Post by Logan on Jun 26, 2016 6:20:11 GMT -6
Bidders pay $109,000 for pieces of ‘Whitey’ Bulger’s life at large
Some came for the slice of local history, others showed up to support victims and their families, and one man just wanted to have a beer while wearing James “Whitey” Bulger’s slippers.
“I needed a nice pair of slippers,” said Rockland resident Richard Kemp, who spent $210 on Bulger’s used shoes and slippers Saturday at the court-ordered auction of hundreds of items belonging to Bulger and his girlfriend, Catherine Greig. “I’m gonna relax, sit around, and drink a beer in Whitey’s slippers.”
Billy Brooks, 47, of Hingham paid $3,600 Saturday for Bulger’s rat-shaped pencil holder, one of the most coveted pieces at the auction — given the gangster’s status as a longtime FBI informant.
“It was kind of an expensive joke,” Brooks conceded.
Read more: www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/06/25/whitey-bulger-jewelry-every-day-items-auctioned/eQdpPJND7w2ecNA0mZpmVO/story.html
Some came for the slice of local history, others showed up to support victims and their families, and one man just wanted to have a beer while wearing James “Whitey” Bulger’s slippers.
“I needed a nice pair of slippers,” said Rockland resident Richard Kemp, who spent $210 on Bulger’s used shoes and slippers Saturday at the court-ordered auction of hundreds of items belonging to Bulger and his girlfriend, Catherine Greig. “I’m gonna relax, sit around, and drink a beer in Whitey’s slippers.”
Billy Brooks, 47, of Hingham paid $3,600 Saturday for Bulger’s rat-shaped pencil holder, one of the most coveted pieces at the auction — given the gangster’s status as a longtime FBI informant.
“It was kind of an expensive joke,” Brooks conceded.
Read more: www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/06/25/whitey-bulger-jewelry-every-day-items-auctioned/eQdpPJND7w2ecNA0mZpmVO/story.html