In what has to be the wierdest auction on ebay yet (yes worse than A-Rod’s undies and the Jesus toast) you will be able to buy the casket that the Big Bopper was buried in, pictured above. The family of the late 1950s pop star JP “The Big Bopper” Richardson ais going to auction his casket on eBay sometime next week some forty eight years after he died in a plane crash with Buddy Holly and Richie Valens.
Sadly, or happily whichever way you look at it, the corpse won’t be sold with the casket. The Big Bopper’s steel casket was exhumed last year from his original grave at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Beaumont Texas, so it could be moved to a more visible location with a life-size statue and historic marker.
The exhumed casket is apparently in ok condition after being buried for 48 years. It has minor rust spots and a white lime stain where several inches of water once leaked into the surrounding vault, but according to the family there was no evidence water had ever seeped into the casket itself.
So its a bit of a fixer upper then if you are thinking you might like to be buried in it.
Apparently the son, Jay Richardson is going to use the money to finance a tribute show. I think, Jay Richardson, the best tribute you could have given the guy is to not inflict yet another tribute show on the world.
You can see a side view of the casket here. This shot was taken when Jay Richardson first saw his dad, when the csket was popped open.
