DULUTH- Operating a motorized recliner while drunk apparently does nothing to hurt that chair's value.
The "DWI chair" Proctor police listed on eBay after the owner was arrested for driving it into a parked car last year say the mobile recliner sold for $10,099.99.
Proctor Police Chief Walter Wobig didn't immediately know the winning bidder's name or hometown. He says international media attention helped fuel the bidding frenzy.
The chair was built by Dennis LeRoy Anderson. He had pleaded guilty to driving the motorized chair with a blood-alcohol level nearly four times the legal limit.
Anderson says he expected the chair would fetch only $2,000 to $3,000.
The recliner is powered by a lawnmower engine. It comes equipped with a stereo, cup holders and lights. At one point during it's first listing bids on the motorized recliner reached the $40,000 range, but e-bay pulled it after it was revealed the chair had been falsely labeled as a Lazyboy.
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