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rare Amelia Earhart items including a pair of 1920s Luxor aviator goggles damaged in an early plane crash and 18 unpublished personal photographs belonging to the famed aviator....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...
Fortune hunter certain treasure buried near Gulf Coast Chron.com – Houston Chronicle By MARY FLOOD Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle Dec. 30, 2008 “Treasure hunter Nathan Smith testified today that he not only used Google to spot a buried treasure in South...
Saxon relic worth up to 15,000 pounds BBC NEWS | UK | England | South Yorkshire 17 September 2008 “A rare Saxon artifact found by a metal detector enthusiast from South Yorkshire is expected to fetch up to 15,000 pounds (US $27,300) at auction. Tim Pearson...
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...
Lured by gold, treasure hunters scour beaches BY EMILY ZEUGNER Associated Press Writer Friday, June 06, 2008 “Last summer Roy Evans, history buff, outdoorsman and “amateur treasure hunter,” set off in search of buried riches. Five hours a day, he...