Zimmerman Sells Gun for $150,000—Then Gets Better Offer

George Zimmerman is looking into a second, higher offer for the gun he used to kill Travyon Martin—even though a Daytona Beach bar owner claims the deal was sealed with him for $150,000.
Zimmerman Sells Gun for $150,000—Then Gets Better Offer
George Zimmerman leaves court at the end of his 16th day of his trial in Seminole circuit court, July 1, 2013 in Sanford, Florida. Joe Burbank-Pool/Getty Images
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George Zimmerman is looking into a second, higher offer for the gun he used to kill Travyon Martin—even though a Daytona Beach bar owner claims the deal was sealed with him for $150,000. 

Denny Honeycutt had agreed to purchase the gun for $150,000 when, at the last minute, a woman offered $250,000 for the black Kel-Tec PF-9 9mm gun, which she said was for her son’s birthday party, according to the Daytona Beach Journal. 

The online auction had a couple of false starts before the gun was sold. Zimmerman first posted it to an auction site that delisted it, wanting nothing to do with it.

Zimmerman then listed it on the United Gun Group site, but the bidding was trolled, most notably by bidder “Racist McShootface,” who drove the price up to $65 million. Zimmerman took that auction down and restarted a different one. 

The bar owner, Honeycutt, thought he had already reached an agreement with Zimmerman, and there was an arrangement set up for Zimmerman to deliver the gun to Honeycutt’s home in a gated community. 

Honeycutt told the Daytona Beach Journal that he wanted the gun because it was a part of Florida’s history.

Sanford police officer Timothy Smith holds up the gun that was used to kill Trayvon Martin. (Joe Burbank-Pool/Getty Images)
Sanford police officer Timothy Smith holds up the gun that was used to kill Trayvon Martin. Joe Burbank-Pool/Getty Images
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