Jeffrey Epstein Mug Shot
The Jeffrey Epstein saga keeps on creating drama, even years after the disgraced pedophile businessman killed himself in Prison. Now his “Black Book” – at least a second one – is available at auction from Alexander Historical Auctions. The Daily Beast reported that it could fetch as much as $200,000.
But don’t expect any new revelations to come after the May 15 auction. This is just the second “Black Book” belonging to Jeffrey Epstein that was found and any information it holds has long since been exposed. The book contains lists of Epstein’s personal contacts.
“There are no comparables for the sale of this kind of relic,” Bill Panagopulos, Alexander’s owner, told The Daily Beast. “But, based on my experience, if I’m pressed to offer a price I would think it would be $100,000 to $200,000, and up.”
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“The history of this criminal relic is fascinating! In the mid-1990s a musician living in Manhattan discovered the book lying on a Fifth Avenue sidewalk in Midtown,” said Alexander Historical Auctions. “She eventually put it in storage and it was not until 2020 while cleaning out her storage unit that she realized it belonged to the infamous Jeffrey Epstein. She reached out to several media outlets who failed to react. Assuming that the book was a copy, she listed it on eBay where it was purchased by a graduate student in the Northeast who has possessed it ever since.”
During its six-month investigation, Business Insider journalists had respected forensic document examiners Applied Forensics examine the book to determine its authenticity. Business Insider journalists called dozens of the telephone numbers within the book. They reported: “…[The book] contains comprehensive entries for all of Epstein’s estates, consistent with properties he owned in the mid-1990s, with details down to alarm codes and internet modem lines. His Paris apartment, which he purchased in the early 2000s, isn’t there. Neither is his private island, Little Saint James, which he acquired in 1998 — although the book does contain the contact information for the wife of the man from whom Epstein purchased the island.”
The book also contains detailed entries for Epstein’s relatives, whose addresses matched residences we found in public-records searches. We also divided up calls to prominent people listed in the book, who had never previously been connected with Epstein before.
Jeffrey Epstein was an American financier who was convicted as a sex offender. Epstein was a wealthy businessman with connections to many powerful people. He was convicted of soliciting and procuring a minor for prostitution in 2008. Later accusations alleged he ran a wider sex trafficking operation involving underage girls. Epstein died by suicide in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on new sex trafficking charges.
