As of Friday morning, George Zimmerman, the killer of Florida teen, Trayvon Martin, continues in his attempts to auction off the weapon used in the killing. The automatic pistol, a Kel-Tec PF-9 9mm, is currently listed on United Gun Group, has garnered a bids as high as $65 million from the spurious identity, “Racist McShootFace.” That account has since […]
An anonymous bidder paid $17.2 million for a statue of Adolf Hitler at an auction Sunday. The statue is the work of Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, and is called “Him.” Completed in 2001, the statue depicts an adult Hitler sculpted with childlike proportions, kneeling as if in prayer. Auctioneer Christie’s had expected the statue would […]
Following a press release issued by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People demanding that the Alaska Day Committee of Sitka “retract and remove the scheduled Slavery auction on the calendar of events” for the Alaska Day festivities, that organization has decided to change the name of the October fundraiser. The Sitka organizers […]
A major American foundation that anonymously purchased sacred objects during a fiercely contested auction in Paris last year has returned one of the pieces to Southeast Alaska Natives. The Annenberg Foundation is donating a Native panel to Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) that appears to be part of an old Tlingit bentwood box with a painted […]