Pope mobile on grand tour
The purchase by GoldenPalace.com of the pope’s old car is such a great story. Imagine this 21 year old guy in the south of Germany, carrying out his civil service, who bought a used car to travel to his girlfriend or who knows why. The seller makes some kind of allusion about him going to drive a truly blessed car, but not until he comes home and browse through the registration documents does he notice the name of the previous owner, Joseph Ratzinger – later pope Benedict XVI.
It is unknown to us where he got the idea of putting the car up for sale on eBay, but it sure didn’t turn out a bad beat for this young man. The ad became the most clicked object ever on eBay with over 8 million viewers, and the price sky-rocketed. The reasonable opening price of €9,999 (about $12,000) was soon but a memory, and when the smoke cleared the final bid had been fixed at €188,900 (about $245,000).
The auction was won by Golden Palace Casino who announces that the car star will make the tour of the British automobile shows during the summer – with its original pope grazed seats, not to forget. Opportunity will be granted for public and media to sit in the car. Until then we’ll probably have to keep guessing whether the car is equipped with a holy water cooling or whether the exhaust lets off black or white smoke.
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