| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | FAN MAIL TO HISTORIC FIGURES $400: That translucent pink egg you made is amazing! I think that will sell for $18.5 million at a 2007 auction at Christie's one day! Fabergé |
| #8967, aired 2023-11-07 | BANDS IN OTHER WORDS $600: Unused young goats for sale at an auction New Kids on the Block |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | SCULPTURES $1,500 (Daily Double): It's no lie: almost $80 million dropped at auction for Giacometti's surrealist, "Le Nez", a head with a very long one of these a nose |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | ANTIQUES $200: Musical instruments from this Italian maker, whose work is seen here, have sold at auction for $1 million or more Stradivarius |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | WHAT A LITERARY CHARACTER! $2,000 (Daily Double): At the end of a Thomas Pynchon book, Oedipa Maas awaits the bidding on a stamp collection with this auction number lot 49 |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | FIRST WORDS $1600: To begin the bidding in a card game or at an auction open |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | VERY ARTISTIC $600: Used as a doorstop in Long Island, a vase from this Chinese dynasty eventually sold for $1.3 million at auction in 2012 the Ming Dynasty |
| #8756, aired 2022-12-05 | LET'S PLAY QUARTERS $2000: A quarter minted in this city in 1796, the first year that coin was produced, sold at auction for $1.5 million in 2013 Philadelphia |
| #8732, aired 2022-11-01 | I BID $1600: At a 2020 documents auction, the winning bid was $45,000 for the 1947 title transfer of the Flamingo Hotel to this mobster (Bugsy) Siegel |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | ARTISTS & THEIR SUBJECTS $200: Her self-portrait titled "Diego & I" sold for $34.9 million at a 2021 auction, a record for her Frida Kahlo |
| #8646, aired 2022-05-23 | ANAGRAM PAIRS $800: The prudent care you take when bidding at Sotheby's caution auction |
| #3, aired 2022-02-09 | WHO'S UP FOR SOME SEAFOOD? $200: Sushi can be pricey; at a 2019 auction a 612-pound bluefin this went for $3.1 million tuna |
| #8426, aired 2021-06-21 | POP CULTURE $1200: In 2020 the plastic crown worn by this "Big Poppa" rapper in his final photo shoot sold at auction for nearly $600,000 the Notorious B.I.G. |
| #8425, aired 2021-06-18 | BIBLICAL ART $5,000 (Daily Double): Stolen in Israel in 1996, this Russian-born artist's "Jacob's Ladder" was recovered in 2015 & sold at auction in 2020 Marc Chagall |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | AUCTION $200: This artist's 1889 "Self-portrait without beard" went for $71.5 million at a Christie's auction van Gogh |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | AUCTION $600: A 1963 250 GTO from this Italian automaker sold in 2018 for $70 million, the most ever for a car at auction Ferrari |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | AUCTION $800: In 2008 one of these double-talk electric guitar effects pedals used by Jimi Hendrix sold at auction for $15,500 a wah-wah pedal |
| #8362, aired 2021-03-23 | SOLD AT AUCTION $400: In 2020 a signed, original pair of Nike Air these, worn in play in 1985, netted $560,000 at auction Jordans |
| #8362, aired 2021-03-23 | SOLD AT AUCTION $800: In 1990, exactly 100 years after it was painted, this artist's "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" sold for $82.5 million Vincent van Gogh |
| #8362, aired 2021-03-23 | SOLD AT AUCTION $1200: Someone laid down $960,000 for his "Blackie" guitar, which he played on "Lay Down Sally" Clapton |
