I don't know about that .... I heard about one longtime FReeper who'd wandered away from FReeping, who was offered serious money for his screenname and login.
Might be a tough sell to JohnRob, without the Photon cookie, or with a Photon cookie spotlighting a previously-identified Media Matters troll.
Cool story. It's hard to imagine that it's true, however. What can someone do with a FR handle that would be worth serious money to them?