Ty Cobb, nicknamed “The Georgia Peach”, spent 22 seasons with the
Detroit Tigers, the last six as the team’s player-manager and finished
his career with the Philadelphia Athletics. He received the most votes
of any player on the inaugural Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, 222 out
of a possible 226, in 1936. Cobb is widely credited with setting 90
Major League Baseball records during his career.
The 1967 Chevrolet Corvette once owned by the late Neil Armstrong
(Fox News) – A few months ago it was little more than a curio: a Corvette once
used by Neil Armstrong being auctioned on Ebay. But with the passing of the
American hero on August 25th there’s new interest in this very unique piece
of history.
The now derelict 1967 coupe was driven by the first man on the Moon for a year
through a special leasing program offered to astronauts by Melbourne, Florida, Chevrolet dealer Jim Rathman. Upon its return, the blue ‘Vette was purchased
by an employee at the dealership but was left unused in a garage since 1981
before being bought by its current owner, Joe Crosby of Merritt Island, Florida,
in February of this year.
The Corvette failed to sell during the Ebay auction in May, with a high bid of
$251,638.00 coming just short of the unpublished reserve, according to Crosby
who says he received calls from three of the bidders within an hour of the
announcement of Armstrong’s death, but that the offers still aren’t quite where
he wants them. Crosby hasn’t raised his original target price, despite the
newfound significance of the car.
Crosby isn’t planning to put it back on Ebay, but he’s listed in the phonebook
and ready to listen to any serious offers.
Neil Armstrong
Elvis Presley
Library checkout card
(Fox News) – Nearly 35 years after his death, a library book checkout card signed
by a teen Elvis Presley will be available at auction.
Elvis was 13 when he checked out a copy of “The Courageous Heart: A Life of
Andrew Jackson for Young Readers” from Humes High School in Memphis,
Tenn., according to the Daily Mail.
The 1948 library card with Elvis’ signature was found by a librarian while discarding
old books,according to the paper.
The current bid for the card, which is being sold with a copy of the book, is $2,600,
and is expected to grow to at least $4,000 when the Heritage Auction closes on
August 14, two days before the 35th anniversary of the singer’s death.
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Legendary outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow
Parker’s Colt .38 snub-nose detective special, left, was found taped to her
inside thigh with white medical tape after she was shot dead. Barrow’s Colt
.45, right, was recovered post-mortem from his waistband.
(AP) – She kept a Colt .38-caliber revolver close, while he preferred a .45-caliber
pistol from the same maker.
But neither weapon was enough to save American outlaws and lovers Bonnie
Parker and Clyde Barrow during a 1934 ambush by law enforcement officers.
After the duo was dead, authorities recovered the revolver Bonnie had secured
to an inner thigh with white medical tape. They also seized the handgun Clyde
had tucked into his waistband.
Nearly 80 years later, those guns and other items connected to the infamous
gangsters will be going up for auction in New Hampshire on Sept. 30. An auction
official estimated Thursday that each Bonnie and Clyde weapon could bring
between $100,000 and $200,000.
"They were pretty famous in their moment and I think that’s lasted through time,"
said Bobby Livingston, vice president of RR Auction in Amherst, N.H.
Besides the guns, other items Livingston’s company will auction include a gold
pocket watch Clyde was wearing when he died, and a cosmetics case Bonnie
was using to carry lipstick, Coty face powder and a powder puff. The brown
leatherette box was inside the Ford automobile the gangsters were riding in
when a posse of lawmen riddled it with bullets on a Louisiana road (below).
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The 4-cent, 48- star U.S. flag stamp issued July 4,1957
The 49-star flag 4 –cent stamp
A 50-star flag 4-cent stamp
