In the market for some tiny bottles of low-grade vodka touched by a Ponzi scheme? Today’s your lucky day.
Convicted Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff robbed the wealthy of $65 billion — and was a liquor collector. Of mini-bar booze, that is. “[Madoff] was clearly not a connoisseur, or a serious wine collector,” said Kimberly Janis, director at Morrell Fine Wine Auctions, which will offer for sale 58 lots from Madoff’s booze collection next Wednesday.
One lot is a selection of 2-ounce bottles of Smirnoff vodka, Bombay gin and Grand Marnier liqueur. The estimate: $10 to $20.
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Old mustard nuts at it again.
Old mustard nuts at it again.
Old mustard nuts at it again.
Small feet small bottles. Makes sense.
Small feet small bottles. Makes sense.
Small feet small bottles. Makes sense.
Having your $20 mini-bar sold by creditors at auction = NKI
Having your $20 mini-bar sold by creditors at auction = NKI
Having your $20 mini-bar sold by creditors at auction = NKI
Don’t care about mini bottles anymore – so excited that I will get some of that brown-curry-Raja ass.
Don’t care about mini bottles anymore – so excited that I will get some of that brown-curry-Raja ass.
Don’t care about mini bottles anymore – so excited that I will get some of that brown-curry-Raja ass.
Man, thank God for this auction, the proceeds here should make everyone whole.
Man, thank God for this auction, the proceeds here should make everyone whole.
Man, thank God for this auction, the proceeds here should make everyone whole.
Bess all-time favorite photo!
Bess all-time favorite photo!
Bess all-time favorite photo!
I guess he “Madoff” with a lot of investor’s cash!!!
I guess he “Madoff” with a lot of investor’s cash!!!
Dr. Kevorkian just called: he’ll be there in about 15 minutes.
Dr. Kevorkian just called: he’ll be there in about 15 minutes.
What’s the shelf life of mini-bar booze? Probably stolen from the minibar when they used to not padlock the stuff.
What’s the shelf life of mini-bar booze? Probably stolen from the minibar when they used to not padlock the stuff.
What’s the shelf life of mini-bar booze? Probably stolen from the minibar when they used to not padlock the stuff.
How will I know its him?
How will I know its him?
How will I know its him?
I can’t blame him for liking them; they were the only bottles he could find that he couldn’t fit inside of.
I can’t blame him for liking them; they were the only bottles he could find that he couldn’t fit inside of.
What about the legitimate collection?
What about the legitimate collection?
What about the legitimate collection?
Nice socks.
Nice socks.
Nice socks.
“Those pants are so tight you can see his Kim Clijsters.”
“Those pants are so tight you can see his Kim Clijsters.”
Nice tag bess…”Does this bottle make my dick look better”
Nice tag bess…”Does this bottle make my dick look better”
Nice tag bess…”Does this bottle make my dick look better”
Wonder if he read “Our Man in Havana”…
-Graham Greene fan
Wonder if he read “Our Man in Havana”…
-Graham Greene fan
Wonder if he read “Our Man in Havana”…
-Graham Greene fan
I
wouldn’t buy any of the bottles he is auctioning now, as they are all mostly likely 100% water. I hear he had been taking the real alcohol out for years and slowly replacing it with water. Every now and again, when he got a new bottle in he would spread it out among the existing bottles, but eventually there are just too many existing bottles to keep the illusion up. It’s pretty complicated.
I
wouldn’t buy any of the bottles he is auctioning now, as they are all mostly likely 100% water. I hear he had been taking the real alcohol out for years and slowly replacing it with water. Every now and again, when he got a new bottle in he would spread it out among the existing bottles, but eventually there are just too many existing bottles to keep the illusion up. It’s pretty complicated.
I
wouldn’t buy any of the bottles he is auctioning now, as they are all mostly likely 100% water. I hear he had been taking the real alcohol out for years and slowly replacing it with water. Every now and again, when he got a new bottle in he would spread it out among the existing bottles, but eventually there are just too many existing bottles to keep the illusion up. It’s pretty complicated.
He’ll be carrying a special IV with your name on it.
I’ll have kibbles and bits with my mini bar bottles.
I believe those are his Ivan Lendl’s