KKK Robe Sells for $3,000 at Auction

[DonViejo]

POSTED 6:15 PM, JANUARY 26, 2019, BY WNEP WEB STAFF, UPDATED AT 04:41PM, JANUARY 26, 2019

SPRING TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- A Ku Klux Klan robe fetched a big sum at an auction in Snyder County.

According to the auctioneer, an anonymous collector purchased the KKK hood and robe for $3,000 at the Beaver Springs Auction Center on Saturday.

The auction center had received some negative feedback about the robe, including a call from a local pastor.

Auctioneers say someone sold the KKK gear on consignment. That means the seller gets the money from the sale, excluding a percentage to the auction house.

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https://wnep.com/2019/01/26/kkk-robe-sells-for-3000-at-auction/

[KansasKali]

1. Most expensive toilet paper I ever bought.

Putting it in the guest bathroom.

[Freedomofspeech]

2. Yep...

Pennsylvania. Large number of hate groups here...just look at the Southern Poverty Law Center site.

[dalton99a]

4. Trump received 80 percent of the vote in Potter County:

[Glamrock]

5. Wow.

If that's not a place begging to be firebombed, I don't know what is.

[3_Limes]

6. Unfortunately,

in that locality it's regarded as an important institution and worthy of protection. So no, not really.

[Glamrock]

7. Good thing I don't live down there

A little Jameson and I'd attempt it.

[3_Limes]

9. Because it's in the north east it's often hard for people in other parts of the US to grasp

that when people describe Pennsylvania as "Philadelphia in the east, Pittsburgh in the west, and Mississippi in the middle" they're not just being cute, or making a joke. It's an accurate description.




ETA: Howewver, I regularly find myself being grateful for the existence of "Florida Man", because w/out him "Pennsylvania Man" would be the most frequent subject of these 'news of the weird' stories.

[yardwork]

10. Nazi flag, Nazi insignia, Nazi artifacts.

[dalton99a]

3. "Our next item for bidding: Another treasured family heirloom - A certified authentic lynching rope"

[mitch96]

8. We found one in a barn years ago

This was outside of Poughkeepsie NY. A friend bought a farm house with a barn and this was a
"barn find" for sure.. It was in an old steamer trunk up in the loft. Nothing of real value.
We were getting rid of junk and we burned it...
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