6ix9ine may not be topping the charts like he was in his early career, but he is doing extremely well in one regard: his Platinum and Gold commemorative plaques, seized by the IRS last year and recently auctioned off, sold for higher-than-expected prices.
AllHipHop broke the news that many of the memorabilia items went for more than the estimated price. As can be seen on the full list here, the rapper’s Platinum award for “GOOBA” went for $10,250 — well above the $4-6K estimate.
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Similarly, his “BEBE” plaque sold for $19,000 — over three times the estimate; and the one for “STOOPID” went for $12K — around double the amount predicted.
The controversial rapper’s breakout song “GUMMO” also fared well, with two different platinum plaques — each awarded to a different label — estimated to go for $4-6K each, but selling for $14,250 and $13,500.
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6ix9ine’s colorful jewelry was a mixed bag, with pieces like his “Billy the Puppet” Jigsaw pendant and his “Bruce the Shark” diamond pendant selling for at or even less than their expected prices. However, other items like watches and some less-expensive necklaces did better than predicted.
The collection of 63 items was sold off by Market Auctions, which was hired by the IRS.
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The IRS raided the controversial rapper’s Florida home in April of last year, claiming “nonpayment of internal revenue taxes.”
6ix9ine himself seemed to confirm this in a post last month to his Instagram story, which showed his Florida property.
“1 year ago when I was stuck in [the Dominican Republic] the feds made a raid for the entire house because I did not report my income for 4 years,” he wrote.
“And for them it was seen how I was running and hiding in DR when the reality was that I could not leave and get back to the USA. If you don’t live like this without renting you shouldn’t have an opinion.”
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He also claimed that a video he posted of a safe full of cash led to the confiscation of his jewelry.
“This was the reason the Feds did the raid,” he said of the video. “They broke into this safe thinking there was money in there but it was only the jewelry.”
