Anthony Pugliese
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Anthony V. Pugliese III | |
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Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur and businessman |
Employer | The Pugliese Company Destiny, FL and Pop Culture Collection[2] |
Website | www |
Anthony V. Pugliese III is an American real estate developer and pop culture collector. He is the chairman and founder of The Pugliese Company, a real estate and business development company.[1] The Pugliese Company is known best for its proposed development of Destiny, a 61-square-mile eco-sustainable city spanning 41,000 acres that was named one of the 16 founding projects of the Climate Positive Development program by the Clinton Climate Initiative.[3] Pugliese is also known for his pop culture collectibles that have included the James Bond 007 Aston Martin DB5, the hat of the Wicked Witch of the West from the Wizard of Oz, and the gun that Jack Ruby used to kill Lee Harvey Oswald.[2]
Early life and business activities
Since the 1970s, Pugliese and The Pugliese Company have designed condos, office buildings, and self-storage units.
Pop culture collection
One of Anthony V. Pugliese III's most prized possessions in his pop culture collection is the gun that Jack Ruby used to assassinate Lee Harvey Oswald.[2] Pugliese bought the Colt Cobra .38 at auction in 1991 for $220,000, after the Ruby family won the rights to the gun following a 20-year legal battle.[6]
Although Pugliese remains a top pop culture and political memorabilia collector, he did auction off a sizable amount of his collection to raise funds for his 41,000 acre eco-sustainable community, Destiny. Items that were sold at auction as part of Pugliese's Pop Culture Collection included:[2]
- The witch's hat worn by Margaret Hamilton in The Wizard of Oz during the sequence in which Dorothy splashes her with water and she cries out: "I'm melting!" ($170,000)
- The tailcoat worn by Orson Welles in Citizen Kane with a K embroidered on each cuff ($27,000)
- Christopher Reeve's Superman costumes ($45,000)
- The steel-reinforced black felt hat that Oddjob used as a deadly weapon in the James Bond film Goldfinger ($110,000)
- Several canes carried by Charlie Chaplin ($4,200 and upwards)
- Harrison Ford's bullwhip in Indiana Jones ($57,500)
- The gun used by JFK Assassination.
Destiny, Florida
Destiny, Florida, was a proposed large scale eco-sustainable community designed as a biotechnology hub located in
Charitable activities
Anthony V. Pugliese III has contributed to both local and national based charities. In 2010, he donated $150,000 to create a Little League baseball field for disabled children in Delray Beach.[11] He named the field in honor of his grandson, Anthony V. Pugliese V. Pugliese has also been known to use his pop culture memorabilia to generate donations to charity including using bullets fired from the gun Jack Ruby used to kill Lee Harvey Oswald to raise money for various charities such as the National Audubon Society and other environmental groups.[12]
References
- ^ a b Fellersfeller, Stephen (June 25, 2010). "Coconut Creek looking to develop along Wiles Road". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
- ^ a b c d Pilkington, Ed (March 16, 2008). "Witch's hat and Jack Ruby's gun under the hammer". The Guardian. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
- ^ Pisani, Joseph (June 30, 2009). "Sustainable Cities Laying The Right Foundation". CNBC. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e Sashin, Daphne (July 27, 2006). "Can-do dreamer has important date with Destiny in Osceola". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
- ^ a b Reed, Travis (October 22, 2006). "Developer seeking his Destiny in eco-sustainable model city". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
- ^ Newsweek Staff (November 21, 1993). "True Disbelievers". Newsweek. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
- ^ Fleming, Sibley (June 11, 2009). "Starting from Scratch, Developer Plans America's First Eco City in Florida". The Green Sheet, National Real Estate Investor. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved April 17, 2009.
- ^ "Clinton Climate Initiative To Demonstrate Model For Sustainable Urban Growth With Projects In 10 Countries On Six Continents" Archived July 28, 2012, at archive.today, Press Release, Clinton Foundation, May 18, 2009
- ^ Marvin G. Gortner, "Destiny facing huge hurdles ", County News , Around Osceola, April 9, 2010
- ^ Freeman, Marc. "Builder faces $23M court orders over failed land deal". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
- ^ Herrera, Maria (May 15, 2010). "Miracle League opens field of dreams for special needs players". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
- ^ Trask, Mike (March 11, 2008). "From Jack Ruby to Las Vegas: A gun's trajectory". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved November 8, 2014.