Duke Boys’ General Lee Gets $10 Million Bid
By RACHEL KONRAD
AP

SAN JOSE, Calif. (May 5) – A version of the General Lee – a 1969 Dodge Charger made famous in the television show “The Dukes of Hazzard” – fetched a winning bid of nearly $10 million Friday in an online auction.

If the bidder comes through with cash or financing for the $9,900,500 price, the car will be the most expensive item ever sold by eBay Inc., company spokeswoman Catherine England said.

Actor John Schneider, who played the blond heartthrob Bo Duke in the show, sold the car, which was not featured in the original show but carries the signatures of the cast.

Schneider, 47, said Friday that he expected bidding for the orange coupe, which has “01” on the doors and is emblazoned with the Confederate flag, to go for $3 million at most.

“In my wildest dreams, two people would get into a bidding war at about $2.5 million … and I would have been delighted with that. However, I’m three times as delighted as that now,” he laughed.

Source: AOL

Posted by Picasa
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Tags: , ,