Minnesota man Dennis Anderson (inset) crashed his motorised La-Z-Boy chair into a parked car after driving it while his blood alcohol level was three times over the legal limit. The chair sold on eBay this week for US$10,000. Photos / AP

Minnesota man Dennis Anderson (inset) crashed his motorised La-Z-Boy chair into a parked car after driving it while his blood alcohol level was three times over the legal limit. The chair sold on eBay this week for US$10,000. Photos / AP

The motorised chair belonging to a man arrested for driving it into a parked car last year while drunk has sold for US$10,099 (NZ$13,928).

Proctor Police Chief Walter Wobig didn't immediately know the winning bidder's name or hometown after it was sold at an eBay auction on Thursday, according to the Duluth News Tribune.

Wobig says international media attention helped fuel the bidding.

The chair was built by Dennis LeRoy Anderson. He had pleaded guilty to driving the motorised chair with a blood-alcohol level nearly four times the legal limit.

Anderson says he expected the chair would fetch only US$2,000 to $3,000.

The recliner is powered by a lawnmower engine. It comes equipped with a stereo, cup holders and lights.

- AP