A second “black book” containing contact names and numbers belonging to the late, well-connected sex offender Jeffrey Epstein will go up for auction in two weeks. On May 15th, this black book will be offered for private sale by private bidding by Alexander His Historical His Auction. A report by a forensic document examiner regarding its authenticity will also be provided.
Asked how much he thought it would sell for, Alexander's owner Bill Panagopoulos told The Daily Beast: But based on my experience, if you were forced to quote a price, I would say it would be anywhere from $100,000 to $200,000 or more. ”
Sealed bids will be accepted for one month. Panagopoulos said if there is no highest acceptable bid, the Epstein book will be sold at Alexander Historical Auctions on July 12. An estimate is provided, but there is no standard bid amount.
In 2015, Gawker leaked the contents of a more infamous book by a black man, the first known. The bold names and contact details included Donald Trump, Mick Jagger, Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton, Michael Bloomberg, and members of the Kennedy family.
The old book, currently up for auction, contains 220 new names not included in the original book and will be published in 2021. business insider An article was reported. insider The book includes a number of people who had no prior ties to Epstein, including Melania Trump's close friend and co-owner of the New York Jets with her husband Woody Johnson, Suzanne Ircha (now Suzanne Johnson). A person's name is mentioned. Carl Icahn, special adviser to President Donald Trump. Christina Greeven, Chris Cuomo's wife. Jill Haas accused Donald Trump of sexual assault. Marty Peretz, former mentor to Al Gore. and billionaire businessman John Catsimatidis.
insider They said none of their reports showed any connection between the people in the address book and Epstein's crimes.
Katsimatidis said insider He met Epstein through a friend in the real estate industry who once shared an office with the notorious money manager. Epstein also once sent him a three-foot bottle of champagne after the businessman offered to give him a ride to Florida. A representative for Mr. Icahn declined to comment.Chris Cuomo is back insiderreached out to Grieven for comment, but he declined to comment for the record or allow Grieven to speak. Mr. Johnson declined to comment.
“I knew all the predators, but at the time I didn't know what they looked like,” Haas said. insider.
The Daily Beast contacted about 20 people whose names appear on the black book and asked them how they felt about the black book being put up for auction and whether they had any privacy concerns.
In a text message, Ms. Catsimatidis told the Daily Beast that she was “not worried” about a potential collector having her number, and called her relationship with Epstein “a one-time meeting.” Summarized.
Asked about his reaction to the book being put up for sale, Peretz told The Daily Beast, “I haven't had any reaction.”
Anne Nitze, an independent art dealer specializing in 19th- and 20th-century sculpture and paintings, met Epstein through the Santa Fe Institute, which was co-founded by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Murray Gell-Mann. (The institute received $275,000 from Epstein over the years.)
“We weren't serious friends…but he was a very cheerful and smart guy, and I never expected him to do something like that.”
— Ann Nitze
Nitze wasn't surprised to be featured in the nearly 30-year-old Black Book. She told The Daily Beast that Epstein asked her to help him build an art collection for his new apartment, but she didn't buy anything. “I may have had lunch with him once or twice,” Nitze said. “I wasn't a serious friend…but he was such a funny and smart guy that I never expected him to do something like this.”
What Epstein did, and was allowed to get away with for decades until his suicide in prison, was to groom and sexually assault girls and young women at his mansions in New York, Florida, the U.S. Virgin Islands and elsewhere. It was an act of abuse. In 2005, around the time Epstein and his staff used another of his black books at his Palm Beach home, police in Florida were investigating Epstein for trafficking of minors. He ultimately received a slap in the face from the Miami U.S. Attorney's Office after pleading guilty to state charges of solicitation of child prostitution and served only 13 months in prison (primarily released).
Federal authorities indicted Epstein in New York in July 2019 on child sex trafficking charges. Authorities say Epstein died by suicide in a Manhattan lockup a month later, but some people around him believe he did not commit suicide. Asked if she thought Epstein's books were valuable to collectors, Nitze said, “No, because he's not worth anything,” but added, “I'm trying to be mean to people who collect books.” I don't want to,” he added.
The book also features the names of 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his late ex-wife Mary. Kennedy's campaign did not return messages, but the independent candidate said he had flown on Epstein's plane, including on a “fossil hunting” trip. He stressed that this was before anyone knew about the sins of this sinister financier.
Jeffrey Epstein's second “Black Book” is up for auction.
Alice Benjamin
Panagopoulos told The Daily Beast that he is not concerned about the potential loss of privacy for those on the list.
“No,” he said firmly. “We don't publish addresses, phone numbers, etc. However, if someone buys it, what they do with the contents of the book is their own business and their own responsibility.”
