Tag: auction
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Rare dime hidden in bank vault for decades fetches $500,000 at auction
TOLEDO, Ohio — An extraordinarily rare dime whose whereabouts had remained a mystery since the late 1970s has sold for just over $500,000. The coin, which was struck by the U.S. Mint in San Francisco in 1975, depicts President Franklin D. Roosevelt and is one of just two known to exist without its distinctive “S” mint mark.…
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Alex Jones fighting attempt to sell his social media account rights in Infowars auction
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is seeking to protect his personal social media accounts from being sold in the upcoming auction of his Infowars media platform to pay more than $1 billion he owes relatives of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, claiming selling those accounts would violate his privacy and deny him a chance to make a fresh start…
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Shohei Ohtani makes 50/50 ball sold at auction for $4.3 million
The ball Shohei Ohtani launched for his 50th home run of the season, having also stolen 50 bases, was bought at auction early Wednesday for more than $4.3 million. The LA Dodgers phenom became the first player to reach the 50-50 milestone in a season in September, widely considered one of the greatest achievements in…
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Texas man says he smashed Taylor Swift-signed guitar he bid $4,000 on at auction as ‘a joke’
There were more splinters than teardrops left on a Taylor Swift-autographed guitar after a Texas man smashed it apart as “a joke” — after paying thousands for it at auction, the man said Tuesday. Gary Estes, 67, says he paid $4,000 for the instrument at the Ellis County Wild Game Dinner in Waxahachie, an annual…
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Footage of motorcade racing JFK to the hospital after he was shot sells for $137,500 at auction
DALLAS — Newly emerged film footage of President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade speeding down a Dallas freeway toward a hospital after he was fatally wounded sold at auction Saturday for $137,500. The 8 mm color home film was offered up by RR Auction in Boston. The auction house said the buyer wishes to remain anonymous. The film…