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Family Sells $3 Bowl for $2.2M
 Family Sells $3 Bowl for $2.2M 
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Mar 24, 2013 9:43 AM CDT

Family Sells $3 Bowl for $2.2M

1K-year-old Chinese bowl found at garage sale, sold at Sotheby’s

(Newser) - One lucky New York family sold a tiny Chinese bowl this week for $2,224,997 more than they paid for it: $3, at a garage sale six years ago. The bowl, which measures roughly 5.5 inches in diameter, sat in the unnamed family's home for years; eventually,...

Experts Confirm Violin Played on Deck of Titanic

Bandmaster was performing 'Nearer, My God, to Thee'

(Newser) - A salt-stained violin that sank with the Titanic a century ago may soon come up for auction, the New York Post reports. Experts have authenticated the instrument, and say that bandmaster Wallace Hartley played it in the ship's final moments as he led his eight-member group in performing "...

For Sale: Original Iwo Jima Monument

Felix de Weldon made smaller statue before 32-foot Arlington version

(Newser) - A long-forgotten piece of America's military history is going up for sale. The original smaller statue of the iconic raising of the US flag at Iwo Jima in 1945 is expected to fetch up to $1.8 million later this month at a New York auction dedicated to World...

USA's Eruzione Selling 'Miracle on Ice' Jersey

It's expected to fetch at least $1 million

(Newser) - Good thing Mike Eruzione saved his jersey: The 1980 Olympian who scored a late goal in the "Miracle on Ice" game to beat the Soviets is putting it up for auction next month, reports AP . It's expected to fetch at least $1 million at Heritage Auctions on Feb....

Studio 54 Guest Book, Other Treasures Up for Auction

Steve Rubell's archive going on sale

(Newser) - Steve Rubell's Studio 54 archive will be auctioned off Jan. 19, and the treasure trove includes such items as the guest book where co-founder Rubell would write who was expected each evening; drink tickets; a Polaroid of Rubell snapped by Andy Warhol; and of course, numerous pictures of those...

For Sale: Rare Color Pics of Beatles in '64

65 slides from first US tour set for the auction block

(Newser) - Unpublished early color photographs of the Beatles' first US tour will be sold at a UK auction. The photos were taken during the band's 1964 visit to the US, when color film was expensive and most images of the group were in black and white. The collection of 65...

Rare Princess Diana Photo Up for Auction

It was taken before she was a princess

(Newser) - An interesting photo of a teenaged Diana Spencer, taken years before she became a princess, goes up for auction later this month, reports the Huffington Post . It shows Diana, probably around age 18, relaxing in a ski chalet with a friend named Adam Russell, reports NBC News with help from...

Up for Auction: Ousted Dictator's Bling

Tunisia's Ben Ali must watch from afar as his stuff gets sold

(Newser) - It's one thing to lose your job as dictator in a popular uprising . But to see all your belongings—from your 40 luxury cars to your miniature golden sphinxes to your wife's treadmill—go to the highest bidder? That's the fate being suffered by former Tunisian leader...

Up for Auction: Charles Schulz's Forbidden Love Letters

'Peanuts' creator sent them to young lady while he was married

(Newser) - The late Peanuts creator Charles Schulz was once so infatuated with a young woman 23 years his junior he sent her dozens of romantic letters and drawings of his beloved cartoon characters. Many of the themes of that correspondence made it into his daily comic strips at the time, and...

Up for Auction: Biggest Mistake in Music History
 Up for Auction: 
 Biggest Mistake 
 in Music History 
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Nov 25, 2012 12:55 PM CST

Up for Auction: Biggest Mistake in Music History

Beatles' demo tape hitting the block

(Newser) - It's been called one of the biggest mistakes in music history: The Beatles auditioned for record label Decca on New Year's Day 1962 ... and the label passed on the band, signing a group called the Tremeloes instead. Now the demo tape recorded during the band's audition has...

Coin From 1652, Found in Potato Field, Sells for $430K

Sixpence is just one of 8 known to exist

(Newser) - A silver Colonial Massachusetts coin from 1652 that was found in a potato field has been auctioned for $430,000. Newsday reports that a New York woman found the coin, one of just eight known to exist, 23 years ago with a metal detector. It garnered four times as much...

Diamond Fetches Record $21.5M

76-carat Archduke Joseph gem sells at Christie's

(Newser) - Christie's has auctioned off the famed Archduke Joseph Diamond for $21,474,525 including commission, a world auction record price per carat for a colorless diamond. The price was well above the expected $15 million and more than triple the price paid for it at auction almost two decades...

Dorothy's Wizard of Oz Dress Fetches $480K

Iconic dress snapped up in Hollywood auction

(Newser) - The blue gingham dress Judy Garland wore as Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz was the star of a two-day auction of Hollywood memorabilia. An unidentified buyer paid $480,000 for the dress made by famous MGM costume designer Adrian Greenberg, and another buyer shelled out $33,750 for a...

Bonnie and Clyde's Guns Go for $500K

Guns fetch more than target prices

(Newser) - A fired up bidder purchased the guns Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were packing when they died in a hail of bullets for $504,000. Bonnie's snub-nosed .38 special—found taped to the inside of her thigh where "no gentleman officer" would dare search for it, according to...

Site Auctioning Biggest Moon Rock Ever Sold

Meteorite is expected to fetch $340K

(Newser) - Heritage Auctions is currently taking bids on the biggest moon rock ever to come up for auction—a glittering 4-pound slab of meteorite from the highland breccias on the far side of the moon, Space.com reports. The rock, which is called Dar al Gani 1058, is expected to fetch...

Elvis' Old Bible Sells for $94K

Bible was given to Presley in 1957, contains his notations

(Newser) - A bible once owned by Elvis Presley was sold in a British auction yesterday for $94,000, reports the BBC . The bible was given to Elvis for his first Christmas at his Graceland estate in 1957, and contains numerous annotations by the King in the margins. "It was a...

8 Bizarre Celeb Auctions
 8 Bizarre Celeb Auctions 
brit's gum ... for $14K?!
Aug 25, 2012 6:48 AM CDT

8 Bizarre Celeb Auctions

How much would you pay ... for Britney's ABC gum?

(Newser) - If you had the money and nothing better to spend it on, it might be kinda neat to own, say, lyrics hand-written by John Lennon or an iconic costume worn by Marilyn Monroe . But some of the stuff people buy at celebrity auctions will make you raise your eyebrows, to...

Bonnie, Clyde's Guns Up for Grabs

Handguns were found on outlaw lovers after death

(Newser) - The guns Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were carrying when they died in a hail of bullets during a police ambush 78 years ago are going to be auctioned off. The Colt .38-caliber revolver Bonnie had taped to her inner thigh and the .45-caliber Colt pistol Clyde had tucked into...

George Washington's Book Sells for $10M

223-year-old volume includes Bill of Rights and Constitution

(Newser) - A 223-year-old book once owned by George Washington has raked in nearly $10 million at auction. The 106-page leather-bound edition of The Acts of Congress was printed for the first president in 1789 and includes a copy of the Constitution and a draft of the Bill of Rights. Washington's...

Crowning Blooper: Airport Finds Tiara, Decides to Sell It

Duchess Argyll spots it in auction catalog six years later

(Newser) - When Glascow airport workers discovered a diamond tiara in lost luggage in 2006, officials made a surprising decision. Instead of trying to discover who owned the tiara, they sold it and other jewels (worth, it turns out, $157,000) found in the same bag to a local dealer for a...

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