Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Image Released by PFC Auctions of Vial Containing Reagan’s Blood
Proving the depth of conservative ghoulishness, a vial of the late President Ronald Reagan’s blood, taken at the hospital where he was a patient immediately following the 1981 assassination attempt, is now up for auction.
PFC Auctions, a company based in Guernsey, UK, announced on Sunday it would sell the vial of blood in an online auction set to end on Thursday.
The vial was taken at George Washington University Hospital on March 30, 1981, after Reagan was wounded by John Hinckley Jr. in Washington, D.C., PFC Auctions said on its website. It is said to have come from a person whose late mother had worked at a medical lab.
PFC Auctions’ website said the latest online bid for the vial stood at £6,270 British pounds or $9,910 US.
Editor Update: There’s a new chapter in the saga of St. Reagan’s auctioned blood vial.
PFC Auctions announces that it made contact yesterday evening with The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation regarding the auctioning of Ronald Reagan’s blood vial. Bidding on the PFC Auctions website currently stands at $30,086, and we have negotiated with the consignor to arrange for the item to be withdrawn from the auction and donated to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation The consignor, who wishes to remain anonymous
I bet Margaret Thatcher’s daughter dies it for her decrepit mother to drink in hopes it cures her of the Alzheimer Disease that has ravaged her mind. Conservatives believe Reagan was some sort of deity able to walk on water and part the Red Sea with the swipe of his hand.
So gross. Where did you learn of this?
Nancy Reagan is the highest bidder.
She plans to be buried with the vial of Ronnie’s blood. An eternal reminder of her husband and her love for him.
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As long as they don’t clone Reagan’s blood, then I think we’re safe. The last thing humanity needs is an army of little Ronnies roaming around the world.
The blood of the devil.
Gross, gross, gross. Why would anyone want a memento of St. Reagan’s blood?
YCCCCCCCcccccHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhh!
Reagan’s family says they are opposed to the auction item.
But I will bet $20 that the highest bid belongs to a member of the Reagan family. Like Peace Nick said, I can see Nancy buying it to be buried with her.
I’m no expert on such things but, aren’t there laws to prevent human blood from being sold on the auction market? As much as I detest them, even the Reagans deserve some dignity after the old man died. I worry now that a piece of President Kennedy’s skull will turn up next on e-Bay.