Bible at Elvis Presley's bedside when he died seeks $37,500 at auction
Elvis Presley’s worn, gold-stamped and dog-eared Bible is expected to be sold at auction Saturday in California if a minimum bid of $37,500 can be reached. Source link
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Civil War Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman’s sword to be sold at auction
The sword and trunk used by Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman during the Civil War are going to auction at Fleischer’s Auctions on Tuesday. Sherman is best known for torching Atlanta in 1864 and marching his troops from inland Georgia to the state’s Atlantic coast in the “March to the Sea,” which culminated in the […]
Al Capone’s pistol to go on sale at auction, expected to fetch millions
“Sweetheart,” the Colt 1911 .45 pistol faithfully used by mobster legend Al Capone, is going on sale at Richmond Auctions on May 18. The real-life “Scarface” used the pistol repeatedly over the years. “This gun was kind of his protection and I think it saved his life on a number of occasions and so he […]
Tomb near Marilyn Monroe, Hugh Hefner up at auction
A burial crypt near the tombs of Marilyn Monroe and Hugh Hefner in Los Angeles is being auctioned off by Julien’s Auctions on Saturday. The crypt that’s up at auction is “in the Corridor of Memories, Wall B, Space C-3 at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park & Mortuary in Los Angeles,” per the lot […]
Auction of The Pattie Boyd Collection surpasses expectations as it nets $3.6 million
LONDON — The online auction of a trove of letters, photos and other items that Pattie Boyd, who was at the heart of the Swinging 60s, concluded Friday – and it’s safe to say that it really surpassed all expectations. Christie’s, the world-renowned auction house, said its online sale of The Pattie Boyd Collection sold […]
Inside the Beltway: George Washington home holds a notable birthday auction
NEWS AND OPINION: In need of something historic — or historically minded? Now underway at Mount Vernon, the ancestral home of George Washington, is the George Washington Birthday Auction. The event is online — and interested folks can bid on a wide array of 604 items — which include original artworks, assorted personal “experiences,” sailing […]
Magritte painting may fetch $64 million at an auction marking a century of surrealism
LONDON — A major work by surrealist painter René Magritte that hasn’t been shown in public for a quarter century could fetch 50 million pounds ($64 million) at auction next month. Christie’s auction house announced Saturday that it will offer “L’ami intime” (The Intimate Friend) at a March 7 sale in London marking a century […]