Vatican Jewels Jump From Evel To eBay
In one of the odder pairings in recent memory, a diamond studded cross and ring once owned by both Pope Paul VI and daredevil Evel Knievel are headed to eBay. Some 50 years ago the Pope donated them to...
View Article$130,000 For “Unique” Royal Hat
Among the many bizarre and colorful hats worn to the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, none has provoked more snarky comment than the Philip Treacy creation worn by Princess Beatrice, the...
View ArticleMillions Expected for Futurliner On eBay
General Motors built 12 Futurliner buses for the 1939 New York World’s Fair, of which just 9 remain. Part of their “Parade of Progress display,” the buses opened up to show what life would be like in a...
View ArticleTuscan Village, Anyone?
Many dream of one day owning a villa in Tuscany. For those with even grander notions, however, an entire Tuscan village has come on the market—on eBay, of all places. Pratariccia is a collection of 25...
View Article“Introducing The Beatles” Album Goes For $15,000
Sadly, most copies of the first album released in the U.S., “Introducing The Beatles,” are fakes. Labels were printed incorrectly, they’re not actually in stereo, or the song listings are wrong. So a...
View ArticleEinstein “God Letter” On Ebay, 3m?
A year before his death, Albert Einstein wrote a letter expressing his views on religion where he characterized the Bible as a collection of “primitive legends” and “pretty childish.” Known as the “God...
View ArticleLaptop For First Presidential Email To Go For $125,000?
Fourteen years ago Bill Clinton borrowed a laptop to send the first email from a President. It went to John Glenn who had emailed him while orbiting the earth. The Toshiba used to send the message,...
View Article“Princess Diana Rolls” Scores In Auction
What’s in a name? A 1979 Rolls Royce that Princess Diana rode in during her first trip to the U.S. has sold in an eBay auction for $122,323. Admittedly this one has some nifty—and expensive—options,...
View ArticleWinston Churchill’s Daimler Sells In Germany
Between the years of 1944-49, and thus throughout his tenure as Prime Minister in World War II, Sir Winston Churchill’s ride of choice was a stylish 1939 Daimler DB18 Drophead Coupe. Incongruous as it...
View ArticleOriginal Schindler’s List On eBay
There are only seven copies of Oskar Schindler’s famous List, which contains the names of those saved by the heroic businessman. Of these, only four are known to exist. And just one has been sold on...
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