Brokeback Mountain truck fetches teen $60,000
PINCHER CREEK -- A southern Alberta teenager can't believe that he could get more than $60,000 Cdn for an old pickup truck used in the filming of the Oscar-winning movie Brokeback Mountain.
Matthew Kennedy, a 16-year-old Grade 11 student in Pincher Creek, bought the 1950s GMC truck about a year ago after a friend who worked on the film tipped him it was to be sold at auction.
After the movie won several Oscars, Kennedy decided to put it up for sale on EBay and see how much he could get for it.
Final bidding on Thursday night reached $60,100.
"I wasn't expecting anything close to this," said Kennedy, who paid less than $8,000 for it. He said he plans to use the money to pay for his post-secondary education.
Read the complete article at edmontonsun.com
Matthew Kennedy, a 16-year-old Grade 11 student in Pincher Creek, bought the 1950s GMC truck about a year ago after a friend who worked on the film tipped him it was to be sold at auction.
After the movie won several Oscars, Kennedy decided to put it up for sale on EBay and see how much he could get for it.
Final bidding on Thursday night reached $60,100.
"I wasn't expecting anything close to this," said Kennedy, who paid less than $8,000 for it. He said he plans to use the money to pay for his post-secondary education.
Read the complete article at edmontonsun.com
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