Atlanta (CNN) -- An online auction of "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski's personal items was set to begin Wednesday, with proceeds to compensate some of his victims.
The online auction will run through June 2, the U.S. Marshals Service said last week. Among about 60 items up for sale are personal documents such as driver's licenses, birth certificates and checks; academic transcripts; typewriters; and "more than 20,000 pages of written documents, including the original handwritten and typewritten versions" of Kaczynski's manifesto, authorities said.
The auction will be conducted by the General Services Administration, the Marshals Service said. A catalog of the items will be available on the
GSA's auction website when the sale begins.
Kaczynski, now 68, killed three people and wounded 23 others in a string of bombings from 1978 to 1995. He was arrested in 1996, pleaded guilty in 1998 and is now serving a life term in the federal "Supermax" prison in Florence, Colorado.
The FBI dubbed him the "Unabomber" as shorthand for his early targets -- universities and airlines.
Four of his victims are owed $15 million in court-ordered restitution; the others opted not to seek restitution from him.
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