One of only four original copies of Schindler's list, made famous in the film of the same name, has been listed for sale on eBay, according to FOX News.
The interest in the document has "exceeded our wildest dreams," said the sellers.
The site requires bidders to qualify in advance of bidding, and while confidentiality is guaranteed, the vetting process is strict.
"The qualification process to bid is very stringent," Zimet told FOX. "We have to chat with their bankers to make sure they have the money."
The reserve price is $3 million. The site has four qualified bidders, according to Gary Zimet, a California collector who runs the website MomentsInTime.com.
Zimet hopes the document will bring in over $5 million. However, he expects the auction to follow the same path as the average listing, with the more competitive bids not coming until moments before the sale concludes, which will happen on July 28.
"It's too early to determine what will happen, but publicity has been the key," Zimet said. "We've had hundreds of thousands of viewers see the piece because we put it on eBay.
"We're very pleased with the level of interest," Zimet added.
This is the first time one of the lists has been sold on an open market. There were originally seven versions of the list, though only four are known to exist. Two are at Yad Vashem, the Israeli Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the other is at the U.S. Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.
Oskar Schindler was a German businessman during World War II who saved over a thousand Jewish refugees from the Nazis, at great personal risk, by claiming they were essential workers for his enamel-works factories. The story became more commonly known after Steven Spielberg made a film about his story.
The list is 14 pages long and is dated April 18, 1945, and it lists the names of 801 men, written in pencil, according to the eBay listing. It comes from the family of Itzhak Stern, the man who worked as Schindler's accountant and right-hand man. Stern's nephew sold the document to the current owner three years ago.
"It's a tremendously important relic and any buyer should do with it what he/she sees fit," Zimet said. "There's no reason people should assume it should be donated."
Zimet says the document is guaranteed authentic.
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