Get Your Hands on One of Elon Musk’s Family Jewels

You learn that headline proper. For a restricted time solely, you should purchase an emerald necklace allegedly derived from the Musk household jewel mine.

The necklace is being sold off by way of RR Auction home underneath the header “a golden gift from the future Tesla CEO” by Jennifer Gwynne, certainly one of Elon Musk’s school ex-girlfriends. The lot together with the piece of bijou additionally comes with an unique picture of Gwynne, Elon Musk, and his mom, Maye.

“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,” wrote Gwynne in an outline of the jewellery piece on the RR web site. Though earlier reporting from Business Insider on the Musk mine has described it as positioned in Zambia, not South Africa. She stated Musk gave her the necklace whereas on a vacation go to to his mom’s Toronto residence.

In addition to the necklace, Musk’s ex can also be auctioning off different private results from her time with the to-be-Tesla CEO. The full listing consists of 18 photos of the billionaire from the mid-90’s and a signed birthday card.

The sale started on the finish of August and ends on 9/14 so that is the final full day to get your bids in earlier than the heaps shut.

Thus far, the necklace has attracted 36 bids, and is presently going for $8,784. Which is lower than the present excessive bid on the birthday card of $13,314. “Happy Birthday Jennifer (aka. Boo-Boo) Love Elon,” reads the within of the cardboard. The outdoors of the cardboard is emblazoned with multi-colored, stylized textual content that claims “Love Love Love Love Love Love You.”

Nearly all the images heave acquired not less than a dozen bids. However, the preferred has 30. It’s an image of a younger Musk seated in front of a computer with a bottle of lotion prominently seen on the desk, presently going for almost $3,000. Make of that what you’ll.

Gwynne and Musk reportedly dated for a time frame spanning 1994-1995, whereas the tech mogul attended the University of Pennsylvania. Last month, Gwynne told Inside Edition that she was promoting the objects to assist fund her 13-year previous stepson’s future school training, and that she was inspired to do so after she noticed a narrative from 2021 about one other Musk-related public sale.

To which Gizmodo says: good for her. It’s in all probability wholesome to have the ability to let go of the previous. Especially when that letting comes with a five-figure payout.