NEW YORK- Bernard Madoff is a market - at least his Citi Field seats.
The two tickets for Monday, Citi Field opens the property of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities were offered up to $ 2,297 from 5 pm EDT Friday on eBay

Places 5-6 in eighth place in section 11, next to the plate from the New York Mets' dugout, are sold by the trustee overseeing the liquidation of companies Madoff.

Thirty-five submissions were made for tickets, which are called Delta Gold Club and have access to the Delta Club behind home plate. Tickets retail for $ 525 each, and there is a time of 9:56 pm EDT Sunday to bid for seats.

Lawyer Irving H. Picard has worked an agreement with the Mets, the return to the team two $ 695 seats in the second row, called Delta Platinum Club, in exchange for the pair being sold on eBay. Links to other tickets for the first homestand were published Friday on the website of Picard, www.madofftrustee.com.

Two tickets for each of the other games against the Padres on April 15-16 and for the three-game series against Milwaukee from April 17-19 were put on sale on StubHub.com. These tickets will sell $ 450 each.

Mets owners Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz were close to Madoff, who pleaded guilty March 12 in federal court to 11 counts, including securities fraud and perjury stemming from a Ponzi scheme prosecutors was said dollars 64.8 billion. The 70-year-old Madoff facing 150 years in prison at sentencing June 16.

Wilpon, Katz and many entities of the company, Sterling Equities, and foundations are among the affiliates cheated creditors.

According to a motion filed with the bankruptcy court, Madoff the company bought two tickets Delta Club Platinum - section 16, row 2, seats 5-6 - for $ 80,190. These tickets are worth $ 295 - $ 695 per game, depending on the opponent and the day of the week and $ 495 on average - the highest price in the stadium.

The Mets have agreed to exchange them for the Delta Gold Club seats, which are worth $ 60,750, a range of $ 225 - $ 525 per game and an average of $ 375. The restitution of $ 19,440 between the different denominations.

If the court approves, April seats would be sold for games and the rest as a package. The administrator said Delta Gold cheapest seats were "more marketable" and obtained the renewal rights for the purchaser of most of the season plan.

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