Schindler's list, one of four original copies, for sale on eBay
Oskar Schindler聽kept a聽list, and now you can have it鈥� for $3 million-plus.
One of four original copies of聽Schindler's famous聽list, which the eponymous聽Steven Spielberg-directed聽1993 movie was based on, has been placed up for auction on eBay.
A German industrialist and member of the聽Nazi party,听Schindler聽is credited with rescuing some 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust. He managed to save them from death in the concentration camps by saying they were necessary for work in his factory.聽
Names on his famous lists are Jews who he wanted excluded from extermination.
Schinder's accountant,听Izhak Stern聽-- played by聽Ben Kingsley聽in the movie -- typed up the 14-page聽list聽on onion-skin paper, and his nephew sold it to its current owner. The document -- which comes with a signed affidavit from the nephew -- is dated in pencil on the front page, April 18, 1945.
The one up for auction is the only original version that is not locked away in a museum and the only one to have ever hit the open market. Stored in聽Israel, it's聽being sold by a collector with a reserve price of $3 million -- but its sellers,听California听肠辞濒濒别肠迟辞谤蝉听Gary Zimet听补苍诲听Eric Gazin, are hoping it will go for as high as $5 million, according to聽the New York Post.
"We decided to sell the聽list聽on eBay because it has over 100 million worldwide members, and this is a global story," Gazin told the Post.
Potential purchasers have to qualify just to bid on the item. It is being presented for bid by gazinauctions, which has earned 98.8 percent positive feedback on eBay.
