Update to Marley's Ghost

I had written here about the woman who auctioned her Father's Ghost on eBay. There is an update: the online Casino which bought the Virgin Mary cheese sandwich just paid $65K for the cane (and attached ghost). The story is at ABC News/AP: bq. Online Casino Buys Ghost Cane for $65K An online casino offered $65,000 Monday for a metal walking cane that an Indiana woman put up for sale in hopes her son would believe his grandfather's ghost would leave their house with it. bq. GoldenPalace.com will add the "ghost cane" to a collection that already includes a grilled cheese sandwich said to bear the image of the Virgin Mary. The casino paid $28,000 last month for the sandwich, which it bought like the cane on eBay. bq. "It's just the new Americana thing," said Monty Kerr, a spokesman for the online casino. "There's just a strong pop culture element to both the grilled cheese sandwich and the ghost cane � The sandwich especially has really ingrained itself in American history this year." bq. Kerr said the cane which Mary Anderson auctioned to ease her 6-year-old son Collin's fears that his grandfather's ghost was haunting their home in Hobart likely will go on tour like the famous sandwich. bq. The cane and the story behind it attracted 132 bids, dozens of imitators and landed the Andersons on NBC's "Today" show Monday. The casino emerged as the winning bidder after a slightly higher bid was withdrawn, Kerr said. bq. Even after the original auction ended, an eBay search using the keywords "ghost cane" yielded 86 results, including walking sticks, ghost cane bumper stickers and a purportedly haunted ghost thong. Heh...

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