The photos of Elon Musk and Jennifer Gwynne are from 1994 when they were both dating. Their courtship had lasted a year. Speaking with news media portal, Jennifer Gwynne said their romance was “sweet" but wasn’t “extremely affectionate".
Elon Musk and Jennifer Gwynne broke up when the Tesla CEO moved to Palo Alto in 1995. It was when he started dating his first wife, Justine Wilson. “We met in the fall of 1994. I was a junior and he was a senior. We were in the same dorm and we worked together," Gwynne told the outlet.E
‘NOW’S THE TIME’
Jennifer Gwynne said that she hadn’t thought of selling the old photographs of her and Elon Musk when they were in a relationship but decided to auction them seeing others making money off their mementos from the billionaire. She thought “now’s the time".
“I have had these pictures and the notes for a long, long time. But now I’m like, ‘Well the man cannot stay out of the headlines,’ so," she was quoted as saying by The Independent.
WHAT’S UP FOR ACTION?
Fifteen photographs of Elon Musk are available to purchase. While some are solo pictures of the Tesla CEO, others include Jennifer Gwynne and his friends.
The photographs that are on auction include a signed birthday card from Elon Musk. The card reads: “Happy Birthday Jennifer (aka, Boo-Boo) Love, Elon".
There is also a one-dollar note signed by Elon Musk available for auction. Elon Musk had also gifted Jennifer Gwynne a 14k gold necklace with a small green emerald. That, too, has been put on auction.
The auction for each of the items listed will end on 14 September.
The photos are available on the RR Auctions website. The starting price for the bids is 100 dollars.