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.
I'm glad the economy is so good that people have a million dollars to buy a mask.
Dear CNN,
PLEASE take this story, and this god-forsaken picture, off your web site NOW! This woman does not deserve another shred of publicity (good or bad) and, furthermore, that mask is scaring the crap out of my pets!
Please stick to items which are actually NEWS!!!!
Sincerely,
-Disgruntled Reader
Yeah, no way this was a real sale. Whoever "bought" it will renege on the deal. Promise. It's a stupid thing to report.
I agree, obviously this is not a real deal, considering someone can go to any Hollywood prop producer and have one these latex masks made for about $5,000.
That's a lot of seller fee to pay at front! LOL.
hahahah.....that was hillarious! i was thinken same thing on ebay & paypals cut on that deal! lol
The ebay fee cap is $50.. so it only cost $50....
Great mask
The last thing Caylee seen before she died
you don't know that.
whoa... skull farg fantasy overload
You might be caught dead in that mask! Get it? I wouldn't be caught dead in it. Anyone seen wearing that mask may end up dead. Why would you want to shell out that kind of dough for that? Disgraceful, distasteful, weird! Dumb!
If this sale is real, I wonder where is the money going? Who's pocket?...
Why would any1 support are buy anything that would have supportd a babykiller she needs help and caylee needs justice
I'm with most of the others on this – not a chance! Likely Casey Anthony herself just trying to keep herself in the news.
Ignorance is amazing. It must have been purchased by a tea party patriot.
You must be a libtard.
You are both buffoons.
Wonder who thought of making that ugly mask!!?? The next thing we'll see is one of Jose Baez! UGH! What a country!
I feel this is such a sad story to report on. Why do other people find joy out making light of a serious matter like the death of a small child. I feel sympathy for Casey Anthony with the way our society is labeling her. Guilty or not, let God decide this. I truly believe all people will one day be held accountable for their actions to our Creator. We are not judge. And shame on us for making a mockery of such a serious and sad event.
How can you have sympathy for a child murderer? Do you have sympathy for pedophiles too? Rapists? Who cares if some make believe god is going to "judge" them some day. Doesn't change what happened.
Do not care what it sold for as long as Casey Anthony or anyone associated with her (attorney's or jury members included) does not profit from the sale!
How much is this Cathy Anthony REPTILIAN mask? I love her slits in her eyes. I want to wear the Cathy REPTILIAN mask for the next Holloween to scare people around my neighbour hood.