CINCINNATI (AP) — A 1941 fruitcake has sold for $525 to
an Arizona man in an Ohio company’s online auction, and the money will
go to the homeless in southwest Ohio.
Elite Estate Group sold the
cake in an auction on its website. Company owner Larry Chaney says the
man, who wanted to remain anonymous, probably bought the cake as an
investment. Chaney says he doubts anyone would eat a 70-year-old
fruitcake even though it was vacuum packed and contained rum that
probably helped preserve it.
The cake was made in 1941 by The
Kroger Co. It was returned unopened to a Kroger store in 1971. The
manager took it home and kept it until recently when his son was helping
him get rid of some things and gave the cake to Chaney.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.
CINCINNATI (AP) — A 1941 fruitcake has sold for $525 to
an Arizona man in an Ohio company’s online auction, and the money will
go to the homeless in southwest Ohio.
Elite Estate Group sold the
cake in an auction on its website. Company owner Larry Chaney says the
man, who wanted to remain anonymous, probably bought the cake as an
investment. Chaney says he doubts anyone would eat a 70-year-old
fruitcake even though it was vacuum packed and contained rum that
probably helped preserve it.
The cake was made in 1941 by The
Kroger Co. It was returned unopened to a Kroger store in 1971. The
manager took it home and kept it until recently when his son was helping
him get rid of some things and gave the cake to Chaney.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.
