The volleyball from Tom Hanks ’ film “Cast Away” sold recently
for a record price of $300.000 at auction in London. The volleyball,
which Hanks’ character named Wilson, was his closest companion
during his four years stranded alone on a island in the 2000 film.
The motorcycle that helped make Arthur Fonzarelli an icon of cool
is up for auction.
The 1949 Triumph Trophy TR5 (above) was featured on the beloved sitcom “Happy Days.” The bike, owned by motocross rider Bud
Ekins, will be sold Nov. 12 by Bonhams at its annual Classic
California sale. (The Washington Post)
Henry Winkler as Fonzie with an unidentified admirer.
Happy Days is a sitcom television series that aired first-
run on the ABC network from January 15, 1974, to July
19, 1984.
Henry Franklin Winkler turned 76 October 30.
(Fox News) – A cassette tape containing a 51-year-old interview of
John Lennon and Yoko Ono has been sold for $75,000.
According to Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers, a Danish auction
house, the five-figure winning bid included the hammer price and
buyer’s premium and supplied the winning bidder an original 33-
minute recording, an unreleased song and photographs of the
famous couple.
Representatives at the auction house did not immediately respond
to Fox News’ request for comment about the buyer who won a
piece of The Beatles history.
Yoko Ono and John Lennon.
NEW YORK (AP) — A very special birth certificate will be auctioned
off later this year — a rare copy of the U.S. Constitution.
Sotheby’s announced Friday — appropriately on Constitution Day —
that in November it will put up for auction one of just 11 surviving
copies of the Constitution from the official first printing produced
for the delegates to the Constitutional Convention and for the
Continental Congress. It’s the only copy that remains in private
hands and has an estimate of $15-$20 million.
(FoxNews) – The first all-new 2021 Ford Bronco (VIN 001) was sold
at a charity auction in March for $1,075,000, but an old one just
blew that price away.
A 1969 Bronco crossed the block at the Mecum Auctions event in Indianapolis on Friday and went for $1,870,000.
It wasn’t just any old Bronco, but a custom racing truck driven by
Parnelli Jones (below) to victory in the Baja 1000 in 1971 and 1972
and at several other off-road races.
The famed Bronco is known as “Big Oly” thanks to its Olympia
beer sponsorship and one of the most iconic American racing
vehicles of all time. Jones has owned it all these years and often
loaned it out for displays and events.
Parnelli Jones during his racing
days.
Rufus Parnell “Parnelli” Jones will turn 88 this August.
