Was Nicolas Cage a vampire during the Civil War? This $1,000,000 photograph holds the answers

io9.com ^ | September 17, 2011 | io9.com

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Are you an unhinged billionaire? Are you a sucker for impulse buys? Do you sit around wondering if the fellow née Nicolas Kim Coppola is an immortal Confederate soldier who feasts on human blood? Then have I got an eBay purchase for you, pilgrim!

Behold this recent auction titled "Nicolas Cage is a Vampire / Photo from 1870 / Tennessee":

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

I think he must be...

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Check this out...

[tgusa]

Sheesh, and gay to boot ......

[stuartcr]

Obviously

[mike_9958]

ah yes, there are is a whole race of immortals. Most are hiding out as movie stars.....

very sneeky of them.

[evets]

So... superman's gay? That's weird.

[2banana]

$1,000,000 to buy the photo

and you STILL HAVE TO PAY THE $2.75 in shipping

???

[Cheburashka]

Was he a vampire during the Civil war?!? If he was a vampire during the Civil War, he's still a vampire.

[aft_lizard]

The Q&A on this auction make it worth a read, the seller is quite humorous IMO.

[Vinnie]

Sheesh, and gay to boot ......

I don't think the neck is a perquisite for being a vampire.

[woofer]

Ya know, now that I think of it, I've never seen him out and about during sunny days. Hmmmm

And when was the last time anyone seen him look into a mirror? Hmmm, hmmmmm.

[Vinnie]

prerequisite.

[sushiman]

The seller has had 393 offers !

[wiggen]

remarkable.

[Pilgrim's Progress]

Then have I got an eBay purchase for you, pilgrim!/i>

But . . . but . . . but . . . I don't have a million. I think I might could scrape up 50 cents for an old, mildewy photo.

[central_va]

Nick Cage wasn't the only blood lusting ghoul around during that time.

[JoeProBono]

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Excellent!

[riri]

Funny. (:

[BigCinBigD]

The whole mirror and daylight thing is a cover myth. Don’t ask me how I know...