Two bits of green paper for admission to Ford’s Theater on the night of Lincoln’s assassination were sold for $262,500.
Tag: RR Auction
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A Stolen 1527 Record Signed by Cortés Will Be Returned to Mexico
The receipt bearing the signature of the conquistador was taken some 30 years ago. It turned up at an auction in Massachusetts, and the F.B.I. stepped in.
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Dead Roaches That Ate Moon Dust Went Up for Auction. Then NASA Objected.
The sale was halted after the space agency claimed it owned everything associated with a 1969 experiment that explored whether lunar soil was dangerous to terrestrial life.