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NEWS ABOUT: memorabilia

memorabilia stories: 38 news summaries

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Papa’s Got a Brand New … Jumpsuit?

James Brown's estate selling everything in August auction

Apr 8, 08 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Estate sales are always a mixed bag, but the James Brown auction at Christie’s in August will be something special, TMZ.com reports. Sure, fans will be able to snag coveted items like a Grammy or keyboard, but the Godfather’s socks, underwear and canceled checks? Say it loud:... More »

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Christie's • auction • memorabilia • James Brown • music sales • estate

 McNamee Selling Clemens
 Mementos on eBay

'Break-up' memorabilia profits go to juvenile diabetes group

Apr 2, 08 8:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - If Roger Clemens wants to get any of his stuff back from ex-trainer Brian McNamee, all he has to do is log on to eBay. McNamee, who split with Clemens in the great steroids war, is putting up everything from autographed baseballs to hats to photographs of "all the... More »

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sports • steroids • Roger Clemens • online auction • anabolic steroids • auction • Andy Pettitte • Jose Canseco • memorabilia • human growth hormone • sports memorabilia • baseball • Mitchell steroids investigation • Brian McNamee

JFK Treasure Trove Revealed

Long-lost files, Ruby's and Oswald's personal effects appear in public

Feb 18, 08 3:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Numerous items related to the JFK assassination were revealed to the public today after having spent years forgotten in a Dallas courthouse safe, the Dallas Morning News reports. Brass knuckles and a holster belonging to Jack Ruby were in the safe, as was a lucrative contract signed by Ruby prosecutor... More »

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Dallas • John F. Kennedy • Lee Harvey Oswald • history • memorabilia • JFK assassination

Dallas DA Finds Stored
Docs on JFK Slaying

Materials include transcript that could fuel conspiracy theories

Feb 17, 08 5:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Dallas County officials have uncovered a batch of JFK assassination materials, including a transcript between Jack Ruby and Lee Harvey Oswald that one expert laughed off as a likely fake. Other items include correspondence, records of the Ruby trial, and a gun holster, the Dallas Morning News reports. More »

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Dallas • John F. Kennedy • Lee Harvey Oswald • history • memorabilia • JFK assassination • Jack Ruby • Craig Watkins • conspiracy theory • Robert F. Kennedy

OJ Must Fork Over Rolex

He also has to forfeit sports memorabilia to pay wrongful deaths settlement

Oct 2, 07 7:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - OJ Simpson must hand over his Rolex and sports memorabilia to help pay the millions he owes in the wrongful death settlement of his ex-wife, Nicole, and Ron Goldman, the Associated Press reported. A judge in California told Simpson today to pony up the watch, valued at up to $22,... More »

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football • OJ Simpson • memorabilia • sports collectibles • Ronald Goldman

Bonds' 756 Ball Headed to Hall*

Fans vote to mark it with an asterisk over launching it into space

Sep 26, 07 11:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barry Bonds’ record-breaking 756th home run ball will be branded with the asterisk many fans think his record deserves. Fans decided the ball's fate after fashion designer Marc Ecko bought the ball for $752,467, and put it up for vote. The asterisk won out over sending the ball to... More »

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steroids • MLB • Barry Bonds • Hank Aaron • memorabilia • Marc Ecko

OJ Courted Memorabilia Dealers

The LA Times looks at the men behind Simpson's mementos

Sep 22, 07 12:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Simpson's involvement with the memorabilia dealers he's accused of robbing began in the cell he sat in days after the 1994 murders of Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman. The LA Times reports Simpson asked agent Richard Gilbert to push memorabilia signed behind bars, merchandise he claims Gilbert later stole that... More »

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robbery • Nicole Brown Simpson • OJ Simpson • memorabilia • Ronald Goldman

OJ Pays Bail and Walks Out

Lawyer says he will plead not guilty on all charges

Sep 19, 07 6:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - OJ left a Vegas detention center today after paying his $125,000 bail and hearing a list of charges against him and his alleged cohorts. His lawyer said that OJ will plead not guilty to all charges, including robbery and kidnapping with a weapon. Simpson, 60, gave up his passport... More »

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robbery • Las Vegas • OJ Simpson • memorabilia • bail • heist • Thomas Riccio • Charles Cashmore

Bail for Simpson Set at $125K

Ex-football star set to leave Vegas after kidnap-robbery charges

Sep 19, 07 12:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Las Vegas judge set bail at $125,000 for OJ Simpson today on 11 counts issuing from his hotel altercation with sports collectors. The former football star entered no plea at today's hearing and was ordered to surrender his passport, the Los Angeles Times reports. His lawyer said Simpson... More »

