Elon Musk’s ex auctions never-before-seen pics, mementos [watch]
Elon Musk’s college sweetheart is auctioning a cache of photos and Musk memorabilia. Here’s how much people are bidding…
If you’re thinking of deleting or burning pictures of your ex, it might be a good idea to put that thought on ice in case they become as wealthy and famous as Elon Musk or at least close enough.
The billionaire’s college sweetheart Jennifer Gwynne, who dated him when the two were enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania, is auctioning a cache of photos and Musk memorabilia.
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ELON MUSK’S EX-GIRLFRIEND AUCTIONING OFF MEMENTOS
According to CNN, Gwynne is selling the mementos through Boston-based RR Auction and some had bids of more than $10 000 (R171 000) on Monday 12 September.
Some of the items up for auction include 18 photos, a birthday card and a birthday necklace which includes an emerald from the Zambian emerald mine owned by Musk’s father Errol. The necklace is sitting in second place at R103 000.
In some of the photos, Musk and Gwynne are seen cuddling and in others, he is acting like a typical college student as he goofs off in his dorm. She also included two photos with the necklace; one of Musk and Gwynne with Musk’s mother, model Maye Musk, and one of Musk and Gwynne at an end-of-the-year formal in 1995.
“His mom had a number of these necklaces in a case in her bedroom, and Elon told me they were from his father’s emerald mine in South Africa — he pulled one from the case. And because I had not gotten him anything as a Christmas gift (and I felt very guilty about that), he said we would consider the necklace an early birthday present for me. I wore the necklace for a number of years on and off, but it’s mostly been in my jewellery box for the last ten years (always reminding me of Elon, of course)” said Gwynne in RR’s statement.
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THE COUPLE’S COLLEGE LOVE-LIFE
Musk and Gwynne started dating in 1994. At the time, they were both working as resident advisers in a university dorm. Soon after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, Musk started in a doctoral programme at Stanford but dropped out to launch his first startup, Zip2.
In an interview with Insider Edition, Gwynne said the Tesla Inc boss was envisioning electric cars while they were dating almost 30 years ago.
“He would talk about electric cars, he would talk about alternative fuel sources,” she said in an Insider Edition’s video tweet.