Pope's car sold
From: Reuters
October 30, 2005
THE only car the late Pope John Paul II ever owned sold at auction
for $US680,000 ($893,000) today to a US lawyer and car collector.
The car, which fetched much less than previous estimates of $US2
million ($2.6 million) to $US5 million ($6.6 million), attracted four
or five bids before being purchased by Houston man John O'Quinn, said
a spokeswoman for the Kruse International auction house.
The 1975 powder-blue Ford Escort went on the auction block in Las
Vegas after a father-son ownership spat was resolved earlier this month.
The humble four-door sedan was purchased through the same auction
house a decade ago by Illinois restaurateur Jim Rich for $US102,000
($134,000).
'68MGB MkII
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