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robbery • kidnapping • OJ Simpson • felony • misdemeanor • memorabilia • bail • sports collectibles • arraignment

OJ Hit With Robbery, Kidnapping Charges

One heist victim is in critical condition after suffering a heart attack

Sep 18, 07 7:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nevada prosecutors have filed 11 felony counts against OJ and his alleged cohorts for stealing memorabilia in Las Vegas last week, CNN reports. Charges include robbery with a deadly weapon, assault with a deadly weapon and first-degree kidnapping. Simpson, who is being held without bail, will face his first court... More »

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robbery • Las Vegas • kidnapping • OJ Simpson • memorabilia • Ronald Goldman

Friend Says Simpson
Was Set Up

OJ really believed he was retrieving stolen property: co-defendant

Sep 18, 07 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The audiotape that surfaced yesterday of OJ Simpson’s alleged burglary was recorded by the same man who tipped Simpson off about his stolen property’s whereabouts, which has one Simpson friend and co-defendant crying foul. “It seemed like a setup to me,” Walter Alexander told "Good... More »

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robbery • OJ Simpson • memorabilia • sports collectibles • Walter Alexander

OJ Robbery Caught on Tape

Sep 17, 07 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - TMZ has obtained a tape apparently documenting OJ Simpson's attempt to rob a sports memorabilia dealer with several gun-toting confederates. in the six-minute recording OJ spews profanity and repeatedly impugns the rights of the owners to sell memorabilia with his autograph. "You think you can steal my s*** and... More »

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robbery • OJ Simpson • If I Did It • memorabilia • tape

OJ Held
Without Bail
in Felony Heist

Fallen football star scoffs at armed
robbery charges

Sep 17, 07 3:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - OJ Simpson has been jailed without bail on six felony charges after a sports memorabilia collector told police that the scandal-prone football star participated in an armed robbery in his Vegas hotel room. If convicted, Simpson could face up to 30 years in prison on each of several counts of... More »

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Los Angeles • OJ Simpson • jail • memorabilia • sports collectibles

O.J. Arrested
in Heist of Memorabilia

Simpson says he was retrieving stolen property

Sep 16, 07 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - There was no Bronco chase this time, as police arrested O.J. Simpson after an alleged armed burglary at a Las Vegas hotel. Simpson and his pals made off with memorabilia that the ex-football phenom says were stolen from him. Police nabbed another man in the case last night, and... More »

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Las Vegas • OJ Simpson • arrest • burglary • memorabilia

O.J. 'Sorry'
—Dealer Ready to Forget Heist

'As far as I'm concerned, it's over,' says Simpson

Sep 16, 07 8:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - A sports memorabilia dealer who accused O.J. Simpson of armed robbery appears to be willing to forgive and foget, reports the New York Daily News. Simpson allegedly  barged into the collector's Las Vegas hotel room and stole memorabilia at gunpoint, the dealer told police. But now, "as far... More »

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robbery • OJ Simpson • If I Did It • memorabilia • Alfred Beardsley

OJ Admits He Did It (Took Sports Collectibles, That Is)

Ex-football star says he was reclaiming items stolen from him

Sep 14, 07 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - OJ Simpson says he was just conducting a “sting operation” to retrieve items he says were stolen from him, but now Las Vegas authorities have named him a suspect in a hotel break-in. The ex-football star told the AP an auctioneer tipped him off to a secret sale of... More »

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Heisman Trophy • robbery • Las Vegas • OJ Simpson • If I Did It • memorabilia • sports collectibles

Bonds Ball
Hits Internet
Auction Block

No. 756 could score at least $500K for fan

Aug 22, 07 1:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - New home run king Barry Bonds has driven No. 756 all the way to the Internet auction block. Mets fan Matt Murphy, who caught the record-busting ball, will sell it in an online auction running from Tuesday through Sept. 15, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. The ball could fetch at... More »

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MLB • Barry Bonds • auction • Matt Murphy • memorabilia

756 Could Be Worth $1M

But experts say to sell it soon

Aug 9, 07 10:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - The ball from Barry Bonds' record 756th home run could fetch a cool million at auction, some experts say—though they warn Queens native Matt Murphy to sell now or risk striking out. "In today's memorabilia world, proximity to the event is important," one auction-house president says. More »

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Barry Bonds • home run • Matt Murphy • Mark McGwire • memorabilia

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