TrojanHorse
11-17-2008, 02:50 PM
Six Heisman trophies have been sold
At least six other Heisman trophies have been sold, according to Mike Hefner, president of the New York auction house Lelands.com. Most famously, the trophy won by O.J. Simpson in 1968 was auctioned for $230,000 in 1999 after a civil trial found the former USC tailback liable in the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman. Simpson's property was seized to help pay off a $33.5-million judgment against him. The Heisman Trophy won by Yale end Larry Kelley in 1936 fetched $328,110 in 1999. In 2005, the 55-pound bronze and ebony statuette awarded to Minnesota halfback Bruce Smith in 1941 brought a record $395,240. Two other Heisman trophies have been sold privately by undisclosed former winners through Lelands.com, Hefner says, and 1956 winner Paul Hornung sold his for $250,000 in 2000 to fund scholarships at Notre Dame, his alma mater. -- LA Times (http://www.latimes.com/sports/printedition/la-sp-crowe17-2008nov17,0,6518172.column)
At least six other Heisman trophies have been sold, according to Mike Hefner, president of the New York auction house Lelands.com. Most famously, the trophy won by O.J. Simpson in 1968 was auctioned for $230,000 in 1999 after a civil trial found the former USC tailback liable in the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman. Simpson's property was seized to help pay off a $33.5-million judgment against him. The Heisman Trophy won by Yale end Larry Kelley in 1936 fetched $328,110 in 1999. In 2005, the 55-pound bronze and ebony statuette awarded to Minnesota halfback Bruce Smith in 1941 brought a record $395,240. Two other Heisman trophies have been sold privately by undisclosed former winners through Lelands.com, Hefner says, and 1956 winner Paul Hornung sold his for $250,000 in 2000 to fund scholarships at Notre Dame, his alma mater. -- LA Times (http://www.latimes.com/sports/printedition/la-sp-crowe17-2008nov17,0,6518172.column)