O.J. Simpson‘s Financial institution of America bank card has hit the public sale block … and let’s simply say the vendor is banking on it raking in some severe money.
Jonathan Lepore is promoting the enterprise account card over at Goldin Auctions … telling TMZ he snagged the piece of plastic, which expired in 2023, on eBay final summer season for a steal at $70, including it to his trove of sports activities memorabilia.
Later, Jonathan deliberate to reward the cardboard to his pal’s dad, who apparently used to sit back with O.J. and Nicole Brown Simpson within the Hamptons in the course of the ’80s and early ’90s.
However he tells us he hadn’t ran into him since … and kinda, sorta forgot he even had it — till, that’s, the information of O.J.’s passing over every week in the past jogged his reminiscence.
As for the cardboard itself, it shows delicate peripheral put on and small spots of sunshine discoloration — additionally it hasn’t been signed on the reverse facet.
Goldin founder & CEO Ken Goldin attracts on O.J. being chargeable for among the most memorable/horrific moments in our lifetimes, telling TMZ, “With OJ’s recent passing, this card is a small piece of that story and we could see some exciting numbers at auction.”
And as for Jonathan, he isn’t simply cashing in on a chunk of OJ memorabilia — he is turning it right into a pressure for good. He plans on donating 10% of the ultimate sale to the Nationwide Community to Finish Home Violence. The public sale ends Thursday.