Hurry!!! There's Still Time To Bid On This Tupac Shakur 90's Style Text Asking For Nudes (Hand Written Letter)
There needs to be a guy on top of tracking and blogging ridiculous things being auctioned off. And I think I can be that guy.
For kids like me growing up in the Chicago area in the 90s, Michael Jordan card collecting was a sneaky sports gambling gateway. The thrill of ripping packs in search of rare inserts got the juices flowing and in some rare cases we'd hit some 1 in 500 packs insert only to find it's some scrub like Vin Baker or Austin Croshere. But oh, what a thrill! I've picked collecting back up as a perhaps a pre-midlife crisis and as an avid 90's Michael Jordan rare sports card collector, I occasionally skim around in the auction house world and come across some weird shit.
And I'm here to tell you. You, the reader, damn well derseve to know when things like Tupac notes asking for nudes are available to complement your 401k. I think it's up to $3,000 now not including the buyers premium and ends Saturday night.
You: What's a buyer's premium?
Glad you asked. It's a pre-stated 20% markup on whatever the ending bid is that the "buyer" has to pay to the auction house as the selling fee.
You: Wait a minute, wouldn't buyers just bid 20% less than what they'd bid otherwise if there were no premium? Isn't this really a seller's premium? Why don't they just call it that?
Because they think their customers are morons.
Anyway, this old school text for nudes no doubt written late at night by Tupac would actually be pretty sick to have. And what a move to end it with "tell your sista I said hello and see her soon!". Imagine getting away with sending some shit like that to your girl. No way in hell is that flying. Only Pac could pull this off. And with multiple smileys it's safe to say had Tupac lived in the smart phone age, he'd be a big emoji guy when trying to get laid.
But maybe you're on a budget and looking for something a little more random. Well, you're in luck. Check out this swatch of material from Barack Obama's first car!
Love the idea that authentication companies convince people into believing they could actually prove legitimacy on something like this. I have questions on this process. Was there a paper trail to him from "Moe and Pete's Junk Yard" or some shit like that? Also, where was this swatch torn from, specifically? I mean, how close to the fart zone are we talking here? And would that increase or decrease the value? I have no idea. How dumb does one need to be in order to at any point ever possess such an item?
I think I'm starting to see how they get away with calling it a "buyers" premium.
Let's check in on the video game market. Is anyone old enough like me to remember Castle Vania? I remember this game being hard as balls but then again I was always pretty much a Jim Halpert handicap in most video games. Pretty crazy to see how inflation is treating that wildly specific $27.87 retail value in today's market:
One last thing. Let's peak in on the history buff pieces. Here's a random chunk of coal from the Titanic.
You've heard of the heart of the ocean, yeah? Well, here's the cubic zirconia version you can get your girl for a fraction of the price. Honestly, drill a hole for the necklace and buff that baby up a touch and this is the next best thing - the fart of the ocean.
Feeling extra ganster? Get yourself two! One for your girl, and one for her sista.