Image if you bought an old Jeep Cherokee in the Chicago Suburbs and looked at the paper work and discovered a famous name on the title.
That name being: Barack Obama.
What would you do?
If you were Liz Murphy, an executive assistant in Naperville, Ill, who until recently owned the 2000 Cherokee with 133,000 miles and a few dings, you'd auction it, and get $26,437.50 for it.
According to the Washington Post the seller of the car gave Murphy the paperwork in September of 2004 when she purchased the car and pointed out a certain now famous name on it.
"I said, ‘Hey, isn’t that guy a politician in Chicago?’” she recalls. Obama’s name and address are noted on the original title: “Barack Obama/5450 S. East View Park/Chicago, IL 60615,” as is the date of original purchase: “8/26/00.” The seller suggested she make a copy before she had to turn it in to the motor-vehicle agency. “You never know, he might be president some day,’” she recalls he said."
The Jeep Cherokee was sold on THIS online auction that drew 28 bidders by John Reznikoff, a collector who hales from Westport, Conn.
“I would have been willing to pay over $100,000 for it,” Reznikoff said.
The Washington Post goes on to report that, "He will add the car to his collection of presidential artifacts, which include two of John F. Kennedy’s parade cars, Lyndon Johnson’s sports coat and Ronald Reagan’s rocking chair."
For her part Murphy plans to use the money from the sale of the presidential Jeep Cherokee to buy a new car.
http://www.examiner.com/x-2812-Road...00-Jeep-Cherokee-sells-for-2643750-at-auction
That name being: Barack Obama.
What would you do?
If you were Liz Murphy, an executive assistant in Naperville, Ill, who until recently owned the 2000 Cherokee with 133,000 miles and a few dings, you'd auction it, and get $26,437.50 for it.
According to the Washington Post the seller of the car gave Murphy the paperwork in September of 2004 when she purchased the car and pointed out a certain now famous name on it.
"I said, ‘Hey, isn’t that guy a politician in Chicago?’” she recalls. Obama’s name and address are noted on the original title: “Barack Obama/5450 S. East View Park/Chicago, IL 60615,” as is the date of original purchase: “8/26/00.” The seller suggested she make a copy before she had to turn it in to the motor-vehicle agency. “You never know, he might be president some day,’” she recalls he said."
The Jeep Cherokee was sold on THIS online auction that drew 28 bidders by John Reznikoff, a collector who hales from Westport, Conn.
“I would have been willing to pay over $100,000 for it,” Reznikoff said.
The Washington Post goes on to report that, "He will add the car to his collection of presidential artifacts, which include two of John F. Kennedy’s parade cars, Lyndon Johnson’s sports coat and Ronald Reagan’s rocking chair."
For her part Murphy plans to use the money from the sale of the presidential Jeep Cherokee to buy a new car.
http://www.examiner.com/x-2812-Road...00-Jeep-Cherokee-sells-for-2643750-at-auction
