The governor's office went on sale to the highest bidder Thursday -- literally.
It wasn't state contracts or a Senate seat on offer, but the dusty contents of storage units Rod Blagojevich failed to pay rent on for a year.
A ragtag group of 50 bargain hunters braved the sun and a pair of Elvis impersonators at Boyer-Rosene Moving and Storage in Arlington Heights to bid on mementos ranging from $5 boxes of the disgraced former governor's paperwork, through office furniture, to a statue of The King that fetched $20,500.
Boyer-Rosene CEO Paul Lombardo set up the auction when Blagojevich failed to pay $3,300 rent. He'll donate the proceeds to Children's …
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