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Auctioned in 1847, in a run-down condition, it was bought by enthusiasts and restored, with Victorian gusto, according to details found in a 1769 engraving.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2016
Sales From the Crypt: Presley Tomb to Be Auctioned The entrance to a private crypt where Elvis Presley’s body was once kept and which is being sold at an auction next month.
From New York Times • May 28, 2012
Auctioned off this weekend at the Taste of the South event at the bucolic Blackberry Farm in Tennessee, this particular blanket features the words of Roosevelt Scott, the founder of Scott’s Bar-B-Que in Hemingway, S.C.:
From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2012
Auctioned off to a Berlin antique dealer in the 13th century for about $60, the bust turned up in Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum after World War II.
From Time Magazine Archive
