June 19, 2013

Edition: U.S.

Heritage Auctions

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$1,000 Bill Sets New World Record At Auction

The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 04.30.2013 | Business

Read More: Video, 1891 $1000 Bill, Currency Auction, Heritage Auctions, Currency, Thousand Dollar Bill, US Dollar, George Meade Note, 1000 Bill, George Meade Bill, US Currency, Business News

Good day: cashing in on a $1,000 note. Great day: cashing in a $1,000 note for $2.5 million. That's how much a $1,000 United States Treasury note f...

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LOOK: What's So Special About This Nickel?

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.14.2013 | Business

Read More: Rare Coins, Half Disme, World Currency, U.S. Currency, Heritage Auctions, Auction, 1792 Nickel, Rare Currency, Business News

One of the oldest U.S. nickels in existence is worth way more than just five cents. A 1792 nickel, one of the first coins ever minted, sold for $1....

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Rare Bill Fetching High Price

AP | RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 12.03.2012 | Home

Read More: 5 Dollar Bill Auction, Video, 5 Dollar Bill, Charles Fairbanks, Heritage Auctions, Alaska 5 Dollar Bill, Home News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The $5 bill displayed for decades on Charles Fairbanks IV's wall was long a treasured family heirloom from Alaska. Now, to t...

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Marilyn Monroe: What Does Her Final Purchase Say About Her Death?

HuffingtonPost.com | Ann Brenoff | Posted 07.06.2012 | Fifty

"There are other stars who had film careers that were as successful and longer lasting, but no star will ever capture the hearts and wallets of collectors quite like Marilyn Monroe.”

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U.S. Government Enters International Fight For Tyrannosaurus

Reuters | Posted 08.18.2012 | Weird News

By Marice Richter (Reuters) - U.S. authorities said on Wednesday they expect this week to seize a 70-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton...

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Rare Movie Posters Discovered, Expected To Fetch $250,000

AP | JOANN LOVIGLIO | Posted 05.12.2012 | Home

Read More: Little Caesar, Rare Movie Posters, The Public Enemy, Heritage Auctions, The Front Page, Cimarron, Movie Posters, Heritage Auctions Dallas, The Maltese Falcon, Film, Home News

PHILADELPHIA — A rowdy band of bloodsuckers, gunslingers, wily wise guys, jaded private eyes, hardboiled reporters and good girls gone bad, stuc...

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A Coin Worth $1 Million

AP | Posted 05.09.2012 | Home

Read More: Auction, Shoshana Collection, Judean Coin Auction, Judean Coin, Heritage Auctions, Home News

NEW YORK — An ancient Judean coin has sold for $1.1 million at a New York City auction. The Year 1 prototype silver shekel (SHEHK'-uhl) from A....

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Man's Childhood Comic Books Fetch Millions At Auction

AP | JAMIE STENGLE | Posted 04.23.2012 | Home

DALLAS — Billy Wright plunked down dime after dime for comic books while growing up in the late 1930s and early 1940s, caring for the collection...

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Brothers Unexpectedly Inherit $2 Million Comic Book Collection

AP | JAMIE STENGLE | Posted 04.22.2012 | Home

DALLAS — Michael Rorrer said his great aunt once mentioned having comic books she would one day give him and his brother, but it was a passing r...

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PHOTOS: Elvis' Divorce Docs Sold For $9000

HuffingtonPost.com | Ashley Reich | Posted 12.14.2011 | Divorce

Call them the king of all divorce papers. Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley's 1972 settlement documents were sold by Heritage Auctions Tuesday f...

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Deceased Man's Comic Book Stash Valued At HOW Much?

startribune.com | Posted 06.20.2011 | Books

Read More: Comic Books, Wendy Kuiper, Gary Dahlberg, Heritage Auctions, Collecting, Minneapolis, Hoarders, Comic Book Stash, Spiderman, Books News

Erupting in the kitchen of the modest north Minneapolis home, the fire that killed a retired bus driver spared a treasure worth more than $1 million. ...

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