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The true identity of Pumpman1994, the screen name of the winning bidder, will have to wait a little longer, UC president Edwin H. Welch said.
"We knew a couple of the people that were bidding. One person called after it was over and said he helped bid the price up. But he didn't have the winning bid," Welch said. "We have no idea who it is right now, just a screen name."
Welch said the auction was one of the most popular on eBay before it closed at 5:08 p.m. Saturday.
It was listed in the top 10 of eBay's "Everything Else" category Saturday morning, according to a UC press release.
"We're going to use the money to help with the cost of the project. We're not going to set it aside for some specific fund," Welch said. "The next step is to sell the site and hope it's an economic development site for South Charleston. ... We've been told all along the site would be more valuable if there was not a building on it."
Eight commercial developers have shown interest in purchasing 6.5-acre site, Cleta Harless, UC vice president of administration and finance, said previously.
Money was never the object of the auction, Welch said.
"We just wanted to create some excitement," he said. "We were hopeful it would take off."
UC is paying about $1.6 million to demolish the 106,000-square-foot building.
University officials initially planned to convert the building into classrooms, faculty office space and living quarters for pharmacy students.
That plan was dropped when UC determined that it would cost up to $10 million to bring the building up to Americans with Disabilities Act standards, Harless said.
The university also considered the the site for its softball field, but UC was able to secure property through the city of Charleston for that project, she said.
Union Carbide built the building in 1948. It once served as its regional corporate headquarters.
In preparation for the demolition, the tunnels that went from Building 82 under MacCorkle Avenue have been sealed off and the fiber optic line that ran through the building has been rerouted, according to UC.
O'Rourke Wrecking, based out of Ohio, and Demolition Dynamics out of Tennessee will demolish the building, 9 a.m. Saturday, with the help of Pumpman1994.
"It's exciting, and now we invite people to come out for the demolition," Welch said.
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