Wanna Buy The Big Bopper's Casket?

Posted by Jill Harness in Blog & Internet, Everything Else, Music, Odd News on January 3, 2009 at 1:33 pm


If your goal in life is to own the most tasteless rock memorabilia, then you best be heading to eBay soon. The Big Bopper was moved to a new casket recently and that means his previously used casket is now up for sale on the internet.

The casket is in good condition, having some minor rust damage and a little lime sentiment that shows water once entered the outside vault, although it seems the interior never suffered water damaged.

If you’d like to see the item in person before you place a bid, it is currently on display in the Texas Musicians Museum.

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6 comments to "Wanna Buy The Big Bopper's Casket?"

  1. ted
    January 3rd, 2009 at 2:04 pm

    I guess it's good for those who feel "sedimental" about the Big Bopper.

  2. Mr. Kris
    January 3rd, 2009 at 3:15 pm

    the smell.........the smell........

  3. AndyIII
    January 3rd, 2009 at 5:25 pm

    Goodbye Baaaaaby.

    I think the optimum time to sell such a thing has past. Less and less people even remember who the Big Bopper was. Now's the time to be selling Beatles crap.

  4. liphttam1
    January 3rd, 2009 at 8:41 pm

    The who?

  5. The Other Parker
    January 3rd, 2009 at 9:53 pm

    The article is fascinating. I had no idea that the Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens, and Buddy Holly were all killed in the same plane crash! And TBB was only 28! Crazy. I wonder if "the day the music died" is the same one referenced in the song "American Pie." I never figured that was referencing some literal event.

    I do find it a bit odd that they feel it necessary to dig up a coffin that's been buried half a century, move the corpse to another site, and sell the old casket. All I can say is "why?" It sounds like the family is getting financially desperate.

  6. Emmy
    January 4th, 2009 at 1:28 am

    that song is about the day the music died, Feb. 3, 1959
    they were all young as well. ritchie was 17, buddy was 22, and jp "the big bopper" was 28.
    even the pilot was 21.
    very sad.


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