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Okla. Man Buys Santa Monica Ferris Wheel

Pier attraction brings in $132,400

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 26, 2008 9:19 AM CDT

(Newser) – The Santa Monica Pier Ferris wheel has been sold on eBay for $132,400—to a first-time eBayer and the son of a former Oklahoma City mayor, the Los Angeles Times reports. Grant Humphreys, a 32-year-old real estate developer who'd never set eyes on the crowd-pleaser, placed the winning bid yesterday just before the close of the auction that drew six bidders.

Humphreys plans to ship the 122,000-pound ride, which is being replaced by a new model, to a future home in Oklahoma City; he’ll drop another $135,000 on a supporting base. “We’re out here in the middle of America,” said an excited rep. “We don’t have too many shiny toys.”

In this May 1996, file photo, the Ferris wheel is seen on the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Rene Macura, File)

This undated image provided by Pacific Park Photo shows a time-exposure photograph of the Ferris wheel on the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Pacific Park Photo)

The Santa Monica Verizon(R) Yellow Pages cover captures the Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel. (AP Photo)

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