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Lou Pearlman's New Nerd Bait Auction!

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PEARL DIVING Lou
A bankruptcy trustee is selling off more memories from the $12 million foreclosed Orlando home of Lou Pearlman, the Svengali behind the Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync, $160 million worth of federal bank fraud charges, and quite possibly the biggest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history.

Orlando news station WFTV talks to David Siegel, a timeshare mogul who visited the boy-band wonder in jail and says Pearlman insists he's innocent, adding that he wasn't running from the law or hiding out in Bali, as everyone knew he was there (save for, like, the FBI and the couple thousand people he owed money to). He also said Pearlman is trying to get out of jail on bond, a move a judge has previously denied, calling him a "serious flight risk."

In a previous auction, his treasures—gold and platinum boy band records and various trophies—netted about $225,000 for debtors. This time, as Pearlman sits in an 11-foot-by-7-foot Orange County jail cell, we learn that he was a massive Trekkie and an honorary Jedi who owned a framed homage to the Original Pancake House, an Obi Wan cookie jar, and what might be the tastiest collection of nerd bait every assembled under one roof.

[Highlights after the jump!]

• Star Wars Talking Piggy Bank with C3PO and R2D2

• 12-inch Darth Vader telephone

• Framed Pink Floyd Blimp

• Certificate of authenticity attached, framed and signed Buzz Aldren photo

• Seaworld Blimp flying over Cinderella's castle

• Framed print of "Natural" members

• Framed Rat Pack picture collage signed by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop, and Peter Lawford

• Framed poster of Original Pancake House

• Star Wars Episode II framed poster autographed "Happy Birthday to Lou" by unknown gifter

• Framed "Lavender Nebula" print by Mark Rickerson

• Framed signed photo of Darth Vader to LJP

• Framed LJP signature analysis

• Star Trek Communicator and stand

• Limited-edition "Obi Wan Kenobi" Cookie Jar

• 58-inch Coca-Cola machine

• Avirex leather jacket, size 4XL

• Numbered salvaged piece from the Titanic

• 4 Rosenthal Versace Medusa candle holders

• Artwork by Lou Pearlman

• Anthony Robbins "Personal Power," three sets

• Box of shell art, 2 steins, and statue

• 2 "Pearlman Estate" doormats

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring prop

Full listing of the auction inventory here.

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