plain and simple PR stunt.
What a line of baloney. It does';t even look like her and I wouldn't part with 1M on the Black Blight of society.
So we're all pretty much in agreement then? Nice. First time this has ever happened on CNN. Brings a tear to my eye... unification is so very sweet.
I agree!!! Anyone want to sing together in unity?
Take this story down, CNN. It's a false bid and everyone knows it.
Yeah it's as fake as a 3 dollar bill. 😉 I'm not buying it, Maybe casey will buy one for herself though. 😉
If someone's willing to dish out a million bucks for a Casey mask, can you imagine how much people are willing to pay for an interview?
WOw pathetic.
The Twitter feed, "Such a purrrfect day, just me and my girl", makes it even more creepy...
Maybe Casey bought it so she could wear it around and everyone would think it was a joke.
It would be a clever disguise.
Maybe not a fake situatuon, but if not, let's see if this purchase is actually paid for.
Ah..capitalism! You just have to love it! Everyone who complains about this is just mad because they didn't think of it or have the kauna's to do it first. Good for whoever made the coin on this. Regardless of the verdict was. Enjoy making your deposit at the bank!
right on! wish I had said that.
Someone could have ppurchased a monkey mask which looks about the same a hell of a lot cheaper.
Oh my great heavens! Are you suggesting this author's assistant created a troll e-bay bid account just to have his story published on CNN.com? INCNCIEVABLE!
Damn, all I can say is I wish that I had taken up the art of latex. Cha-ching!