This started as a top ten list, but we came across some additional entries that deserved to be on the list. 12) John F. Kennedy’s Newspaper signed on the morning of his assassination: $39,000 The copy of the November 22nd 1963 edition of the Dallas Morning News…
Next month during their Sept. 10/11, 2011 auction, Clars Auction Gallery will be featuring rare Amelia Earhart items including a pair of 1920s Luxor aviator goggles damaged in an early plane crash and 18 unpublished personal photographs belonging to the famed aviator….
Presidential items, to include a bench handmade by Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan’s College yearbook, to be sold November 6 – 7 by Red Baron in Atlanta; Auction could be red Baron’s biggest sale ever. Other items include a signed acoustic guitar…
(New York, New York) — Described as a collection people have waited for decades to come on the market, a colorful author and historian’s extensive multi-million dollar archive of important American manuscripts, maps, letters, early photographs, books and…
Another sunken treasure story – gotta love them: Salvage crews find wreck of legendary British warship HMS Victory Yahoo! Canada News Sun Feb 1, 2009 “TAMPA, Fla. – Florida deep-sea explorers who found $500 million in sunken treasure two years ago…
Man held over theft of rare Shakespeare folio Yahoo! News UK Friday, July 11, 2008 “LONDON (Reuters) – Police are quizzing a man over the theft of a rare collection of works by William Shakespeare stolen from Durham University 10 years ago. The first folio…
Titanic life vest makes splash at auction TOM AYERS The Cape Breton Post June 25, 2008 “SYDNEY – A very rare cork-and-canvas life vest from the ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic, which sank in the cold North Atlantic Ocean in 1912, sold at Christie’s auction…
Medieval calculator up for grabs Nature News by Philip Ball April 2, 2008 “The British Museum needs 350,000 pounds to secure this astrolabe. The fate of a fourteenth-century pocket calculator is hanging in the balance between museum ownership and private sale….
Well, let’s keep an eye on this one – could it possibly be the fabled “Amber Room”? Hunt continues for Nazi treasure Yahoo! News Tue Feb 26, 2008 “DEUTSCHKATHARINENBERG, Germany – German treasure hunters were to begin digging…
Hawaii historical documents up for bid The Honolulu Advertiser Thursday, February 14, 2008 By Rick Daysog Advertiser Staff Writer “Century-old documents signed by Hawaiian royalty, rare revenue stamps and other historical items owned by the Estate of Samuel…