Topic: Arlan Ettinger

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Enlarge image Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg. A pocket watch recovered in a suitcase of William Henry Allen, a third-class passenger of the Titanic. The...

Titanic items to be sold 100 years after sinking

0 . Items as small as a hairpin and as big as a chunk of the Titanic's hull are among 5,000 artifacts from the world's most famous shipwreck that...

Rosa Parks essay reveals rape attempt

0 . Long before Rosa Parks was hailed as the "mother of the civil rights movement," she wrote a detailed and harrowing account of nearly being ...

Superman, Elvis, Princess Di flop at NY auction

Superman didn't fly, Elvis wasn't king and Princess Diana's star power faded at an auction in New York where dozens of curios from the world of celebrity and entertainment failed to sell.The auction at Guernsey's in Manhattan ...

Broadway auctions pieces of stage celebs

It's already been worn, hasn't been washed and there's a good chance it was stretched out by its previous occupant's burly bod. No matter. Daniel...
What do James Dean's sunglasses, Charleton Heston's "Ten Commandments" tablets and the tip of the Statue of Liberty's nose have in common?....

Last orders for storied NY Tavern on the Green

Diners will give last orders Thursday at Tavern on the Green, the storied New York restaurant known as much for its opulent decor of Tiffany murals and etched mirrors as for the food.The restaurant, opened in 1934 in Central Park at ...

Centuries-old torture devices to be sold in New York

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A collection of torture devices used in the 16th and 17th centuries will be sold in New York City with some of the proceeds going to charities campaigning for a ban on torture.Arlan Ettinger, president of Guernsey's ...
Gruesome history for sale in NY: Even an executioner's sword.New York's Guernsey's auction house plans to auction the privately owned collection, with proceeds to go to Amnesty International and other organizations committed to preventing torture in today's ...