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Chewed up Michael Vick cards on eBAY
By cuzzy | August 24, 2007
From the Associated Press
Take some trading cards picturing a disgraced NFL superstar. Add some dog slobber and teethmarks. What do you get?
The most valuable Michael Vick cards - by far - on eBay, that’s what.
Collector Rochelle Steffen of Cape Girardeau, Mo., gave every Vick card she owned to her dogs and let them go to town on the images of the Atlanta Falcons quarterback who is scheduled to plead guilty to a federal dogfighting charge Monday.
Once Monte, her 6-year-old Weimaraner, and Roxie, her Great Dane puppy, were done worrying them, nearly two dozen $1-$10 cards were crumpled, crimped, chewed, torn and generally in a sorry state. Some even had corners missing.
As of Thursday evening, the highest bid on the lot of 22 cards had risen to $455 and more than 2,000 people had viewed the posting. Seventy-seven people already have bid on the auction, which ends Sunday.
The next-most expensive Vick cards - well-preserved specimens from his rookie year - were going for less than half the price of the gnawed ones.
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August 25th, 2007 at 3:01 am
Serves him right…how you treat animals is a direct refection of yourself….
Love & Licks,
Randi
August 30th, 2007 at 5:21 am
That’s the best read so far today.
August 30th, 2007 at 8:42 am
And how you treat other human beings is a direct reflection of you.
This kind of thing makes those who do it worse than Vick. It makes THEM look bad, not him.
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977101499
August 30th, 2007 at 2:16 pm
The set of chewed-up cards ended up going for $7,400! And the money is going to the Humane Society. This is awesome!
December 10th, 2007 at 8:46 pm
Thanks boys52f0624fff6d6f72d0a8a5d972c94cae