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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Sun Jan 27, 2019, 10:39 AM Jan 2019

KKK Robe Sells for $3,000 at Auction

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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KKK Robe Sells for $3,000 at Auction (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2019 OP

Most expensive toilet paper I ever bought. KansasKali Jan 2019 #1

Yep... Freedomofspeech Jan 2019 #2

Trump received 80 percent of the vote in Potter County: dalton99a Jan 2019 #4

Wow. Glamrock Jan 2019 #5

Unfortunately, 3_Limes Jan 2019 #6

Good thing I don't live down there Glamrock Jan 2019 #7

Because it's in the north east it's often hard for people in other parts of the US to grasp 3_Limes Jan 2019 #9

Nazi flag, Nazi insignia, Nazi artifacts. yardwork Jan 2019 #10

"Our next item for bidding: Another treasured family heirloom - A certified authentic lynching rope" dalton99a Jan 2019 #3

We found one in a barn years ago mitch96 Jan 2019 #8

KansasKali

(105 posts)

1. Most expensive toilet paper I ever bought.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Jan 27, 2019, 10:45 AM

Jan 2019

Putting it in the guest bathroom.

Freedomofspeech

(4,223 posts)

2. Yep...

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Jan 27, 2019, 10:45 AM

Jan 2019

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

dalton99a

(81,432 posts)

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

Reply to Freedomofspeech (Reply #2)

Sun Jan 27, 2019, 10:52 AM

Jan 2019

Glamrock

(11,794 posts)

5. Wow.

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #4)

Sun Jan 27, 2019, 10:58 AM

Jan 2019

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

3_Limes

(363 posts)

6. Unfortunately,

Reply to Glamrock (Reply #5)

Sun Jan 27, 2019, 12:16 PM

Jan 2019

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

Glamrock

(11,794 posts)

7. Good thing I don't live down there

Reply to 3_Limes (Reply #6)

Sun Jan 27, 2019, 12:25 PM

Jan 2019

A little Jameson and I'd attempt it.

3_Limes

(363 posts)

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

Reply to Glamrock (Reply #7)

Sun Jan 27, 2019, 12:42 PM

Jan 2019

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

(61,588 posts)

10. Nazi flag, Nazi insignia, Nazi artifacts.

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #4)

Sun Jan 27, 2019, 12:51 PM

Jan 2019

dalton99a

(81,432 posts)

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

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Jan 27, 2019, 10:46 AM

Jan 2019

mitch96

(13,885 posts)

8. We found one in a barn years ago

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Jan 27, 2019, 12:30 PM

Jan 2019

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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