The extremely rare Rankin/Bass TV special puppets are listed on eBay for $10,000,000.00, plus $12.75 for expedited shipping. “I was just curious to see what the market would bear,” says Peter Lutrario, who’s owned the puppets since 2010. Rankin/Bass expert Rick Goldschmidt, whose friend restored the puppets and sold them to Lutrario, said: “It’s just sad to see the puppets being put on eBay.” A collector of memorabilia, Lutrario first spotted the puppets on Antiques Roadshow. "I was watching Antiques Roadshow, and I was totally shocked," he said in a 2015 interview with CNN. "I couldn't think about work anymore. I had to give my best effort to owning these dolls."
TOPICS: CBS, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Peter Lutrario, eBay, Holiday Programming, Rankin/Bass