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Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘Black Book’ set to go to auction

FILE - This photo provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein, March 28, 2017. On Monday, July 1, 2024, Florida Circuit Judge Luis Delgado released the transcripts of a 2006 grand jury investigation that looked into sex trafficking and rape allegations made against Epstein. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File) (Uncredited, New York State Sex Offender Registry)

Jeffrey Epstein’s infamous “Black Book” is set to go to auction Aug. 16.

According to a media release, Maryland auctioneers Alexander Historical Auctions will auction the personal address and telephone book owned by American financier and sex offender.

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The small, plastic-bound 64-page book contains 386 individual printed entries with two handwritten entries penned on the last page. The majority of the entries also include contact information for private residences, aides, employees, parents, and even girlfriends, and many numbers have no names indicated at all.

94 of the names bear black checkmarks, and five have been highlighted in yellow. These five names, including that of former president Donald Trump, are those of well-recognized financial and industrial figures.

Jeffrey Epstein's "little black book" containing hundreds of names, addresses and telephone numbers of friends and associates. Some unknown names and numbers may be tied to foreign agencies or governments, many claim. Offered at public auction by Alexander Historical Auctions August 16, 2024. (Courtesy: Alexander Historical Auctions)

In addition to former president Donald Trump, other notables within include current presidential candidate Robert Kennedy, Jr., attorney Alan Dershowitz, Sen. Edward Kennedy, and many dozens of other giants in the fields of finance, manufacturing, real estate, politics, film, television, law, fashion design, and so on.

According to the auction house, the book was offered for private sale and drew offers in the “area of $100,000″ but those offers were rejected.

A page from the "little black book" once owned by Jeffrey Epstein, this example (blurred in this image) showing entries for entries for former president Donald Trump. The book is being offered at public auction by Alexander Historical Auctions on August 16, 2024. (Courtesy: Alexander Historical Auctions)

Epstein, a millionaire money manager, surrounded himself with celebrities, leading academics and big names from the fashion and political worlds before he was arrested in Palm Beach, Florida, in 2006 and accused of paying underage girls for sex.

The book will be offered for sale at open, public auction Aug. 16, 2024.

Bidding details appear on the Alexander Historical Auctions website.


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