Odd News Lee Harvey Oswald’s coffin up for auction

California - The coffin in which JFK alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was buried is to go under the hammer for the first time. The pine coffin is partially water-damaged by the 18 years it spent in the ground before Oswald’s body was exhumed in 1981 to lay to rest rumors that a lookalike Soviet agent was buried in his place. The body — confirmed as genuinely his — was reburied in another casket, and the original is only now being offered for sale at auction....More

Gangster John Dillinger’s death mask up for auction

Chicago - A Chicago auctioneer said items at an upcoming sale include a cast of outlaw John Dillinger’s face made after his death. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers said the “death mask,” which was created by an amateur criminologist after the gangster’s death, will be auctioned alongside Al Capone’s monogrammed scarf...More

John Lennon's toilet sells for $14,740 at auction (Reuters)

Reuters - A toilet that belonged to late Beatle John Lennon fetched 9,500 pounds ($14,740) at auction on Saturday, around 10 times its estimate, the sale organizers said.---...More