Elon Musk’s college ex is cashing in!
A birthday card Elon Musk gave his college girlfriend is up for auction and expected to fetch more than $10,000.
The card is one of the dozens of items up for grabs by his ex-Ivy League sweetheart.
Jennifer Gwynne (48), who dated the future billionaire when the two were enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania, is auctioning the personal collection of photos and mementos.
The birthday card Musk gave Gwynne in December 1995 reads: “Happy birthday Jennifer (aka Boo Boo). Love, Elon.”
The signed card is expected to sell for more than $10,000 when bidding ends Wednesday.
Gwynne said, “Boo-Boo was what Musk called me when he was being playful and teasing me.”
Another popular item, a dollar bill signed by Musk, has a top bid of $7,604 as of early Monday morning.
A photograph of Musk sitting at the computer has solicited 26 bids, with the highest bidder willing to fork over $1,355.
Gwynne and Musk first started dating at the Philadelphia-based Ivy League school in the fall of 1994 while they both lived in the same dormitory as resident advisers.
Musk, the future entrepreneur who would go on to become the world’s wealthiest person, is seen in the photos as a 23-year-old who could be playful, affectionate, serious and tech-savvy.
One photo in the collection being put on the block by Boston-based RR Auction shows Musk wearing a “Judge Dredd” T-shirt, which pays homage to the comic book character that inspired the movie starring Sylvester Stallone.
In another photo, a smiling Musk is seen lying down on the floor with his hands behind his head while Gwynne snaps a picture of him as he looks into the camera with his feet apparently on her lap.
While in another pic, you can see Musk displaying his tender side as he lies on a couch while holding Gwynne, who is cuddling him.
There are a plethora of pics, showing Musk sightseeing at Niagara Falls, hiking in San Francisco, and dining out with four other classmates at a local restaurant.
Gwynne said, “I’m selling the photos in order to help fund my stepson’s college tuition.”
“Musk was ambitious and idealistic. I always knew that he would go places,” she continued. “He was very intense, very focused on his studies. Back then he was always talking about electric cars. He was definitely going somewhere. He just saw school as a stepping stone.”
When asked about their relationship, Gwynne replied, “While our relationship was sweet, he would withhold PDA. His shy nature attracted me at first. He used to be my type. We were physical when we needed to be… but there wasn’t any hand-holding or anything like that. He liked to be together. He just liked having someone there with him, someone to support him.”
The relationship ended when Musk moved to Palo Alto, Calif. after that semester. Gwynne said she visited him once out West, but they decided to end the relationship.
“If we weren’t physically together it was a problem because he’s not good on the phone,” Gwynne recalled. “He said, ‘It’s a waste of time.’ It was hard, it was not what a 20-year-old woman wanted to hear. I was totally in love with him at the time.”
