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Source: jimmyfund.org Jimmy Fund Chairman Mike Andrews (center) and Dana-Farber patients Ryan Reardon (left) and Gerry House unveil the jersey in the Jimmy Fund Red Sox Gallery at Dana-Farber. |
I just spoke to the winner. His name is Kevin Meehan and he owns car dealerships called Imperial Cars in Mendon, Mass. He told me he bought the jersey because he's a Red Sox fan and was happy to make the donation for the cause: the Jimmy Fund, the Red Sox's official charity that is affiliated with Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Meehan lost his father to cancer.
When I told Meehan that I thought he'd get about $15 million worth of publicity from this (Meehan is giving his Web site to reporters: www.imperialcars.com), he said it was a shame, because people had donated much more than this and never got recognized.
For the past couple hours, before he called me back, I was studying Meehan's buying habits and they were pretty strange. This April, he had spent more than $17,000 on eBay. And my producer, Tom Rotunno, did plenty of clicking and found out that in the past month he bought 21 concert tour jackets. Check this out:
Michael Jackson leather jacket: $199.50
Motley Crue leather jacket: $1,530
Hammer “Don’t Hurt ‘Em” tour jacket: $25
McCartney Beatles tour jacket: $390
Jackson Five tour jacket: $54.35
Grateful Dead tour jacket: $45.44
Kenny Rogers tour jacket: $25
Guns N’ Roses jacket: $152.50
Rolling Stones jacket: $355
Marilyn Manson jacket: $57.98
Puff Daddy jacket: $99.95
Dropkick Murphy’s jacket: $41
Rod Stewart satin jacket: $54.57
Crosby Stills & Nash tour jacket: $26
Linkin Park Jacket: $36
AC/DC tour jacket: $192.50
Toby Keith jacket: $120
Madonna tour jacket: $183.51
Signed KISS biker jacket: $1,200
BB King tour jacket: $50
Alice Cooper tour jacket: $200
I asked Meehan what he was doing with all this and he said he was opening up some car dealerships with a Rock n' Roll theme. Wow, I feel much better now.
That still doesn't explain why he paid $2,025 for a complete set of Pennsylvania fishing badges.
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