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Toucher & Rich: What Was The 38 Studios Auction Like?
An auction of items from Curt Schilling’s bankrupt video gaming company 38 Studios was held on Tuesday in Providence. Items included hundreds of computers, audio equipment, video equipment,...
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Auction Of Schilling’s 38 Studios Assets Drew 1000
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — More than 1,000 people registered to bid on the remnants of former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s failed video game company during an auction in Providence. Bidding stretched...
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38 Studios Auction Brings In About $650,000
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A sell-off of items from the former headquarters of Curt Schilling’s failed video game company in Providence brought in about $650,000. Over 1,000 people registered to bid...
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Three Newspapers Chronicling The Boston Tea Party Up For Auction In NY
BOSTON (CBS) -Three newspapers chronicling the Boston Tea Party are up for auction and bidding ends Tuesday night. The newspapers detailing the days leading up to the Boston Tea Party dated Dec. 6,...
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Boston Church Considers Selling First Book Published in North America
BOSTON (CBS) – A piece of local church history dating back to the Colonial Era could be up for sale, and worth millions of dollars. The Congregation of the Old South church is voting on whether to sell...
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A Taste Of Nostalgia: Locke Ober Items Auctioned Off
BOSTON (CBS) – More than 100 years of memories went on the auction block Friday at the now shuddered downtown Boston landmark, Locke Ober. The restaurant closed earlier this year after 137 years in...
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Curt Schilling’s Bloody Sock Going Up For Auction
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — His video game company in bankruptcy, former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling is selling the blood-stained sock he wore during the 2004 World Series. The sports director at...
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Capote’s ‘Breakfast At Tiffany’s’ Manuscript Sells For $306,000 In NH
AMHERST, N.H. (AP) — Truman Capote’s 1958 typed manuscript of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” with the author’s handwritten edits has sold for about $306,000 at auction to a Russian billionaire. The...
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Feds Warn Bidders Of Possible Land Mines On NH Property Ahead Of Auction
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Federal officials preparing to sell the New Hampshire compound of a tax-evading couple convicted of amassing an arsenal of weapons can’t guarantee that explosives and other booby...
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28-Room Wayland Mansion Up For Auction
WAYLAND (CBS) —- Looking for a bigger home? The mansion boasts an outdoor basketball court. (Credit: Zillow) The 28-room mansion named “Stonehedge Farm” currently on the market for $11.8 million, will...
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Digital Production Studio Owner Pays Record Price For Boston Lighthouse
BOSTON (CBS) – It’s being called the hottest auction in Boston history. The government auction for the 110-year-old Graves Light in Boston Harbor started at just $30,000. A bidding war began, and the...
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38 Studios Video Game ‘Copernicus’ Headed To Auction Block
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The online video game in the works when former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s company sputtered into bankruptcy last year is heading to the auction block. Heritage...
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Red Sox Fan Plans To Auction Off Victorino Grand Slam Ball
BOSTON (CBS) – The college student who caught Shane Victorino’s grand slam home run ball that helped put the Red Sox into the World Series is going up for auction. Nick Wood was sitting in the Green...
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Items From Hilltop Steakhouse Being Auctioned Off
SAUGUS (CBS) – It was a local landmark for decades, and soon, memorabilia like fiberglass cows and bison heads can be yours. That’s because the recently closed Hilltop Steakhouse in Saugus is about to...
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Bob Dylan’s Newport Folk Festival Electric Guitar Sells For Nearly $1 Million
NEW YORK (AP) — Like Elvis’ no-hips-allowed appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” or the Beatles’ arrival in America, or Woodstock, it is considered one of the milestone moments in rock history: Bob...
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Place Your Bids! Auction Now Open For 7th Annual ‘Cuts For A Cause’
BOSTON (CBS) - 98.5 The Sports Hub, the Shawn Thornton Foundation, the Bruins Foundation, and Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center are teaming up for the 7th Annual “Cuts for a Cause”...
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Patrice Bergeron Edges Out Milan Lucic For Highest ‘Cuts For A Cause’ Auction...
BOSTON (CBS) – Shawn Thornton, a record number of his Bruins teammates and various Sports Hub personalities will all gets their head shaved by auction winners at the 7th annual Cuts For A Cause, taking...
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Red Sox World Series Rings Among Johnny Pesky Items Up For Auction
BOSTON (CBS) – Boston fans will have a chance to buy their own piece of Red Sox history from the personal collection of none other than Mr. Red Sox, Johnny Pesky. Johnny Pesky’s Red Sox Hall of Fame...
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Two New Hampshire Moose Hunting Permits To Be Auctioned Off
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The Wildlife Heritage Foundation of New Hampshire will be auctioning off two moose hunting permits for the 2014 season. The two winning bidders will receive free 2014 New Hampshire...
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Kennedy Letters Sell For $200K At Auction
BOSTON (AP) — A collection of letters John F. Kennedy sent to the family of a lost PT-109 crewmate have sold for $200,000 at an auction. RR Auction, a Boston-based auction house, said the sale happened...
