OK, who outbid me?

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LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. (AP) - A bottle of perfume that was originally purchased for $50 has been auctioned off for $216,000. And that doesn't include the perfume itself.

An elderly woman who wanted to remain anonymous received the bottle of Tresor de la Mer from her husband in 1939. He had bought it at Saks Fifth Avenue store.

The woman, who is now in her 90s, held onto the empty bottle - designed by Renee Lalique - and the box it came in for years, before deciding to auction it at the Rago Arts and Auction Center on Nov. 17.

Ken Leach, a perfume bottle expert at the auction, told The Times of Trenton that only 50 of the Lalique bottles were made, and he only knows of another one still in existence.

Bidding on the perfume featured two telephone bidders rapidly increasing the price during the final two minutes. "Everybody was holding their breath," Leach said. "I thought they were ready to drop out at $100,000, but they just kept going."

The buyer also preferred to remain anonymous.

[oneno]

wasn't me, I'm a "Hai Karate" man myself <img src="http://images.tribe.net/tribe/upload/photo/7a2/612/7a261222-943f-4456-bcfb-49aba5bba66b">

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[phillyidol]

The French make the best perfume in the world! They have to, what with the whole no deoderant thing. (p.U.)

[birdmadgirl]

See, this is why I'm a pack rat! Someday, some piece of junk in my garage/attic/dresser/junk drawer is going to make me rich! [:D]

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[Frayo]

[quote][i]Originally posted by oneno[/i]
<br>wasn't me, I'm a "Hai Karate" man myself <img src="http://images.tribe.net/tribe/upload/photo/7a2/612/7a261222-943f-4456-bcfb-49aba5bba66b">

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Im putting on some 70s kung-fu movie just because you posted that.

I'd be more than willing to wear some Hai Karate...just so that (weather it smells really good or really bad) when someone asks me what Im wearing...I could reply with "Hai Karate!"...and mean it this time.

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