| #8362, aired 2021-03-23 | SOLD AT AUCTION $1600: In 1993 this Texas billionaire & presidential candidate got himself a Soyuz space capsule for $1.7 million Perot |
| #8362, aired 2021-03-23 | SOLD AT AUCTION $2000: Christie's recently offered art, objects &, of course, photos from this late former husband of Princess Margaret Lord Snowdon |
| #8343, aired 2021-02-24 | BUY ME $1000: How about a 60-year-old bottle of Macallan 1926, this booze? One sold at auction for $1.9 million scotch |
| #8307, aired 2021-01-05 | A REAL PRIZE $1000: The prize steer at this annual Texas event routinely sells for 6 figures in the Youth Livestock Auction the state fair |
| #8230, aired 2020-06-05 | LITERARY HODGEPODGE $400: Previously bought at a pawn shop, Cormac McCarthy's light blue Olivetti one of these sold at auction in 2009 for over $250,000 a typewriter |
| #8219, aired 2020-05-21 | SOLD! AT SOTHEBY'S $2000: The first sculpture on the auction block ever to sell for over $100 million was "Walking Man 1" by this Swiss-born sculptor Giacometti |
| #8090, aired 2019-11-08 | CLASSIC ROCK GUITARISTS $2000: Money, it's a hit! In 2019 this Pink Floyd man got $21 million for his guitars at auction & donated the money to fight climate change David Gilmour |
| #7948, aired 2019-03-13 | EXPENSIVE STUFF $1600: Let there be very expensive light from 2 gilt-metal & rock crystal these fixtures, bought at auction in 2010 for $677,000 chandeliers |
| #7940, aired 2019-03-01 | NAME THAT TUNA $400: It's bigger than the yellowfin & in 2013 a 490-pound one of these colorful tuna sold at auction in Tokyo for $1.8 million bluefin |
| #7926, aired 2019-02-11 | SHOW US THE RING $600: In 2013, her diamond & sapphire engagement ring from Napoleon sold at auction for just under $1 million Josephine |
| #7763, aired 2018-05-16 | EUROPEAN PAINTINGS $2000: One of the most expensive still lifes ever sold at auction was this Frenchman's "Curtain, Pitcher and Bowl of Fruit" Cezanne |
| #7622, aired 2017-10-31 | ART $3,200 (Daily Double): In 2013 one of his black-&-white paintings of a Coca-Cola bottle sold at auction for over $57 million Andy Warhol |
| #7547, aired 2017-06-06 | APPROXIMATE WEIGHTS & MEASURES $2,000 (Daily Double): Miscellaneous articles sold as a unit at an auction at Sotheby's a lot |
| #7353, aired 2016-07-27 | BASEBALL $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.) Check out the incredibly rare 1909-11 T206 card of this "Flying Dutchman"; in 2013, one went at auction for $2.1 million Honus Wagner |
| #7303, aired 2016-05-18 | ART $1200: In 1987 his "Irises" sold at auction for a then-record $53.9 million Vincent van Gogh |
| #6968, aired 2014-12-24 | MAKING SOME COIN $200: In 2012 a 1792 copper one of these minted in Philadelphia sold for $1.15 million at auction a penny |
| #6921, aired 2014-10-20 | JEWELRY $1000: In 2010 a diamond bracelet owned by this wife of the ex-Edward VIII fetched $7 million at auction, a record for a bracelet Wallis Simpson |
| #6910, aired 2014-10-03 | THE "B.G."'s $600: In 2013 one of these worn by Jackie Robinson, possibly in the 1955 & '57 World Series, sold for $373,002 at auction a baseball glove |
| #6826, aired 2014-04-28 | APPROXIMATE WEIGHTS & MEASURES $1000: At an auction, it's several articles up for bid that are sold as one unit a lot |
| #6728, aired 2013-12-11 | RECENT HISTORY $1200: In May 2012 a pastel version of this Edvard Munch work set a record by selling for almost $120 million at auction The Scream |
| #6642, aired 2013-07-02 | UNDERWEAR $600: In 2011 Madonna's black one of these one-piece garments, a bra & waist cincher combo, sold for $72,000 at auction a bustier |
