A Ku Klux Klan hood and robe sold for $3,000 in a Pennsylvania auction on Saturday.

Scranton-area ABC affiliate WNEP-TV reported that an anonymous buyer purchased it on consignment at the Beaver Springs Auction Center.

The auction center had faced backlash for allowing the item to be auctioned off, including a call from a local pastor who called it “inappropriate,” according to WNEP.

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Auctioneer Dawn Miller defended the decision to accept the robe for a consignment sale, citing its “historical” value.

"My reasoning is it's a historical item,” Miller told the station. “They're very valuable and they're very collectible and it is strictly historical.”

Miller originally predicted that the robe and hood would sell for at least $700. Because it is a consignment sale, the seller collects a profit.

One local resident told WNEP that the sale makes her “angry.”

"To me, the message it spreads is hatred and I wouldn't want anybody to make any profit off of it,” Dez Ewig said. “No offense to anybody at the auction house. I know them, I like them but it's just something that should not be sold."