Madoff's Mets Tix Sell for $7,500 on eBay

600% profit on seats to home opener will help repay victims

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 13, 2009 5:14 AM CDT

(Newser) – A Bernard Madoff investment has finally made an honest profit, the New York Daily News reports. The Ponzi kingpin's pair of tickets for the New York Mets home opener tonight, face value $525 each, sold for $7,500 after a fierce eBay bidding war. Along... Read full story »

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