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The Commonwealth of Virginia is selling a Snoop Dogg snow globe

The Commonwealth of Virginia is selling a Snoop Dogg snow globe

Axios12-02-2025

The Commonwealth of Virginia has a Snoop Dogg snow globe for sale on the government surplus auction site.
Why it matters: It's only $2, as of this writing. Also, at some point, the state owned a Snoop Dog snow globe.
State of play: An Axios Richmond reader alerted us yesterday to the Snoop Dogg snow globe listing on GovDeals.com, an online auction site that helps governments get rid of any surplus inventory.
The site is often a treasure trove of mundane or bizarre listings that are somehow in the possession of local governments.
Sometime one might see a full-sized school bus for sale on behalf of Chesterfield, other times it might be a massive diorama of a beaver den, which Henrico County inexplicably wanted to unload in 2022.
This time, however, it's a Snoop Dogg snow globe, from the Snoop on The Stoop holiday line, according to our research.
It's one of nearly 1,000 items recently listed for sale by the state, along with a wooden rolling pin, a suede handbag, a magnetic cat toy and aprox. 900 loose screwdrivers.
Pick up for all the items is in Henrico.
The state did not respond to a request for comment by press time.

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