Stupid News:Town sells bridge for $1

EGELSTON TOWNSHIP, Michigan - An anonymous buyer has purchased a western Michigan pedestrian bridge for $1. The buyer said the bridge is headed to a private residence in Alma, about 80 miles east of Muskegon. The buyer plans to use the bridge to provide access to an island in a private pond....More

Superman comic sells for $1,000,000.00

LOS ANGELES, California - A very rare, first edition Superman comic book in top condition sold on Monday for a record $1 million in a public sale held by website ComicConnect.com. The book, Action Comics #1, was first published in June 1938 and introduced the crime-fighting superhero to fans, describing how he was born on a different planet and came to Earth. ...More

Michael Jacksons White Glove Sells for $48,400

MELBOURNE, Australia - A bejeweled white glove Michael Jackson tossed to an Australian fan more than a decade ago sold at auction for $48,400, almost twice the estimated selling price. Warwick Stone, a buyer for the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, beat out five other bidders for the late King of Pop?s glove, said Charlotte Stanes, spokeswoman for the Melbourne auction house Bonhams and Goodman.--More

Art found at Tennessee charity sells for $8,000

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A 100-year-old Ellsworth Woodward painting found in Goodwill's Nashville warehouse has sold for more than $8,000.

Goodwill of Middle Tennessee spokeswoman Suzanne Kay-Pittman says a Boston bidder bought the painting for $8,101 late Sunday on Goodwill's online auction Web site.

She says Goodwill cannot yet release the buyer's name.

Goodwill worker Susan McCullen says she was sifting through the charity's warehouse when she spotted its gold frame sticking out of a bin.

The water color depicts a wooden ship at an Italian port. An attached letter says it was first bought for $75 at the San Francisco Fair.

Woodward was a Massachusetts native born in 1861 who moved to New Orleans and became an important advocate for Southern arts and crafts.
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