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New Hampshire Auctioneer Sells KKK Robe For $375
DOVER, N.H. (AP) — Tucked between children’s Victorian-era button-down shoes and a World War I collar bag, one item stood out on an auctioneer’s website touting an end-of-the-year sale: a Ku Klux Klan...
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‘Captain America’ Holds Fundraiser At Fenway
BOSTON (CBS) — Fenway Park hosted a superhero Saturday night. Chris Evans, the actor who plays Captain America, teamed up with Red Sox Manager John Farrel to hold a fundraiser for the non-profit...
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Titanic Survivor’s Angry Letter To Be Auctioned In Boston
BOSTON (AP) — A wealthy survivor of the Titanic sinking complains in a letter being auctioned this month of “disgraceful” treatment in the press during a British inquiry into the disaster. The May 1912...
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‘Boomtown’ Items From Rex Trailer’s Estate Up For Auction
BOSTON (CBS) – Nearly 20 years’ worth of memories will go on sale Sunday when an auction house sells off pieces of “Boomtown.” The items are all from the estate of Rex Trailer, the beloved TV cowboy...
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Thousands Of Wedding Gowns, Tuxedos Up For Auction After Drug Bust
ATLANTA (CBS) — This online wedding auction has a wild backstory. A federal drug bust at an Alaskan bridal shop led to agents seizing thousands of wedding gowns and tuxedos. The arrest could help many...
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Tony Soprano’s Cadillac Escalade Sold At Auction For $119,000
BOSTON (CBS) – An SUV used by late actor James Gandolfini in his role as Tony Soprano sold for more than $100,000 at a Boston auction. The white 2003 Cadillac Escalade used in the HBO series The...
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Judge OKs Auction Of Whitey Bulger’s Assets For Victims’ Families
BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge has approved the sale of dozens of items belonging to Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger. The move by Judge Denise Casper Monday allows the U.S. Marshals Service to...
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Al Capone Jailhouse Letter Up For Auction
BOSTON (AP) — Did notorious gangster Al Capone have a soft spot? An intimate letter he penned from prison suggests the ruthless racketeer could handle tenderness almost as skillfully as his Tommy Gun....
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Al Capone Letter Showing His Soft Side Sells For $62,000
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — An intimate letter gangster Al Capone wrote while imprisoned at Alcatraz has sold at auction in Massachusetts for $62,500. Boston-based RR Auction says the winning bid came...
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Items Linked To Prince Up For Auction In Boston
BOSTON (AP) — The beaded jacket Prince wore in the 1986 film “Under the Cherry Moon” is among several items linked to the late musician up for auction. The auction that wraps up Thursday includes a...
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Gangster Items Up For Auction
BOSTON (CBS/AP) – Jewelry that belonged to Al Capone and Bonnie and Clyde and legal documents pertaining to the infamous gangsters are on the auction block. Another item up for auction will be a pair...
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R2-D2, Lightsaber: Force Is Strong In This Star Wars Auction
BOSTON (AP) — Die-hard Star Wars fans will need to rely on more than the force if they want to bid on an R2-D2 droid that appeared in several of the franchise’s movies. A couple million dollars might...
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Cambridge Auction Featured Artifacts From Notorious Gangsters
BOSTON (CBS/AP) — Artifacts connected to some of the nation’s most notorious gangsters were auctioned-off this weekend. A handwritten musical composition by Al Capone, a letter written by John Gotti,...
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Massachusetts To Put Abandoned Items Up For EBay Auction
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts residents who abandoned jewelry, gold, high-end wristwatches and other items in safe deposit boxes will soon see those items auctioned off by the state. Democratic Treasurer...
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Political Cartoon Published After Boston Tea Party Up For Auction
BOSTON (CBS) – A political cartoon published right after the Boston tea party is going up for auction. It’s called “Liberty Triumphant” or “The Downfall of Oppression.” A cartoon published after the...
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Working Apple-1 Computer Expected To Fetch Six-Figures At Boston Auction
(CBS San Francisco) — A piece of computer history dating back four decades is about to hit the auction block and is expected to fetch a six-figure price. Boston-based RR Auction is auctioning off an...
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Rare Penny Found In Mass. Cafeteria Change Could Sell For $170,000 Or More
PITTSFIELD (CBS) – A rare 1943 Bronze Lincoln cent coin acquired in Pittsfield, Massachusetts could fetch a pretty penny at auction. The World War II collector’s item is “one of the most valuable coins...
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Rare Penny Found In Massachusetts Sells For More Than $200K
BOSTON (AP) — A rare copper penny that a Massachusetts man found in his lunch money more than 70 years ago has been sold at an auction for more than $200,000. The 1943 penny is one of 20 that were...
View ArticleFantasy Football Draft Day: Snake Or Auction Format?
By Christian S. Kohl For many red-blooded, sports-loving Americans, Fantasy Football Draft Day is the very best day of the year. Either in live or online draft formats, making those pressure decisions...
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Barstool’s Dave Portnoy Wins Auction To Visit Roger Goodell’s House For...
BOSTON (CBS) — The NFL released its schedule for the 2020 season last week, planning out every detail while also planning ahead for several different contingencies. Suffice it to say, the league never...
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