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Ebony’s Historic Photo Archive Sells for $30 Million to Group Led by J. Paul Getty Trust
Seven decades’ worth of historic Ebony magazine photos documenting black life, both the everyday and the extraordinary, sold for $30 million at auction to a group of philanthropic organizations led by the J. Paul Getty Trust. The photo collection was put up for sale to settle the debts of the magazine’s founding publisher, Johnson Publishing,…
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Own a Piece of Music History: Items from Aretha Franklin’s Stage Wardrobe Are Going to Auction
A portion of music legend Aretha Franklin’s extensive wardrobe will be up for auction on Saturday, Nov. 10, at New York City’s Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square. World-breaking auction house, Julien’s Auctions, which specializes in film, music, sports, and art auctions, will be selling more than 30 stage dresses and accessories worn by the…
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The Devil Stays Busy: Hitler’s Old Drawers Command $5,500 at Auction
There are very few things I’d pay $5,500 for, mostly because I don’t have $5,500. But for one lucky(?) Third Reich stan, that was just enough to secure a piece of history: Adolf Hitler’s old linen boxers. Yes, they had been used. The International Business Times reports that the “surprisingly large” boxers (gag, puke, vomit)—striped,…
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Tupac Shakur’s ‘Breakup’ Letter to Madonna and Her Panties Removed From Auction
Remember earlier this month when a letter written by Tupac Shakur in prison to Madonna went up for auction? In the letter, the late rapper gave his reasons for breaking up with the singer, and somehow, the letter made it to an auction. Most people wondered about the whys and hows when it came to…
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Kobe Bryant’s Protective Mask Expected to Fetch $50,000
I don’t think Dwyane Wade was thinking about all the money Kobe Bryant’s protective mask would fetch when he broke his nose and gave him a concussion in the 2012 NBA All-Star Game, but such is life. The two superstars collided, and Bryant was forced to wear one of those protective masks that Richard Hamilton…
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George Zimmerman Reminds Us (Again) That Nothing Has Killed Him, Yet
Every several months or so, George Zimmerman, a congealed collection of the pus escaping from a surgically lanced rectum boil, reminds us that he’s still not dead. He has become especially good at this; at inching his way to the recesses of our collective consciousness. And then, right when he’s on the precipice of abject irrelevance, of…