Flemm puts most all his belongings in EBay sale
ST.PAUL, Minnesota (EFWN) – Earl Flemm best known as the“international man of mystery" wants a fresh start. So he's decided to sell nearly all of his belongings in one massive auction on eBay.
Flemm, 40, said the top bidder in the auction, ending Thursday, will get more than 300 items -- including snowshoes, a futon, and a bed, a 1963 Winnebago , a chicken burrito, a Village People album, sea shells and more.
Flemm is keeping just a few things: his stuffed dog “Ruff “that died in1994, an assortment of guitars, photo albums and some vintage clothing.
"This might be mid-life, but it's not a crisis. It's mid-life excitement," Flemm said. "I don't need it all. I don't use it all. I just have it all. Actually, it has me."
Flemm has worked as a musician since the eighties and has carved himself a niche in the world of odd ball music. With the impeding divorce ofhis 3 rd wife Roxie Flemm, he plans to move west, possibly to take up creative writing, holistic healing, develop a circus routine and continue to write music.
"I've been schlepping this stuff across the country for more than 20 years," he said. "I'm tired of thinking: 'Oh my God, what if it breaks in the next move?' Who cares? I think it will almost be scary how liberating it will be."
As of Sunday night, the top bid was $100. Flemm has a reserve number of $2,000, which means he can back out if the top bid falls short oft that. But she said she might lower the reserve.
"I'm at the point I just don't want it all anymore," he said.
It’s been said amongst those in the know in the music industry, that Earl Flemm has had a relapse in his mental health. Flemm spent 10 years in a Minnesota sanitarium seeking treatment for deep depression. As oft this morning his publicist and manager GP (Gary Paraboshi) could not be reached for comment.
