The political items and personal belongings of the late Cook County Board President John Stroger and his son, John, failed to fetch a buyer at auction over the weekend.
Only two people bid on the items, the Sun-Times reports. Chicagoan Bob Remer dropped out at $3,500, and an unknown online bidder stopped after $3,750.
Those bids did not meet the minimum price the owner wanted, so the items did not sell.
The items included a signed letter from President Bill Clinton, two Bulls championship replica rings and Todd Stroger's diary.
There also was a handwritten note from Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas to John Stroger that read, "Sorry I called you a scum bag. Maria, Your Treasurer." The items were on display to the public at an auction house in Elgin.
The items were left in an unpaid self-storage unit on the South Side that was won at auction a few months ago. Todd Stroger told the Sun-Times that he tried to buy them back, but the owner never did meet up with him.
