What Madoff’s tag sale fetched
Winning bid: $2,250
Presale estimate: $8,000 to $11,400
Tally Wiener, 35, an attorney, spent more than $20,000, including $2,250 for the bed (mattress not included). Wiener said she worked on the liquidation of Fairfield Sentry Ltd., which invested with Madoff, and wanted to aid victims. “The king-size bed is bigger than my living room,” Wiener said, “I don't know what came over me.” She noted she may reauction some of the stuff she bought to help investors of Fairfield Sentry. Wiener also plans to seek out Ruth Madoff and offer her the bed, “if she wants it.”
Bidders didn't seem to. The early 19th-century bed was a difficult sale. "Just $500?" the incredulous auctioneer, Bob Sheehan, said of the first bid. "This was the only bed in the whole house, I'm not kidding! $500? My God, it's not a pullout."
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