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"Dear Dad," it's Ernest Hemingway.
literature

Sold: A Letter Where Hemingway Complains That He Sucks at Bullfighting

At least it gave him lots of material.
Matthew Taub June 13, 2019
Time has marbled the bottles to a shell-like sheen, and Christie's has sealed the tops with fresh red wax.
ships

For Sale: 300-Year-Old 'Shipwreck Wine' Rescued From the Bottom of the Sea

It may still be safe to drink.
Reina Gattuso May 30, 2019
The composite skeleton sold for a little more than $621,700.
animals

Sold: A Nearly Complete Skeleton of a Dodo

The remains of the long-extinct, flightless bird from Mauritius are waddling off to a new home.
Jessica Leigh Hester May 28, 2019
Definitely don't judge this book by its cover.
objects of intrigue

For Sale: A Poisoner’s Lab Secreted in a Beautiful Book

Another reminder that covers can't be trusted.
Jessica Leigh Hester May 17, 2019
Hermits welcome.
architecture

For Sale: An Off-the-Grid Castle Sitting on an Actual Gold Mine

Way, way out in the Nevada desert, there's a perfect house for the posh recluse in your life.
Jessica Leigh Hester May 10, 2019
A nugget from Silver Charm, lovingly encased in a Mason jar.
objects of intrigue

For Sale: Preserved Manure From a Kentucky Derby Winner

Just $200 can get you a resin-encased chunk of horse racing history.
Sabrina Imbler May 6, 2019
Babe Ruth cursed the Red Sox, but he spelled luck for Ellen Kelly.
secret

Sold: A Vintage Babe Ruth Card Found in a Piano

It went to the tune of $130,000.
Matthew Taub April 29, 2019
The quake lasted only about a minute, but the devastation reshaped the city.
geology

For Sale: Striking Photos of the San Francisco Earthquake

This trove of images captures the 1906 geological event that brought the city to its knees.
Jessica Leigh Hester April 16, 2019
Games were a welcome respite from the violence and boredom of war.
games

For Sale: A Civil War-Era Checkerboard Featuring Union Generals

A themed version of the board game, to help stave off wartime boredom.
Jonathan Carey April 11, 2019
This could all be yours.
fortresses

For Sale: An Abandoned, Decaying Fort on a Private Island

Won't someone, anyone, buy Fort Montgomery?
Jessica Leigh Hester April 8, 2019
Allectus and Apollo were just chilling on a field in Kent.
roman

Found: A Gold Coin From Britain's Roman Revolt

Allectus only reigned for three years, but here he is, nearly two millennia later.
Matthew Taub April 8, 2019
Welcome to Story.
ghost towns

For Sale: The Entire Town of Story, Indiana

For $3.8 million, you can write the next chapter.
Evan Nicole Brown April 5, 2019
This bottle sold for more than $100,000.
objects of intrigue

See the Lone Survivor of Coca-Cola's Prototype Bottles

It had eluded even the most dedicated bottle treasure hunters.
Matthew Taub April 5, 2023
100 years later, the penny still bears its battle scars.
war history

For Sale: A Penny That Stopped a Bullet and Saved a Life

It's not the only everyday object to have done so on the battlefield.
Matthew Taub March 21, 2019
Feral pigeons are common urban sights, but one domesticated racer just sold for a huge sum.
animals

Sold: A Pigeon, for $1.4 Million

Meet Armando, a champion racer.
Jessica Leigh Hester March 20, 2019
maps

For Sale: A Historical Map of the Imagination

Bernard Sleigh's dreamland mashes up myths, fairy tales, and nursery rhymes.
Jessica Leigh Hester March 18, 2019
Some of the POWs at Stalag Luft III, from Vivian Phillips's journal.
prisons

For Sale: A POW Journal Documenting World War II's 'Great Escape'

A look inside the mind of a legendary plot.
Matthew Taub March 11, 2019
Welcome to Ponden Hall.
farms

For Sale: The English Farmhouse That May Have Inspired 'Wuthering Heights'

Literary history is up for grabs, if you have the means.
Evan Nicole Brown March 7, 2019