| #6633, aired 2013-06-19 | PAINTING & SCULPTURE $400: "Nympheas", one of his paintings of water lilies, sold for nearly $44 million at a 2012 auction Monet |
| #6585, aired 2013-04-12 | THE RICH MAN'S... $1000: Car is a 1968 GT40 from this U.S. automaker; one used by Steve McQueen fetched $11 million at auction Ford |
| #6464, aired 2012-10-25 | A "HA"! $800: Something for sale at an auction is said to be "under" this the hammer |
| #6435, aired 2012-08-03 | KID RHYMES $200: To offer money for something at an auction bid |
| #6397, aired 2012-06-12 | MIXED GREENS $800: The most expensive of these animals ever sold at a public auction was the Green Monkey, bringing $16 mil. in 2006 horse |
| #6330, aired 2012-03-09 | SALE $200: In 2011 the iconic "subway dress" she wore in "The Seven Year Itch" sold at auction for $4.6 million (Marilyn) Monroe |
| #6330, aired 2012-03-09 | SALE $1000: In 2011 a Patek Philippe one of these set a record when it went for $3.6 million at a Geneva auction a watch |
| #6280, aired 2011-12-30 | THE MOST EXPENSIVE EVER $200: The most expensive one of these kits is Keith Moon's Premier set, which sold at auction in 2004 for about $250,000 drums |
| #6262, aired 2011-12-06 | HATS ENTERTAINMENT $2000: In 2011 this title hat worn by John Wayne sold for a record $179,250 at auction the green beret |
| #6261, aired 2011-12-05 | REMEMBER LAST DECEMBER? $1200: A volume of his bird art sold at auction for more than $10 million, a record for a printed book Audubon |
| #6249, aired 2011-11-17 | EXTRAVAGANZA ELEGANZA $600: Fetching $3.6 million at auction, the "Molitor" is a violin he made in 1697 Stradivarius |
| #6231, aired 2011-10-24 | A "TON" OF PEOPLE $200: In 2004 the most valuable guitar, this rocker's Stratocaster "Blackie", sold for $959,500 at auction (Eric) Clapton |
| #6204, aired 2011-07-28 | TOOLS OF THE WRITER'S TRADE $400: In 2009 this, on which Cormac McCarthy produced 5 million words, sold for over $250,000 at auction a typewriter |
| #6165, aired 2011-06-03 | "BEE" HAPPY $800: In 2007 one of 7 handwritten copies of J.K. Rowling's "Tales of" this bard fetched nearly $4 million at auction Beedle the Bard |
| #6004, aired 2010-10-21 | JUST THE FACTS ON FILE, PLEASE $400: June 30, 2005: this late actor's annotated script of "The Godfather" sells at auction for a record $312,800 (Marlon) Brando |
| #6003, aired 2010-10-20 | 20th CENTURY WOMEN $200: At a June 2008 auction, candid footage of her on the set of "The Misfits" sold for $60,000 Marilyn Monroe |
| #5847, aired 2010-02-02 | SOLD! $400: In 2009, at this type of sale, a 1957 Ferrari Testa Rossa went for a record $12.4 million auction |
| #5771, aired 2009-10-19 | POTPOURRI $800: A century-old painting of these animals playing poker was one of a pair that fetched $590,400 at a 2005 auction dogs |
| #5718, aired 2009-06-17 | THE PURLOINED LETTER $800: A 1783 letter signed by this general (& future president) was stolen in the 1940s but turned up at a 2006 auction George Washington |
| #5587, aired 2008-12-16 | DINOSAURS $400: In 2006 a fossilized one of these containing 22 broken eggs sold at auction for $420,000 a nest |
| #5378, aired 2008-01-16 | SUSHI CULTURE $400: (Jimmy reports from a fish market in Tokyo.) The most important auction at the Tsukiji Market is for this fish, a part of the Japanese diet chronicled as far back as the 8th century tuna |
| #5336, aired 2007-11-19 | THANKS FOR THE MEMORABILIA $800: A script of "The Godfather" with notes by this man pulled in more than $300,000 at a 2005 auction Marlon Brando |
| #5336, aired 2007-11-19 | THANKS FOR THE MEMORABILIA $1000: A pair of these weapons used by Mark Hamill & David Prowse each sold for over $100,000 at an auction in 2005 lightsabers |
