Winning eBay bid for motorized lounge chair involved in drunken crash in Minnesota is $10,100

Nov 6th, 2009 - dailypress

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DULUTH, Minn. (AP) - Operating a motorized recliner while drunk apparently drives up the chair's value. Police in northern Minnesota listed the "DWI chair" on eBay after the owner was arrested for driving it into a parked car last year. It sold Thursday for $10,099.99.

Proctor police Chief Walter Wobig didn't immediately know the winning bidder's name or hometown. He said international media attention helped fuel the bidding.

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