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John Lennon's Tooth To Be Auctioned This Fall

Carl Coffey — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:08:40 +0000

An unusual piece of John Lennon memorabilia is up for sale. The BBC says one of the late Beatle’s teeth is headed for the auction block. The tooth dates back to the late 1960s. Lennon was living in a mansion in Kentwood, England when the tooth was pulled. The dental work was done in the [...]

John Lennon's Studio Up For Grabs.

Carl Coffey — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:21:35 +0000

Equipment used by John Lennon in the studio he built and where he recorded "Imagine" is set for a May 11th online auction. The gear — including microphones, tape machines and Ringo Starr's coffee percolator — comes from the Ascot Sound Studios,

the Georgian manor that the former Beatle owned, and later sold to Ringo. The historic gear is expected to sell for at least $500,000. Also

The Chevy Volt Is Already Helping Detroit

chris.galbraith — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:47:22 +0000

The first Chevy Volt, which has a sticker price $41,000, just sold in an auction for $225,000! How did this help Detroit? The Auction is was sold in was to benefit science, math, technology and engineering in the Detroit Public Schools System. And who paid such a price? Rick Hendrick, owner of the NASCAR Sprint [...]

Auction For Rare Dylan Lyric Sheets

Tim Gray — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 21:02:06 +0000

Sotheby’s Auction House will be auctioning off a rare sheet of paper with Bob Dylan’s lyrics to The Times They Are A-Changin with North Country Blue and beginnings to Come Gather Around. Read more after the jump. Sometime in late 1963 Bob Dylan jotted down the lyrics to “The Times They Are A-Changin’” on a long sheet [...]