Marilyn Monroe’s 1941 high school class picture to a man named “George” will soon be up for auction and is expected to fetch about $9000. The photo shows a young Marilyn, then known as Norma Jeane Baker, sitting with the rest of her high school classmates at the Ralph Waldo Emerson high school in Los [...]
Did you know that over at GovDeals.com, you can buy confiscated items from the TSA? The Pennsylvania-based liquidation company works directly with the TSA to offer everything from sports gear to actual weapons at low-cost. Here are some interesting ones: A $500 Ford F-350 XL former Police ambulance truck A 1980 American Lafrance Century Ladder [...]
According to a recent auction listing, this very rare original and colored Calvin and Hobbes comic strip sold for $203,150. The auction listing says that this piece was gifted to Brian Basset, creator of the popular strips Adam@Home and Red and Rover, back in 1986 and has up until now remained in the Basset family. [...]
Considering that these Fiat’s go for about $19,000-$23,000 (depending on options), it’s incredible to see Jay Leno and the folks at Fisher House Foundation auction off one of these for $600,000. A fantastic amount to go towards building more homes for military families taking care of loved ones in out-of-state hospitals.
Last weekend another very rare Leica O-series camera was auctioned off at the WestLicht Photographica Auction. The previous one set a world record for most expensive camera sold and this latest auction broke that record. The camera seen in the video above sold for $2.79 million. [via]
I just caught wind of this wonderful art project from SRAM called the SRAM pART PROJECT where artists from all over the world make pieces of art with spare bicycle parts and then auction them off to benefit the World Bicycle Relief. The funds go directly to helping people in need all around the world [...]
