Elon Musk's ex-girlfriend sold candid photos of world's richest man for whopping Rs 1.3 crore
According to the news reports, the RR Auction house said it was a collection of never-before-seen photos and memorabilia from Musk's college girlfriend, Jennifer Gwynne. Musk and Gwynne dated from 1994 to 1995 when they were both studying at the U...
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Musk has also changed his Twitter profile photo of one of the photos put on auction.
The world's richest man Elon Musk's college girlfriend has auctioning off the billionaire's college photos for more than Rs 1.3 crore ($1,65,000). College photos of Tesla CEO Elon Musk and memorabilia from his girlfriend at the time sold for $165,000 at an auction, a Boston auction house said.
According to the news reports, the RR Auction house said it was a collection of never-before-seen photos and memorabilia from Musk's college girlfriend, Jennifer Gwynne.
Musk and Gwynne dated from 1994 to 1995 when they were both studying at the University of Pennsylvania. They split when Musk graduated, moved to California, Gwynne said.
Gwynne said that she got the auction idea after reading a news about an auction of test papers that Musk graded and realized she had far more personal items she could sell, including candid photos, a birthday card from him and a necklace he gave her.
Musk has also changed his Twitter profile photo of one of the photos put on auction.
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The gold necklace with a small green emerald that Elon Musk gave Gwynne for her birthday was sold out for $51,000 (above Rs 40 lakh). A birthday card was sold for almost Rs 13 lakh. The birthday card, signed by Musk, had "Boo-Boo" written on it.
A total 18 candid photos were also auction individually. Some candid photos show Musk in North Providence, Rhode Island, where Gwynne is from. She now lives in South Carolina and told The Globe she plans to use some of the proceeds for her stepson's college education.
Elon Musk is currently engaged in a public spat to buy Twitter for $44 billion. Twitter shareholders on Tuesday approved Tesla chief Elon Musk's $44 billion bid to buy the micro-blogging company.
