Elon Musk college photos from ex-girlfriend sell for $165K
School images of Tesla CEO Elon Musk and memorabilia the long run billionaire gave to his then-girlfriend sold for $165,000 at auction, an public sale home mentioned Thursday.
Boston-based RR Public sale mentioned it was a group of never-before-seen images and memorabilia from Musk’s school girlfriend, Jennifer Gwynne.
Musk, 51, modified his Twitter profile to one of many images Wednesday. He’s presently in a public battle with Twitter to attempt to get out of a $44 billion deal to purchase the social media firm, with a high-stakes October trial over the dispute looming.
Gwynne instructed The Boston Globe she examine an public sale of take a look at papers that Musk graded and realized she had much more private gadgets she might promote, together with candid images, a birthday card from him and a necklace he gave her.
Musk and Gwynne dated from 1994 to 1995 after they have been each on the College of Pennsylvania. They cut up when Musk graduated, moved to California and mentioned he couldn’t discuss on the cellphone as a result of it appeared like a waste of time to him, Gwynne mentioned.
“We broke up simply earlier than he began conquering the world,” Gwynne mentioned.
The gold necklace with a small inexperienced emerald that Musk gave to Gwynne in late 1994 as a birthday current bought for $51,000. A photograph of Musk and Gwynne posing with 4 different resident advisors earlier than a faculty formal in 1995 bought for $1,765, the public sale home mentioned. The birthday card Musk signed to Gwynne, calling her “Boo-Boo,” bought for practically $17,000.
The 18 candid images have been bought individually. Some present Musk in North Windfall, Rhode Island, the place Gwynne is from. She now lives in South Carolina and instructed The Globe she plans to make use of a number of the proceeds for her stepson’s school training. She and Musk haven’t stored in contact.
