All posts containing the tag: "GeneralLee"
Posted May 25th 2007 2:36PM by TMZ Staff
Perhaps the General Lee has a mind of its own, like KITT from "Knight Rider." Perhaps the car doesn't want to leave John Schneider's side. However you make your grits, it's the never-ending car auction!
According to Schneider's rep, there was some glitch with the second refried auction and it had to be re-listed. So here it is y'all, what promises to be your last chance at owning the General Lee ... with bidding starting at $100,000.
An earlier "sale" of the car on eBay was scrubbed when a $10 million dollar bidder didn't cough up the scratch.
Filed under: Celebrity Auctions
Tags: general lee, GeneralLee, john schneider, JohnSchneider
Posted May 21st 2007 1:34PM by TMZ Staff
The General Lee made a visit to Las Vegas this weekend, but the car isn't drawing a lot of bidders in its eBay auction -- none so far, in fact -- and the auction closes May 29.
"Dukes of Hazzard" star John Schneider, still a hottie at 53, escorted the car to Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, where they're making a pre-auction appearance -- perhaps the final one before the car sells ... hopefully for real this time!
The car went back on the block last week, but so far, the $100,000 starting price hasn't had a nibble. The car had gotten a bid of nearly $10 million in a previous auction, but the bidder flaked.
Filed under: Celebrity Auctions
Tags: general lee, GeneralLee, john schneider, JohnSchneider
Posted May 17th 2007 12:39PM by Celly
John Schneider put the General Lee up for sale a few weeks ago, and it "sold" on eBay for almost $10 million ... until the bidder turned out to be a chump!
Now the "Dukes of Hazzard" car is going back on eBay, but this time John "Bo Duke" Schneider has contracted a private company to pre-approve all bidders in advance of the sale, which started May 19.
A portion of the proceeds will benefit Pepperdine University's Boone Center for the Family.
Check out TMZ's collection of other ballin' rides...
Filed under: Celebrity Auctions
Tags: dukes of hazzard, DukesOfHazzard, general lee, GeneralLee, john schneider, JohnSchneider
Posted May 10th 2007 10:45AM by TMZ Staff
"Dukes of Hazzard" star John Schneider issued this statement to TMZ, following the revelation that the high bidder in an auction to buy the General Lee backed out:
"As the week has progressed, it appears more and more evident that the winning bidder from my 'Bo's General Lee' auction has no intention of coming up with the promised funds. The deadline for deposit was missed on Monday and nobody is more upset or disappointed than I am. I have been on the phone with my lawyer in Century City [Calif.] all week and am taking steps to force compliance of the winning bidder to the rules and regulations of the auction. This may have been the most publicly viewed auction ever! People's word should be their bond."
Dang! That's tough talk from Bo Duke!
Filed under: Celebrity Auctions
Tags: Dukes of Hazzard, DukesOfHazzard, General Lee, GeneralLee, John Schneider, JohnSchneider
Posted May 9th 2007 5:05PM by TMZ Staff
TMZ has learned the $10 million man who bid on John Schneider's "General Lee" automobile has reneged on his bid to buy the famous ride.
A source connected to the sale tells TMZ that the first deposit deadline for Mr. William Fisher, the winning bidder, was missed for making any type of formal payment arrangements with Schneider. He had originally been given seven days from the auction's close to work out the deal.
Schneider has since filed a "failure to pay" complaint with eBay and is currently meeting with attorneys to discuss "some sort of legal action."
A rep for Schneider tells TMZ, "John is looking into his options. We cannot calculate the point where legitimate bidders would have topped out if it were not for fraudulent bidding, but it seems to have been in the range of $5 million."
As for your shot at the General Lee, there's hope. The good thing to come out of this, says our source, is that auction houses across the country have contacted John for a chance to put the car up on blocks.
Coo coo coo!
Filed under: Celebrity Auctions
Tags: Dukes of Hazzard, DukesOfHazzard, General Lee, GeneralLee
