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Article: $19,919.08: It's the right price for the microphone forever linked to TV game show host Bob Barker.
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- Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN)
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- June 19, 2007
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Byline: Amy Carlson Gustafson
Jun. 19--Although he has never competed in a Showcase Showdown, Dave Ryan was a lucky bidder Friday.
The morning show host for KDWB-FM 101.3, a Twin Cities Top 40 station, shelled out $19,919.08 in an eBay auction for the microphone used by Bob Barker on "The Price Is Right."
"I love celebrity memorabilia like that, and I think that it's a classic one," Ryan said Monday. "You think about Bob Barker's microphone, and you can picture it in your mind: that long, skinny microphone. Everybody's a Bob Barker fan. He reminds you of when you were a kid and you stayed home from school because you didn't feel good and you ...