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It Could Have Been Yours: The enlightened person's guide to the year's most desirable things

By Jolyon Fenwick; Marcus Husselby

Book information

Publisher
Profile
Year
2011
ISBN
9781847657572, 9781846684906
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
6 MB (6777392 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2022-11-05 00:37:18
Reference; Nonfiction; Humor (Nonfiction); HUM0000

Description

From Silvio Berlusconi's bed to Casanova's memoirs (the most expensive manuscript in history), via the Statue of Liberty's nose and an X-ray of Marilyn Monroe's chest, here is a remarkable record of some of the quirkiest, most unexpected and sometimes bizarre possessions that have changed hands in the last year - some costing millions, some only pennies (or even nothing at all). Ranging from rare historical artefacts (such as Marie-Antoinette's pearls) to the weirdly iconic (Elvis's medicine cabinet, anyone?), by turns ingenious, intriguing and witty, this is a brilliant and teasing insight into the culture of our time, packed with extraordinary things to amuse, inspire or amaze.

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