The owner of a used furniture store in downtown Griffin lucked out when he purchased a storage unit once owned by Hall of Fame football player Terrell Owens.
Jim Rice said he paid just over $4,000 for Owens’ unit, which contained sports memorabilia such as old playbooks, a bust of the former star wide receiver and a pair of crystal-encrusted cleats adorned with Owens’ catch phrase, “Get yo’ popcorn ready.”
Rice told Channel 2 Action News he bought the unit at a storage auction in Atlanta after T.O. quit paying on it.
“You never know what you’re going to find when they open the door,” said Rice, owner of Jan’s Used Furniture.
Rice said it was probably the 20th celebrity storage unit he bought at auction.
Other items he’s amassed over the years include a Joseph Guay painting valued at $40,000 that he got from a unit belonging to former Atlanta Falcons running back Jamal Anderson, an MTV Video Music Award “Moon Man” trophy won by CeeLo Green and an upright piano that once sat in R. Kelly’s recording studio.
Credit: Channel 2 Action News
Credit: Channel 2 Action News
According to TMZ, Owens said he had no clue his stuff was getting auctioned off and would have appreciated a heads up from the storage company.
Owens reportedly told the news outlet “his people” tried to get in touch with the company for years but never heard back.
Much of Owens’ merchandise has already sold, Rice told Channel 2.
“Sometimes it’s luck of the draw, but every storage unit that’s sold has to have a legal ad,” he said, adding that Owens’ attorney has already reached out about getting some of his client’s stuff back.
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