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Last week, we featured Gary Zimet, the guy whose gonzo memorabilia business Moments in Time is trying to sell the cars in which hip-hop artists Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. were murdered. He has some other weird, morbid shit too, like the hearse that transported Martin Luther King Jr.’s body and an authentic copy of Schindler’s List. But it turns out there’s more of a dispute over who actually has the BMW than anyone expected.
The nostalgia peddler who’s been attempting to sell cars in which Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. were shot hasn’t been having much luck in moving them on the open market. Pitchfork spoke to Moments in Time founder Gary Zimet about his service, which acquires and resells “original historical materials,” and how he hasn’t gotten anyone to bite on the two murder cars.