1.24.07 "Warrior One" Nets $1.25 Million
CNN's overhauled Hummer "Warrior One" was sold at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona for a whopping $1.25 million on Saturday January 20,2007. The winning bidder and new owner of the vehicle is Dave Liniger, founder of ReMax Real Estate. Possibly even more impressive than Mr. Liniger's $1 Million bid, is the additional $250,000 thrown in by Montana businessman Dave Ressler, who was bidding against Mr Liniger for much of the auction.
"The guy that put the [$250,000] in was bidding against me to the last minute," Liniger told CNN, "and he turned around, he put his arms around me and he says, 'Hey, you buy the car, you get the car. I'll add 250 to it.' A fabulous gesture."
That's a gesture that will go a long way in funding the Fisher House, the charity chosen to receive the auction's proceeds. Mr. Liniger is a Vietnam veteran who has just started his own charity through ReMax called Sentinels of Freedom. The organization is aimed at helping disabled soldiers "have a chance to go back into a normal life." He pledges to take his new hummer around the country as part of this goal.
Read the CNN story here.
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1.3.07: CNN's 'Warrior One' Set for Auction
CNN' s recently overhauled Humvee, 'Warrior One' has nearly completed it's tour of military bases and special events across the country and, as promised, is now set for auction. Accoring to CNN's website, the auction will be held by Barrett-Jackson on Saturday, January 20th, 2007 in Scottsdale , Arizona. As previously reported, proceeds from the auction will go to the Fisher House Charity to help house military families. Photos and video of Warrior One's post-overhaul tour of duty can be seen on this special CNN page.
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