Those Chinese sure do move to the beat of their own human rights record … I mean drums. Monday, 90 of the 2,008 drums used at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games were auctioned for $1.88 million over 26 hours of online bidding. The drums, also known as “fou,” are made from clay or bronze. Another 410 drums and 1,000 “zhujian” bamboo scrolls will be available at jinmajia.com this Wednesday.
The drums were a focal point during the opening ceremony.
Since the Olympics wrapped, more than 500,000 items from the games have already been sold for almost 30 million yuan including a bed used by Chinese and Houston Rockets basketballer Yao Ming. Bongs possibly left behind by American swimmers will not be available.
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