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Top 10 Craziest Things Ever Sold at Auction
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Dec 28, 2024
Auctions are full of surprises, but some items sold are downright bizarre! In this video, we explore the top 10 craziest things ever sold at auction, from historical artifacts to bizarre personal items.
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auctions are a place where items are
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sold to the highest bidder but sometimes
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the things sold defy logic and
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Imagination from the bizarre to the
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truly outrageous here are 10 of the
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craziest things ever sold at auction one
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a lock of bov's hair
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$7,000 one of the most unusual auction
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items was a lock of hair from the famous
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composer Ludwick van Beethoven this
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Relic which had been passed down through
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generations was auctioned for $7,000 in
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1994 the historical sign ific of this
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hair which is believed to have been cut
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shortly before bov's death made it
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highly desirable to collectors two the
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sinking of the Titanic's coal
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$80,000 in a rather unusual auction a
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piece of coal from the RMS Titanic was
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sold for $80,000 in
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1999 the small chunk of coal recovered
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from the Rec site of the Titanic became
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a valuable piece of Maritime history
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showing how even a fragment of a
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legendary disaster can fetch an
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astronomical price three a shredded
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Banky artwork $1.4 million in 2018 the
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iconic street artist Banky shocked the
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artor when one of his Works girl with
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balloon was shredded in front of a
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stunned audience right after it sold at
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auction for $1.4
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million the piece partially destroyed by
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a hidden Shredder became even more
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valuable and is now referred to as Love
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is in the bin proving that sometimes
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destruction creates more value than
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preservation four a Ghostbusters proton
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pack 50,000
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one of the most iconic props from the
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1984 film Ghostbusters was auctioned off
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in
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2014 the proton pack used by the film's
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ghost hunting crew was sold for
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$50,000 it's a perfect example of how a
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piece of movie history can transform
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into a collectible treasure five the
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original Apple eye computer
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$671,000
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in 2013 an original Apple ey computer
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one of the first personal computers ever
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made was auctioned for a staggering
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$671,000
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this particular model was one of the few
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remaining in working condition making it
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a highly sought after collect his item
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it's a testament to the lasting Legacy
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of Steve Jobs and Steve wnc's
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revolutionary creation six a piece of
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the Berlin Wall $2.4
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million a chunk of the Berlin Wall the
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iconic symbol of the division between
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East and West Germany during the Cold
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War was sold at auction for $2.4 million
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the piece which was originally taken
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from the wall after its fall in 1989
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symbolizes not just the destruction of a
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physical barrier but also the end of an
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era in World politics seven a slice of
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Princess Diana's wedding cake
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$1,375 in 2014 a slice of Princess Diana
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and Prince Charles's wedding cake which
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had been kept in a private collection
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for decades was auction off for
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$1,375 while the cake had been preserved
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in a special tin 10 its connection to
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one of the most famous Royal weddings in
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history made it an irresistible piece
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for collectors eight a T-rex skeleton
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$8.4 million in 2020 a nearly complete
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Tyrannosaurus wck skeleton was sold at
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auction for a jaw dropping $8.4 million
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known as Stan the skeleton is one of the
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most well-preserved dinosaur fossils
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ever found and its s set a new record
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for the highest price ever paid for a
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dinosaur at auction nine a napkin with
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Einstein theory of relativity $1.56
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million in 2017 a handwritten note on a
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napkin by Albert Einstein containing his
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theories about the nature of time and
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space was auctioned for $1.56
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million the napkin which was written in
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1922 while Einstein was in Japan
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demonstrates how even the most humble
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items can hold immense intellectual and
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historical value 10 a piece of the Moon
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$2 million in 2017 a small lunar Rock
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brought back from the Moon by astronaut
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Neil Armstrong during the Apollo 11
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mission was sold for $2
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million The Rock was one of several
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lunar samples that were legally obtained
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and distributed by the US government
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it's an incredible reminder of the Space
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Race and Humanity's first steps on the
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moon these crazy auction items show that
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just about anything no matter how
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strange can become highly valuable when
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paired with history celebrity or a bit
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of uniqueness whether it's a piece of a
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famous wall a relic of a ground breaking
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scientific discovery or a piece of Pop
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Culture the world of auctions continues
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to surprise us with its bizarre
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offerings
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