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File - In this file photo from May 18, 2011, the hoodie and sunglasses used by Ted Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, are displayed in Atlanta as Kaczynski's personal items are auctioned off online with proceeds benefiting his victims' families in At David Goldman, file, Associated Press
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FILE - In this file photo from May 18, 2011, the hoodie and sunglasses used by Ted Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, are displayed as Kaczynski's personal items are auctioned off online with proceeds to benefit the victims' families in Atlanta. Carr David Goldman, file, Associated Press
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FILE - In an April 4, 1996 file photo, former University of California at Berkeley math professor Theodore John Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, is escorted into the federal courthouse in Helena, Mont. Carried out under court order by the U.S. Mar Elaine Thompson, file, Associated Press
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File - In this undated file photo released May 17, 2011 by the US Marshals Public Affairs Office, displayed are one of the lots of items being sold that were owned by Ted Kaczynski, aka the Unabomber, for an online auction with proceeds to benefit the vic US Marshals Public Affairs Office, file, Associated Press
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File- In this May 18, 2011, file photo a portion of the handwritten manifesto of Ted Kaczynski, aka the Unabomber, is displayed in Atlanta as personal items of Kaczynski are auctioned off online with proceeds benefiting his victims'g families. The online The Associated Press
By Associated Press

WASHINGTON — To most people, Theodore Kaczynski's bomb-making tools are meaningless relics from a life devoted to mayhem.

To Janine Vaccarello at the National Museum of Crime & Punishment in Washington, the tools are priceless.

For a mere $1,766 at an online government auction, Vaccarello was the winning bidder for Kaczynski's black and white passport photos, along with the wood saw and the Hanson Model 1509 scale that the man known as the Unabomber used for his deadly attacks.

The auction, which ended Thursday, was carried out under court order by the U.S. Marshals Service and the General Services Administration.

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It was revenge of a sort for the victims and the families terrorized by Kaczynski's senseless acts of violence, which left three people dead and 23 injured from 1978 to 1995.

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