| #5294, aired 2007-09-20 | UP, UP & AWAY $800: In Nov. 2003 a nosecone from one of these fabled planes sold for $490,000 at an auction in France Concorde |
| #5283, aired 2007-07-25 | HODGEPODGE $200: At a 2005 auction, paintings by Warhol & Renoir didn't sell, but 3 by Congo, one of these playful primates, did a chimp |
| #5281, aired 2007-07-23 | NOW THAT'S EXPENSIVE! $800: In 2000 a set of books about these critters "Of America" by John James Audubon sold at auction for $8.8 million birds |
| #5081, aired 2006-10-16 | SCIENCE GUYS $400: At a 1944 auction a copy of his paper on the special theory of relativity brought a $6.5-mil. pledge in war bonds Einstein |
| #5054, aired 2006-07-27 | BEAR STUFF $1000: An old stuffed bear from this German company sold at auction in 1994 for a lot of the green stuff--$158,000 Steiff |
| #4703, aired 2005-02-02 | "KEY" WORDS $200: The earliest authentic copy of his "Star-Spangled Banner" sold at public auction in 1934 Francis Scott Key |
| #4626, aired 2004-10-18 | NOTHIN' BUT "A"s $400: Okay, we're at $400 for the clue, $400, do I hear 6...? No, still at $400 & I'm talking like a guy at this event... sold, for $400 an auction |
| #4521, aired 2004-04-12 | 5 "C.C."s, STAT! $800: Used by James T. Kirk on the bridge of the Enterprise, it sold at auction in 2002 for $304,750 the captain's chair |
| #4518, aired 2004-04-07 | PIECES OF APRIL $2,200 (Daily Double): At an auction in April 1978, one of these books sold for $2 million, then a record for a printed book Gutenberg Bible |
| #4463, aired 2004-01-21 | DOUBLE "D"s $200: Items at an auction are "sold to the highest" one bidder |
| #4393, aired 2003-10-15 | ME TARZAN $400: At an April 2003 auction, a loincloth worn by this screen Tarzan didn't meet its reserve, so it wasn't sold Johnny Weissmuller |
| #4388, aired 2003-10-08 | ONE KNOWS $600: One knows in January 2000 1 of the 3 Wilson volleyballs used in this film sold at auction for $18,400 Cast Away |
| #4354, aired 2003-07-03 | I LOVE A PIANO $400: In 2000 George Michael bought at auction for 2.1 million the piano on which this man composed "Imagine" John Lennon |
| #4205, aired 2002-12-06 | AUCTION PACKED $800: At a 1990 Sotheby's auction in New York, a bronze version of this Rodin sculpture sold for $1.2 million "The Thinker" |
| #4205, aired 2002-12-06 | AUCTION PACKED $1600: In 1949 a copy of this speech by Abraham Lincoln sold at auction for $54,000 the Gettysburg Address |
| #4205, aired 2002-12-06 | AUCTION PACKED $2000: This American-born duchess' jewels were sold at auction in 1987 for $50 million Wallis Simpson |
| #3872, aired 2001-06-05 | PRICELINE $400: At a 1996 auction Jimmy Buffett paid $43,700 for a Jamie Wyeth lithograph of this president in a sailboat John F. Kennedy |
| #3851, aired 2001-05-07 | PROPS $300: This villain's chariot was sold for over $7,000 at the Auction Powers website Dr. Evil |
| #3843, aired 2001-04-25 | SIT ON IT! $200: At the Jackie Kennedy Onassis auction in 1996, one of these chairs used by JFK sold for $442,500 a rocking chair |
| #3631, aired 2000-05-22 | AT AUCTION $200: In September 1999 Billy Crystal paid $239,000 for a glove used in a game by this Yankee great Mickey Mantle |
| #3631, aired 2000-05-22 | AT AUCTION $400: The handwritten lyrics to this John Lennon song, possibly inspired by a Lewis Carroll poem, sold in 1999 for $129,000 "I Am The Walrus" |
| #3631, aired 2000-05-22 | AT AUCTION $600: A 1940s molded plywood one of these designed by Charles Eames & Eero Saarinen recently went for $129,000 Chair |
