Bulger's goods up for auction
Rattling off numbers as high as $23,000, an auctioneer sporting a thick Texas accent brought in $109,295 at a US Marshals Service sale of items from James "Whitey" Bulger's Santa Monica apartment, where the mobster was found in 2011 after being on the run for 16 years.A mug shaped like a rat went for $3,600. The hat he was arrested in sold for $6400. Bulger's psycho killer skull ring sold for $5,200 and a 14-carat gold, three-carat diamond Claddagh ring went for $23,000. A diamond ring sold for $14,500.About 250 bidders took part in Saturday's auction. Proceeds will go to Bulger's victims - he was indicted in connection with 19 murders. Despite the recovery of more than $800,000 in cash and a successful auction, the total falls far short of the more than $25-million forfeiture judgment. ..
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