World’s oldest message in a bottle discovered in Australia
The world’s oldest known message in a bottle has been discovered on a beach in Western Australia. The incredible find was tossed over the side of the Paula, a German […]
2018-03-06
Rare suffragette board game coming to auction
An original example of the rare suffragette board game Pank-a-Squith is coming to auction at Hansons Auctioneers. The incomplete version, which is missing its board, is valued at £100 ($138) […]
2018-03-05
Lord Lucan’s top hat tops auction
Lord Lucan’s top hat has been the lead performer of an auction of the absent aristocrat’s belongings. The silk-lined topper, featuring an “L” monogram, hammered for £2,200 ($3,050) at Holloway’s […]
2018-02-28
George Washington Pater Patriae button makes $225,000
A copper “Pater Patriae” button commemorating George Washington’s inauguration led a sale of political memorabilia on February 24. The lot sold for $225,000, a record figure for this variant. By […]
2018-02-26
Lock of George Washington’s hair found in college library
A lock of George Washington’s hair has been discovered inside an 18th century almanac in Union College’s Schaffer Library in New York. The curious find was made during a routine […]
2018-02-22
George Washington inauguration button will auction
This button commemorates the inauguration of George Washington in 1789. It’s inscribed: "General Washington Pater Patriæ". That Latin phrase means “Father of his Country”. While that term is commonly associated […]
2018-02-05
Fidel Castro’s personal cigars sold for $22,000 at RR Auction
A signed box of cigars from the personal collection of Fidel Castro sold for an impressive $22,000 this week at Boston-based company RR Auction. The box of Trinidad Fundadores cigars […]
2018-01-08
For sale: the Watergate door lock that brought down a President
It may look like a simple door lock. But it’s actually a vital piece of history from ‘Watergate’, one of the darkest moments in American political history. That simple lock, […]
2017-12-06
President’s secret palm reading to sell at Heritage Auctions
A palm reading secretly given to President Franklin D. Roosevelt could fetch up to $20,000 at Heritage Auctions next week. The signed palm prints of both FDR and First Lady […]
2017-11-27
Rare JFK painting could top $50,000 at Heritage Auctions
A highly rare painting by President John F. Kennedy is expected to sell for more than $50,000 at auction. The oil painting will cross the block as part of Heritage […]
2017-11-24
Barack Obama’s doodled self-portrait sells for $11,000
A set of doodled pencil sketches by President Barack Obama has sold at action for more than $11,000 in the U.S. The drawings on a sheet of White House stationary […]
2017-11-15
Lee Harvey Oswald’s morgue toe tag set for auction
An online sale at RR Auction this week will include a piece of particularly macabre memorabilia: the original toe-tag from the body of Lee Harvey Oswald. The tag, which also […]
2017-11-07
Rare Titanic locker keys sold for more than $100,000
A rare set of locker keys from the Titanic has sold for more than $100,000 at auction in the U.K this past weekend. The keys had originally belonged to Sidney […]
2017-10-23
Lizzie Borden murder document sells for $16,250
A document signed by the infamous Lizzie Borden sold for $16,250 at Heritage Auctions in Dallas this week. Borden became notorious in 1892, when her father and step-mother were brutally […]
2017-10-18
Tragic letter written aboard the Titanic could top $100,000
One of the last-known letters written aboard the Titanic before it sank is expected to sell for more than $100,000 at auction this week. The four-page letter describes life on […]
