DENVER—An auction house has pulled a 1999 Columbine High School yearbook from a sale after a former student said it was stolen.
Sarah Bay says she was surprised when bidding reached $700 on an online auction site. She said it isn’t for sale. The person who took the yearbook has not been identified.
Bay was a junior at Columbine High School in 1999, during one of the worst school shootings in American history.
Her yearbook, printed just before the attack, features smiling photos of the shooters and the 13 people they murdered before killing themselves.
Nate Sanders, who runs the auction site, told KMGH-TV he had no idea the yearbook was stolen.
Sanders said he bought it on eBay for about $1,700 from the person he thought was the owner.
Several high-profile blogs criticized Bay for apparently trying to profit from the tragedy.
“It feels like another victimization. I went through a really horrible tragedy, and now I’m going through another situation where I’m being victimized,” said Bay.
Bay said she plans to show her children the yearbook, which she called the last memento of when things were normal for her.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said deputies are working with the auction house to arrange returning the yearbook to Bay.
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Information from: KMGH-TV,
