From the Chicago Tribune: George Zimmerman earned a new title Saturday — professional artist — when eBay bidding ended in six figures on his oil painting.
The winning bid: $100,099.99. It wasn't immediately known who bought Zimmerman's original oil painting showing part of an American flag washed in blue with the words "God," "one nation" and "with liberty and justice for all" printed in the flag stripes.
The painting had received 96 bids from 24 bidders since the auction started Monday, said eBay, which doesn't disclose bidders' names online. Bidding ended at 12:55 p.m. Saturday.
"Whoever wins within the Continental United States, will receive this painting delivered by me personally. Your friend," Zimmerman said on eBay.
A frenzy followed soon after bidding started Monday, driving the offers to nearly $100,000 in a single day. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/os-george-zimmerman-ebay-painting-20131221,0,2016776.story
While the painting is nice, it's not worth $100,000+ even if that includes free delivery by Zimmerman.
Besides, Zimmerman probably won't see too much of that money as he owes lawyers a whole lot of money.
The irony of course is that it isn't a painting at all, it's a PhotoShopped stock photo with some words on it.
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