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AUCTION | WEIRD TASTES

A PIECE OF CAKE FROM
THE ROYAL WEDDING
A piece of the wedding cake served at the
1947 wedding of Queen Elizabeth II and
the Duke of Edinburgh was sold at PFC
Auctions for $925, proving that fruit cake
really does stand the test of time! The cake
was bought enclosed in its original box,
labelled ‘EP Buckingham Palace 20th MONICA LEWINSKY’S LINGERIE
November 1947,’ and is accompanied Everyone remembers the infamous blue dress
by a slip that reads ‘With the best wishes that rocked the nation, but that was just one
of Their Royal Highnesses the Princess of the items submitted as evidence during the
Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh.’ No investigation of Bill Clinton’s dalliances with
Monica Lewinsky. Among the items was a
slice before taking it home! floor-length black negligee belonging to the
former White House intern, and 32 of these
items were recently sold at Nate Sanders
online auction, reaching bids of $12,000.
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LEE HARVEY OSWALD’S WEDDING RING 5
The wedding ring of Lee Harvey Oswald, the madman
who assassinated President John F. Kennedy, was JOHN LENNON’S TOOTH
amongst the JFK memorabilia sold at RR Auction in Former Beatle John Lennon’s molar fetched a
2013. The ring, which Oswald left to his estranged wife total of £19,000 in a London auction in 2011. Talk
Marina Oswald Porter on the day of Kennedy’s shooting, about an increase in the tooth fairy’s rates! The
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was sold for $108,000. tooth had been in the family of Lennon’s former
housekeeper, Dot Jarlett, to whom Lennon had
given the tooth for her daughter, who was a big
Beatles fan. The molar itself is too fragile to be
DNA tested for confirmation that it belonged to
the Beatle. However, Omega Auction House,
where it was listed, says that because it came
directly from Jarlett, they have no reason to doubt
the tooth’s authenticity.

WILLIE NELSON’S BRAIDS
American country singer Willie Nelson’s trademark
braids were sold by Guernsey’s auction house as one of
2,000 items up for sale at an auction of the late country
icon Waylon Jenning’s estate. The sale took place at
the Museum of Musical Instruments in Jenning’s native
Phoenix Arizona, and the highest bidder nabbed the
singer’s hair for a cool $37,000.

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