| #3631, aired 2000-05-22 | AT AUCTION $800: Las Vegas mogul Steve Wynn bought this artist's "Island Of The Grande Jatte" for only $35.2 million Georges Seurat |
| #3631, aired 2000-05-22 | AT AUCTION $1000: The National Maritime Museum in Britain paid $81,100 for some of this ill-fated South Polar explorer's effects Robert Scott |
| #3277, aired 1998-12-01 | 1988 $500 (Daily Double): Size 6B, this pair of movie memorabilia items sold for $165,000 at auction in June 1988 The ruby slippers from The Wizard Of Oz |
| #3146, aired 1998-04-13 | ON THE AUCTION BLOCK $1,000 (Daily Double): The gown she wore when she danced with John Travolta at the White House set a record at Christie's Princess Diana |
| #3042, aired 1997-11-18 | SCANDALS $600: Christie's must have laughed in 1997 as 2 workers at this auction house were suspended for smuggling Sotheby's |
| #2680, aired 1996-04-05 | "NIGHT" MOVIES $200: At a June 1995 auction, the white suit John Travolta wore in this film sold for $145,500 "Saturday Night Fever" |
| #2523, aired 1995-07-19 | ACTRESSES $300: At a 1993 auction, her "Best Actress" Oscar for "Mildred Pierce" sold for $68,500 Joan Crawford |
| #2483, aired 1995-05-24 | ART $800: At a 1994 auction, his drip painting "No. 22" sold for $1.76 million (Jackson) Pollock |
| #2388, aired 1995-01-11 | WEAPONS $200: This "weapon" from "Basic Instinct" was an item at an October 1993 Hollywood auction ice pick |
| #2326, aired 1994-10-17 | APPROXIMATE WEIGHTS & MEASURES $400: At an auction it's a number of items that are bid on as one item a lot |
| #2106, aired 1993-11-01 | COMPOSERS $800: In 1992 the French government bought at auction the first draft of his "Bolero" for $320,000 Ravel |
| #1999, aired 1993-04-22 | TOYS & GAMES $400: Guinness says one of these ursine toys was sold at auction for a record-breaking £55,100 a teddy bear |
| #1984, aired 1993-04-01 | ART $400: At a 1989 auction, this pop artist's "Shot Red Marilyn" sold for $4.07 million Andy Warhol |
| #1975, aired 1993-03-19 | 1942 $200: At an auction in New York, this sculptor's "The Thinker" sold for $9,500 Rodin |
| #1827, aired 1992-07-07 | GUINNESS RECORDS $400: The highest price paid at auction for one of these toys was £90,200 for a 1909 bisque one a doll |
| #1673, aired 1991-12-04 | U.S.A. $800: At a bachelor auction in L.A., a lady paid $22,500 to date this Broadway "Phantom" Michael Crawford |
| #1534, aired 1991-04-11 | NAMES IN THE NEWS $300: This reclusive movie actress's collection of art, etc., brought $21 million at auction Greta Garbo |
| #1530, aired 1991-04-05 | ART $400: This late artist's cookie jar collection sold at auction in 1988 for $247,830 Andy Warhol |
| #1180, aired 1989-10-20 | ART $400: At a 1988 auction, a poster of this French tire company character fetched 7,260 pounds the Michelin Man |
| #906, aired 1988-07-11 | AUCTIONS $600: At a "with reserve" auction, the seller reserves the right to do this to take back the sale or the buy himself |
| #829, aired 1988-03-24 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: What you do to your opponents to get a contract in bridge, or an antique at an auction outbid |
| #616, aired 1987-04-20 | VIRGINIA $500: Every summer, these wild animals swim to Chincoteague Island, where some are sold at auction ponies |
| #314, aired 1985-11-21 | 2ND CENTURY $400: By 193, Rome had sunk so low, Juliannus bought this at public auction, but never reigned on it a throne |
| #142, aired 1985-03-26 | ART $200: $148,500 was paid at a 1983 Sotheby’s auction for a Warhol silkscreen of this late singer Elvis Presley |
| #37, aired 1984-10-30 | BUSINESS $400: Their goods go under the hammer at an auction |
