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For sale: Tyrannosaurus skeleton at NYC auction

A nearly complete Tyrannosaurus bataar skeleton, the Asian cousin of the T-Rex dinosaur, is up for sale Sunday. Starting bid: $850,000.
Worthless? Hardly. Rare penny sells for $1.15 million.

Rare penny minted in 1792 and never circulated was auctioned off for $1.15 million. There are believed to be only 14 copies of the rare penny in existence.
NASA questions Apollo 13 cmdr's right to sell list

Greg Rohan, president of Dallas-based Heritage, said Thursday the sale has been suspended pending the outcome of the inquiry. The checklist, he said, is being stored for now in the company's vault.
Apollo 13: James Lovell's checklist sells for $388,375

Dallas-based Heritage Auctions sold the Apollo 13 checklist Wednesday as part of a batch of US space program artifacts being offered during its 'Space Signature Auction.'
Spider-Man comic: How 12 cents became $1.1 million

Spider-Man comic from 1962, which introduced the famous web-crawler, sold for $1.1 million Monday.
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Batman No. 1: a rare comic book goes up for sale

Batman No. 1 is one of the world's most prized comic books, with fewer than 300 copies thought to exist.
Lucille Ball awards to go to daughter; love letters will be auctioned

Lucille Ball memorabilia is being split up, according to reports. Love letters between Lucille Ball and her second husband will go up for auction while lifetime achievement awards will go to daughter.
Lucille Ball auction of love letters to occur after nasty legal battle

Lucille Ball love letters will be sold at auction, after a contentious legal battle between the daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz and the widow of Lucy's second husband.
Wow! Batman comic gets $1.075 million, rewrites record.

A 1939 comic with the first ever appearance of masked crime fighter Batman sold at auction in Dallas in February for a record $1.075 million
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Batman knocks out Superman in a new round of "comic book wars"

Three days after a Superman comic sold for $1 million, a Batman book fetches a better price.