Maybe the upside of dating someone who becomes famous is that when they do make it big, people want to know what their life was like before they reached the fame. Elon Musk's first ex-girlfriend proved this to be true after making $165,000 by auctioning off old photographs, a gold and emerald necklace, and a handwritten birthday card from the former couple's relationship in 1995.
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She held the auction in 2022.
The auction included intimate items from the former couple's time together at the University of Pennsylvania, which is where they met as resident advisors in Spruce Street â a part of the university's quadrangle dorm.
A birthday card Elon sent to Jennifer was purchased for $16,643. A dorm room photo of the now 53-year-old Tesla CEO was sold for $21,889. The gift of a 14k-gold necklace with a green emerald charm, which is believed to have come from a mine owned by Elonâs father in Africa, sold for $51,008.
The auction was reportedly to help with college tuition.
The items apparently were sold by Jennifer to allow her to help with her stepson's college tuition. In one photo taken by Elon's mother, the former couple is seen sitting together in front of their dorm.
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This is how Jennifer described her relationship with Elon.
Jennifer said her relationship with Elon was âshort but sweetâ and full of memories that she held kept in storage until she decided to sell them. She described Elon as âshy and quiet."
Long distance was one of the reasons they broke up.
After graduating, Elon moved to California and Jennifer was studying abroad in London. Long distance became a problem for the two. "I was like, âWe need to talk on the phone more if this long-distance thing's going to work,'" she recalled of a conversation they had. "And he was like, âI don't like talking on the phone. It's a waste of time.'"
His rise to fame began not long after they broke up.
The former pair ended their relationship soon afterward. âWe broke up just before he started conquering the world,â Jennifer said. They haven't been in contact since breaking up.