“They could probably publish it. It's not copyright,” Panagopoulos said. “But if someone wants to get rid of this, they have a chance to buy it privately. We can burn it, send it into space, freeze it in liquid nitrogen and smash it into a thousand pieces with a hammer. , I don’t care what they do with it!”
insider Forensic document examiner Dennis Ryan was asked to confirm that the black paper was not a cunning forgery.he said insider The Gestetner stamp on the book's Verobind brand binding strip dates from 1995 to 2000 and was said to be difficult to produce.
insider It was noted that the area code listed for Donald Trump's Palm Beach residence is listed as 407 in older black books from the early 1990s and 561 in later, better-known black books. Negro's books were from two different eras.
The address book being sold is in a format very similar to the new address book that Mr. Epstein's late butler Alfredo Rodriguez commandeered before leaving Mr. Epstein's employment in 2005. He then tried to sell it to the victim's attorney Brad Edwards for $50,000, calling it the “holy grail” of all things Epstein, prompting the FBI to arrest him on obstruction charges.
The origin story of this book paints a cinematic picture.According to Edwards' memoirs relentless pursuitRodriguez obtained a list of underage girls who visited Epstein's home but did not turn over to authorities.
Rodriguez claimed that he kept a list that Epstein's accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell typed into her computer and that she printed it out before firing him. That list also included all the celebrities who were in Epstein and Maxwell's orbit. “It's a golden ticket. It has everything you need,” said the butler.
Rodriguez kept a copy of the little black book for his own protection, Edwards wrote. “First of all, when I got fired, I thought they were going to kill me. This was my insurance,” Rodriguez allegedly told Edwards. “When I'm gone, my wife will realize it's Ghislaine and Jeffrey.”
The butler was reluctant to hand over what he considered to be his property.
Rodriguez allegedly told Edwards, “That's my property.” “It's worth it. It's like I own a Mercedes-Benz. You think I should give it to you just because you demanded it with a subpoena. .”
“Nothing will be edited”
How an early black book ended up being auctioned in 2024 is as surprising as the book itself. Billy LeRoy is New York's go-to guy for handsome, rare, and sometimes historical collectibles. For many years, he ran Billy's His Antiques and Props out of green tents in Houston and the Bowery, and moved to his Avenue store in Greenpoint, Brooklyn in 2020. Billy buys Brooklyna show streaming on the Discovery Channel.
So when he learned from it, insider A documentary about the existence of a second black book containing the names and numbers of contacts belonging to Epstein put him on high alert.
The book, containing addresses and phone numbers for Epstein's social and business networks, was found on the ground in the 1990s by Denise Ondayko, a young woman walking down Fifth Avenue in New Jersey at the time. It surfaced to the outside world for the first time when I picked it up. York City. There was a newsworthy name among them, so I clung to it out of curiosity.
Years later, she took a closer look and provided Epstein with the black book, which she put up for sale on eBay in 2020. LeRoy learned in the documentary that it was purchased for $450 by a man named Chris Herari.
Mr. Herari sent copies of early black books to reporters, including one from the Daily Beast, to help solve the Epstein mystery. In a 2021 email to a Daily Beast reporter, he wrote: “We hope this continues to shed light not only on Epstein, but also on his criminal network and the national security state.”
Jeffrey Epstein's second “Black Book” is up for auction.
Alice Benjamin
As he prepared for the auction, LeRoy said he was not concerned about the previous address book's unsavory origins. “I love crime-related collectibles,” he says. “Al Capone's signature was paid $30,000. And Charles Manson's arrest record was valued at $8,500.”
Leroy easily tracked down Helali, who was running for the U.S. Senate to represent Vermont, and contacted him at his farm. Helali tried to auction off the black book at both Sotheby's and Christie's, he said. Part of Sotheby's response was as follows: I don't think this is suitable for auction.I think you will get the best results by contacting a major newspaper company.there was also a refusal from Christie's.
“I convinced him to auction it at Alexander Historical Auctions,” said LeRoy, who frequently does business with the Maryland-based auction house, which specializes in such materials. He pointed out that it was being treated as such. There, Napoleon's hunting rifle was sold for his $120,000, while Adolf Hitler's reversible gold watch, estimated to sell for between $2 million and $4 million, was sold for $120,000. Low and just he was traded for $1.1 million.
Leroy formally met Helali at a diner in upstate New York and picked up the black book. “When I held it in my hand, I really felt the evil energy,” he told The Daily Beast. “I know it sounds crazy, but it has a heavy vibe to it.'' This book is his 4 x 5 inch, in good condition, and has 92 pages. A name is printed inside, but on the last page there are two entries, which Alexander's owner Panagopoulos described as “child-like hands that appear to belong to Epstein.” ing.
Page displayed on screen insider He will face the world with a huge advantage. In the documentary, names, phone numbers and addresses were redacted, or blacked out. “Obviously, when we put this up for auction, nothing will be redacted,” LeRoy said.
Of course, some people may not expect this. Panagopoulos said that although Alexander's book does not display an image with a name and address, “anyone who buys the book gets it.”
He added that Alexander's reserves the right to disclose the sale price but “will never” disclose the identity of the buyer.
