Rap-Up.com || Jay-Z and Kanye West’s ‘Otis’ Maybach Sells for $60,000

Only Jay-Z and Kanye West could tear apart a Maybach and still find a buyer. The famous luxury vehicle from the “Otis” music video fetched $60,000 at auction last week.

The hip-hop titans dismembered the 2004 Maybach 57, which retails for around $350,000, in the Spike Jonze-directed video for their single “Otis” off their Grammy-winning album Watch the Throne.

The car went up on the auction block as part of the New York Contemporary Art Evening auction and reportedly sold in less than five minutes. While the going price was less than the estimated $100,000 – $150,000 they expected to fetch, it was advertised as a work of art and not a working vehicle.

Part of the proceeds from the sale benefitted Save the Children to provide food for children in Africa.

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22 Comments

Tev
March 11th, 2012 at 7:09 am
Nice!!!

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Stre3t Danc@
March 11th, 2012 at 7:42 am
I thought they donated it :/

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uhuh Reply:
March 11th, 2012 at 7:57 am
@Stre3t Danc@, READ, GODDAMNIT

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Stre3t Danc@ Reply:
March 12th, 2012 at 8:54 am
@uhuh, F-U-C-K OFF, MORON

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illerbrown Reply:
March 11th, 2012 at 12:32 pm
@Stre3t Danc@, they sold the car and donated the money

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Lauryn
March 11th, 2012 at 7:46 am
Huh?> 60K? It’s Retail Is 350K What Was The Point???

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uhuh Reply:
March 11th, 2012 at 7:55 am
@Lauryn, the throne is rich AF. they dont care

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illerbrown
March 11th, 2012 at 7:51 am
thats not new.. it was sold time ago

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uhuh Reply:
March 11th, 2012 at 7:56 am
@illerbrown, what else u expect from rap-up. they slackin’

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Misanjann
March 11th, 2012 at 8:49 am
uhuh@ WE DONT NEED YOUR REACTION ON EVERY COMMENT.

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Misanjann
March 11th, 2012 at 8:50 am
@uhuh WE DONT NEED YOUR REACTION ON EVERY COMMENT.

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illestni**a Reply:
March 11th, 2012 at 10:58 am
@Misanjann, and we dont need yours!

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illestni**a
March 11th, 2012 at 10:56 am
shut up..y’all are fools!

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true love
March 11th, 2012 at 10:57 am
I wish That I had money to spend on expensive junk.

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flawda
March 11th, 2012 at 11:16 am
Maybe you need to get off your ass and get on your grind like Kanye and Jay-z did. I’m sure they didn’t wish, they made it happened.

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Money
March 11th, 2012 at 12:37 pm
So whats news about selling a $350,000 car for $60,000.. the last time i checked my accounting this was a loss!!!

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reelz215
March 11th, 2012 at 4:34 pm
it doesn’t matter how much they sold it for,the point is that the money was donated to a good cause..it’s really sad to see those kids suferring like that…as a mother, i couldn’t imagine to see my kids going threw the same situation…(;

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Neutron
March 11th, 2012 at 11:16 pm
They already showed you haters money aint a thing when they destroyed it in the video. The value of the car was diminished then.

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Rapidinhas | CRU
March 12th, 2012 at 4:38 am
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Hugh
March 12th, 2012 at 5:33 am
Worst ROI ever :)

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