Abraham Lincoln was an American hero — but a flawed one. As we celebrate Juneteenth, let’s also acknowledge some ugly truths that reflect the times in which our our 16th president lived.

5 Ugly Abraham Lincoln Facts No One Likes to Talk About

New York Post

An “ultra-rare” $500 bill from the Roosevelt era will be auctioned off in England on Wednesday — and it could fetch more than twice the number printed on its face. 

The 1934 banknote, featuring a stoic portrait of President William McKinley, was part of a big collection of rare US money found in Wales, Hansons Auctioneers told Fox 8 in North Carolina.



Tonya Harding’s skating costume after infamous Nancy Kerrigan attack could be yours at auction

The bill was uncommon for several reasons, according to William Hayward, a coin and banknote valuer at Hansons — not the least of which is that...

Century-old, ‘ultra-rare’ $500 bill featuring William McKinley to be auctioned off

Digital Camera World

The must-see work of Mary Ellen Mark comes to Thames & Hudson's affordable photography book line

New 'mini monograph' provides perfect introduction to the divisive photography of Mary Ellen Mark

An original watercolour illustration has become the most valuable Harry Potter item ever sold - fetching $1.9m (£1.5m) at auction in the US. The artwork for the first edition of JK Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone sold for more than three times the expected price. It was...

Artwork now most valuable Harry Potter item ever sold

Talker

It features an ultra-rare 90-year-old $500 bill which could double its face value and is still considered legal tender in the United States.
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Collection of old money including rare $500 bill being auctioned off

Utah State

Dylan McDonnell used ingredients like sycamore figs, Israeli golden raisins, frankincense, and 3,000-year-old yeast to brew a beer that was once consumed in ancient Egypt. Countless people developed new hobbies during the height of the COVID-19 lockdowns. Some people started knitting, for instance, while others started baking bread. And Dylan McDonnell, a Utah man with a passion for beer, decided to try to brew it just like the ancient Egyptians did 3,500 years ago.

A Homebrewer In Utah Just Used A Recipe From A 3,500-Year-Old Papyrus To Recreate Beer That Ancient Egyptians Drank

Philadelphia, PA

After going missing for more than 50 years, a firearm dating back to the Revolutionary War has been recovered and donated to a Philadelphia museum, the FBI says.

A Revolutionary War-era musket was stolen more than 50 years ago. It has been recovered and given to a Philadelphia museum

TheDailyBeast

Titian’s Rest On The Flight Into Egypt smashed auction records when it was sold for $22 million at an auction—and a savvy art detective who recovered it in a plastic bag at a bus stop can take all the credit. The 16th century masterpiece, from one of Italy’s old masters, has exchanged hands a number of times through the centuries, at one point being looted by Napoleon Bonaparte during his occupation of Vienna in 1809, and then it was stolen again nearly two centuries later. The piece was taken from Lord Bath’s Longleat House collection in January 1995, when thieves...

Stolen Titian Found at Bus Stop Sells for $22 million

Mary Shelley's classic tale of terror was first published in 1818.
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Rare first edition of ‘Frankenstein’ sells for a monstrous amount

The work of an early 20th-century photographer who set out on a 30-year mission to document Native American tribes was almost forgotten about entirely until his work was rediscovered years later. Born in 1868, Edward S. Curtis rose from humble beginnings in Whitewater, Wisconsin to become one of the most...

This Photographer Documented Native American Tribes Before They ‘Vanished’

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	As we’ve said before, just because a spirit is old doesn’t mean it’s better. Of course that hasn’t stopped distilleries and brands from pushing the envelope with lengthy age statements and releasing spirits that have spent many decades inside a barrel. The latest comes from Hermitage Cognac, which just released what it is calling the the world’s oldest barrel-aged Cognac ever.Air France Says It Could Lose Hundreds of Millions as Travelers Avoid the Paris Olympics




	The “barrel-aged” caveat is because of the fact that there are indeed much older Cognacs out there that you can purchase for astronomical sums, but these...

This New 100-Year-Old Cognac May Be the Oldest Barrel-Aged Expression Ever

Former President Donald Trump delivered another litany of false claims during two speeches on Saturday. And he expressed an opinion on American history that is clearly contradicted by the facts.

Fact check: Trump says George Washington ‘probably didn’t’ own slaves. Washington did

Massachusetts State

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Dianna Carney

Hammy and Cheyanne, two miniature poodles, are in search of their forever home. Weighing 6.3lb and 6.4lb respectively, these sweet pups are a bonded pair with a sad past. Sandy Paws Rescue Inc., a foster-based rescue in Massachusetts, shares their story, explaining that "Hammy & Cheyanne are cruelty case pups that are a bonded pair. They're from a rural area in Texas. These are a pair of sweet little pups that are in need of a fresh start together!"

Meet The Sweet Little Dogs Who Are Looking For Love

Daily Mail

Donald Ray Lantz, 63, and Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, 62 of Charleston, West Virginia , plead not guilty to over a dozen charges after their kids were found locked in a shed after laboring on farmland.

White West Virginia couple forced their adopted black children to work as slaves and live in barn

Two pistols that Napoleon Bonaparte once intended to use to kill himself were sold in France on Sunday for 1.69 million euros ($1.8 million), the auction house said, with the government insisting that they stay in the country as national treasures. "Being classified as a national treasure gives an incredible value to the object," said a representative of the Osenat auction house, asking not to be named.

Napoleon's pistols sold in France for 1.7 mn euros: auctioneers

Elkins Park, PA

Business Insider

A wealthy financier built the 32-bedroom estate for family who never set foot in it. Now the eerily decrepit mansion is set to get a big renovation.

See inside a $300 million Gilded Age mansion built for heirs who died on the Titanic that sat abandoned for years

Los Angeles, CA

Beverly Hills, CA

KFI AM 640

See how much the massive Beverly Hills estate is being sold for below!

PHOTOS: California Billionaire Selling 'Stonehenge' Mansion For A Fortune

FinanceBuzz

From the rare to the overlooked, these 15 valuable coins could be hiding in your home right now.

15 Truly Valuable Coins That Might Be Hiding in Your House

Missouri State

Kansas City, MO

CJ Coombs

Smaks, not to be confused with Smaxx in downtown Kansas City, first opened on Johnson Drive in Kansas in 1956. Smaks was known for its hamburgers, shakes, and hand-dipped onion rings. Through four decades, the hamburger chain spread into seven states.

Cooking up history: the legacy of Smaks in Kansas City, Missouri

New York City, NY

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	The original watercolor on the cover of the first book in the “Harry Potter” series sold for nearly four times its previous record, going for $1.9 million at Sotheby’s in New York on Wednesday. This makes it the most expensive piece of “Harry Potter” ephemera ever sold.Sotheby's Shuffles Its Deck with Multiple Promotions and Title Swaps in Europe and Asia 




	The work was painted by Thomas Taylor when he was 23 years old. In 1997, it was featured on the first-edition covers of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (published outside the UK as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone). To commemorate the book’s...

Original ‘Harry Potter’ Cover Smashes Auction Records, Selling for $1.9 M.

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Pappy Van Winkle’s Lovers Should Take A Closer Look at Hoffman & Old Commonwealth

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