An enlarged replica of a block of four rare United States airmail error stamps, known as the Inverted Jenny plate block. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images An enlarged replica of a block of four rare United States airmail error stamps, known as the Inverted Jenny
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Twinkies are sold! J.M. Smucker scoops up Hostess Brands for $5.6 billion
Hostess Brands, best known for its Twinkies, is being bought by jelly-maker J.M. Smucker. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images Hostess Brands, best known for its Twinkies, is being bought by jelly-maker J.M. Smucker. Scott Olson/Getty Images It’s a sweet deal for Hostess — and spreads
Hemingway Survived Two Plane Crashes. A Letter About Them Just Sold for Over $237,000.
A four-page letter that Ernest Hemingway wrote to his lawyer after the writer survived two back-to-back plane crashes in East Africa in 1954 sold at auction for $237,055, according to Nate Sanders Auctions. Bidding for the letter started at $19,250 and there were 12 total bids before the letter was
Ernest Hemingway survived two plane crashes. His letter from it just sold for $237,055
Ernest Hemingway, novelist, is seen at his country home in San Francisco de Paula near Havana, Cuba on Aug. 21, 1950. Associated Press hide caption toggle caption Associated Press Ernest Hemingway, novelist, is seen at his country home in San Francisco de Paula near Havana, Cuba on Aug. 21, 1950.
Sandwich chain Subway will be sold to fast-food investor Roark Capital
The Subway logo is seen on takeout boxes at a restaurant in Londonderry, N.H. The sandwich chain says it will be sold to the private equity firm Roark Capital. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption toggle caption Charles Krupa/AP The Subway logo is seen on takeout
British Museum Was Warned Gems Were Being Sold on eBay, Emails Show
In the week since the news of the thefts broke, the case has been the subject of heated speculation in the British news media, with daily articles conjecturing over how many artifacts had been lost, and who was responsible. Erin Thompson, a specialist in art crime at John Jay College
The winning $1.58 billion Mega Millions ticket is sold in Florida
A Mega Millions ticket is seen as a person makes a purchase inside a convenience store, ahead of Tuesday’s Mega Millions drawing of $1.55 billion, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023, in Kennesaw, Georgia. Mike Stewart/AP hide caption toggle caption Mike Stewart/AP A Mega Millions ticket is seen as a person makes
The winning Powerball ticket worth $1 billion has been sold in California
People buy Powerball tickets at Joe’s Service Center, a Mobil gas station that previously sold the $2.04 billion-winning Powerball ticket at Woodbury Road and Fair Oaks Avenue in Altadena, Calif., Wednesday, July 19, 2023. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption toggle caption Damian Dovarganes/AP People buy Powerball tickets at Joe’s Service Center,
Unpublished Civil War Letter by Abraham Lincoln Discovered and Sold in Pennsylvania
A recently discovered letter written by President Abraham Lincoln that offers a glimpse into his thinking during the early part of the Civil War sold this week in Pennsylvania for $85,000, according to an autograph dealer. The previously unpublished letter had been in the same private collection for at least
Golden Globes Are Sold and Hollywood Foreign Press Is No More
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a group of entertainment journalists from overseas that, despite frequent missteps, built the Golden Globe Awards into a marquee event, died on Monday after a series of scandals. It was 80. The end of the embattled H.F.P.A. was announced after California officials agreed to a