December 6, 2007 - 12:00pm
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Despite E-Bay prices, we still love Brendan Byrne

Former Governor Brendan Byrne has an explanation as to why his autograph was currently selling on E-Bay for $3.00, while autographs of U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg and former Governors Jim Florio and Tom Kean are priced at between $24.75 and $29.99.

“It’s the market,” Byrne told PolitickerNJ.com’s Matt Friedman.  “There are a lot of my signatures around. Mine was selling for $30 when I was in office. Nobody was buying them, and that’s what happens.”

While Byrne understands the economic theories of supply and demand, that doesn’t mean the two-term Governor, who served from 1974 to 1982, is happy about the bargain rates of his autograph.

“I’m crushed,” Byrne said. “It takes me longer to write my name too.”

Wally Edge can be reached via email at politicsnj@aol.com.