Saturday, February 13, 1999
Simpson stuff to be sold in online auction
BY EARNEST WINSTON
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Coveting that Tiffany-style floor lamp? Or how about a sports keepsake? It can be yours with just the click of a mouse. Courtesy of O.J. Simpson.
HOW TO BID
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• To be eligible to bid, you must register by Monday at the Web site and be approved by Butterfield.
• The Web site is: auctions.yahoo.com
• The auction can be viewed at the same address. Viewers do not need to register.
• Online bidders must pay via check, money order or wire.
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Those items are among more than 75 lots of furniture, art, rugs, golf clubs, paintings and sports memorabilia to be auctioned off at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Hollywood.
Tristate residents can participate in the online auction.
Willie DeLuca of Norwood is awaiting a catalog before he decides whether he will bid.
“I'd like to have one of his jerseys,” said Mr. DeLuca, whose collection of pictures and cards, footballs, a rookie card, book and doll autographed by Mr. Simpson are on display in the family-owned Sorrento's Pizza and Sports Bar in Norwood.
The high-profile event will be conducted by international auctioneers Butterfield & Butterfield.
“Nothing like this has ever been done. This is a first,” said Susan Carls, senior producer of Yahoo! Auctions. Yahoo! — a popular Internet search engine — is host for the auction.
The items were seized by court order from Mr. Simpson's former estate on Rockingham Drive in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles. The proceeds go to the families of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
Jurors acquitted Mr. Simpson of murdering his ex-wife and her friend in 1995. But in a civil case the next year, jurors found Mr. Simpson responsible for their deaths and awarded the victims' families $33.5 million in damages.
The most notable item is Mr. Simpson's 1968 Heisman trophy, expected to go for six figures.
Also on the block:
• An oversized, blue-handled umbrella with the official NFL Alumni logo that Mr. Simpson carried in a golf bag.
• A fox fur jacket that previously belonged to his first wife, Margureite. Her name is stitched into the lining.
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