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#9 Strangest Collectible Sold at Auction

 #9 - Stairs from the Eiffel Tower - Sold For €105,400 In 2009, a 7.8 metre, 40 step section of original spiral stairs from the Eiffel Tower sold at Drouot's Auction for €105,400. The stairs were part of the original Eiffel Tower constructed between 1887 and 1889 by Gustave... read more

October 6, 2011


#10 Strangest Collectible Sold at Auction

 #10 - Double Fantasy album signed for Mark David Chapman by John Lennon - Sold for £535,000 Beatles memorabilia is among the most coveted of all pop memorabilia, but this item that sold at auction in 2010, is no regular piece of Beatles history. It is a copy of Yoko Ono and John Lennon's... read more

October 4, 2011


#11 Strangest Collectible Sold at Auction

 #11 - Lee Harvey Oswald's Coffin - Sold for $87,000 In 2010, the coffin in which Lee Harvey Oswald was originally buried in 1963 was sold at auction.The bidding began at $1,000 eventually climbed far beyond that, selling for $87,000. Oswald, famous in American history for being the main... read more

October 3, 2011


#12 Strangest Collectible Sold At Auction

 #12 - A Pair of 1890 Levi Strauss & Co. Denim Jeans - Sold for $60,000 In 2005, through an eBay listing, a Japanese collector bought a pair of Levi's 501 jeans dating from 1890 for $60,000. They were the earliest pair of Levi's to ever appear at auction, being made less then 20 years after... read more

September 29, 2011


#13 Strangest Collectible Sold at Auction

 #13 - X Rays of Einstein’s Skull - Sold for $38,000 In 2010 at Julian’s Auctions a truly unique lot went under the hammer. Two X-rays of Albert Einstein’s skull were up for a sale with a pre-sale estimate of $1,000-2,000. Unsurprisingly, the two X-rays of the genius’... read more

September 28, 2011


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