NEW YORK—Calling it an “unprecedented window” into one of many world’s most inventive minds, Sotheby’s introduced Friday that it was auctioning off the serviette on which Jeffrey Epstein first jotted down the concept for pedophilia. “In 1985, Jeffrey Epstein was sitting at a bar in Palm Seashore and, in a stroke of pure genius, single-handedly invented the concept for molesting kids,” mentioned Sotheby’s lead auctioneer Paul Errenthol, including that Epstein then reportedly shouted, “Eureka!” grabbed a pen, and scribbled “youngster + intercourse” down on the 5-by-5-inch napkin, thus altering historical past endlessly. “Whereas Mr. Epstein’s legacy is admittedly fairly sophisticated, one can not dispute that his out-of-the-box pondering relating to sexual abuse altered the course of humanity as we all know it. In actual fact, had he not had a pen and this serviette useful that fateful evening, Epstein’s island, his dozens of accusers, and his massive, omnipotent cabal of elite pedophiles would possibly by no means have existed.” At press time, Sotheby’s confirmed the serviette had bought for over $200 million after a number of of Epstein’s associates, together with Invoice Gates, Invoice Clinton, and Prince Andrew received right into a heated bidding battle over the priceless memorabilia.
