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Jun 26, 2011

Weirdest auction items

Weirdest auction items
Weirdest auction items.
The dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in "The Seven Year Itch" recently fetched $4.6 million. From locks of hair to a golfer's pants, check out some of the strangest artifacts to land on the auction block.

Lee Harvey Oswald's coffin

When the presidential assassin's body was exhumed in 1981, his original coffin was auctioned.
Sand Jessica Alba touched up for auction

When Alba visited a Malibu beach in 2009, little did she know that the sand between her toes would become a coveted auction item.
The ambulance that carried JKF's coffin

The 1963 Pontiac Bonneville ambulance that carried President John F. Kennedy's coffin went up for auction earlier this year.
Neil Armstrong's hair

The first man to walk on the moon got a little upset when his barber auctioned off his hair without consent.
Scarlett Johansson's used tissue

One of the stars of the upcoming "Avengers" movie, Scarlett Johansson once sneezed into a tissue on "The Tonight Show" and then auctioned it off for charity.
World's largest bottle of wine

The giant-sized bottle of cabernet sauvignon was commissioned by a famous steak house and put up for auction in 2004.
Haunted walking cane

An Indian woman auctioned off her late father's cane because her 6-year-old-son thought it was haunted.
Lock of Justin Bieber's hair

Teen idol Justin Bieber gave talk show host Ellen DeGeneres a lock of his hair to auction off for charity.
Pope Benedict's car for auction

While not as iconic as the popemobile, Pope Benedict XVI's car was auctioned off for a saintly sum in 2005.

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