The online casino GoldenPalace.com known for buying unusual items at outrageous prices has won an eBay auction for Pope Benedict XVI's previously owned 1999 Volkswagen Golf, bidding Euro 188,938.88 (approx. $244,590.83 USD).
Pope Benedict XVI (then Cardinal Josef Ratzinger) sold the six-year-old VW Golf to a private individual a few months he become pope. The new owner subsequently posted the car on eBay, and the auction reportedly shattered eBay records by receiving over 8.5 million visitors to its auction page.
GoldenPalace CEO Richard Row: "We have amassed a collection of what many consider to be holy artifacts. It seems only natural to get a blessed vehicle to carry these items. We are planning to showcase our acquisitions by bringing them on tour and allowing people to enjoy the experience of sitting in the divine car, in an effort to raise as much money for charity as possible."
Just recently Golden Palace shelled out $5,001 to buy Britney Spears' alleged home pregnancy test. But not on eBay. It was being peddled by Ottawa radio station Hot 89.9, which claims the test was retrieved from the trash inside Spears' Los Angeles hotel room months ago.
