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04-29-2007, 06:57 PM
Bill Cowher Auctions Off Items He Left Behind When Retiring To N.C.
POSTED: 12:55 pm CDT April 29, 2007
UPDATED: 1:01 pm CDT April 29, 2007
PITTSBURGH -- Bargain hunters, vengeful Cincinnati Bengals fans and those curious about the lifestyle of former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher bid on furniture and other items he left behind when he retired to North Carolina.
About 100 people showed up at Dargate Auction Galleries LLC in Pittsburgh on Saturday, and another 1,400 or so submitted bids online or by phone. The Cowher auction drew about 30 percent more bidders than the average auction, said Dargate manager Ed Gills.
Perhaps the most curious bid was $550 for a glass ice bucket, something Gill said might be worth $30. One Bengals fan told auctioneers that he planned to break the bucket on live TV in Cincinnati. The identity of the winning bidder was not revealed, but Gills said some Bengals fans noted the item at an auction preview.
"We had several people at the preview who said that's what they wanted to do with it," Gills said.
Julie Carmody of Sewickley, a Pittsburgh suburb, paid $425 for an eight-piece bedroom set that once belonged to Cowher's daughters. While the novelty of buying the former coach's furniture attracted her, she bought the bedroom set because she liked it.
"It was a good deal," Carmody told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. "It's also kind of exhilarating to make bids."
POSTED: 12:55 pm CDT April 29, 2007
UPDATED: 1:01 pm CDT April 29, 2007
PITTSBURGH -- Bargain hunters, vengeful Cincinnati Bengals fans and those curious about the lifestyle of former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher bid on furniture and other items he left behind when he retired to North Carolina.
About 100 people showed up at Dargate Auction Galleries LLC in Pittsburgh on Saturday, and another 1,400 or so submitted bids online or by phone. The Cowher auction drew about 30 percent more bidders than the average auction, said Dargate manager Ed Gills.
Perhaps the most curious bid was $550 for a glass ice bucket, something Gill said might be worth $30. One Bengals fan told auctioneers that he planned to break the bucket on live TV in Cincinnati. The identity of the winning bidder was not revealed, but Gills said some Bengals fans noted the item at an auction preview.
"We had several people at the preview who said that's what they wanted to do with it," Gills said.
Julie Carmody of Sewickley, a Pittsburgh suburb, paid $425 for an eight-piece bedroom set that once belonged to Cowher's daughters. While the novelty of buying the former coach's furniture attracted her, she bought the bedroom set because she liked it.
"It was a good deal," Carmody told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. "It's also kind of exhilarating to make bids."