| #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 |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | UNDER THE HAMMER $400 (Daily Double): A 2014 Waylon Jennings estate auction included a pair of braids that once belonged to this outlaw country legend Willie Nelson |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | UNDER THE HAMMER $600: An Illinois auction house put this "Star Wars" character's trusty blaster on the block in 2022 & it fetched just over a cool mil Han Solo |
| #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 |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | PLAY THAT GAME $1000: This 5-letter card game of English origin helped construct some bridges--auction bridge & contract bridge Whist |
| #8789, aired 2023-01-19 | ENDS IN "ION" $400: Place where you'd hear the following an auction |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, AUCTION! $200: A rare packaging of a 1985 Nintendo video game featuring "Super" these "Bros." bounced to $114,000 in 2020 Mario Bros. |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, AUCTION! $400: In 2020, "Stan", one of these creatures, was king, his skeleton fetching $31.8 million a T-rex |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, AUCTION! $600: Coo... coo... cool; the Belgian racing type of this bird is a bit more valuable than one in a city park, going for $1.9 million in 2020 a (homing) pigeon |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, AUCTION! $800: I'd pay $1.5 million to know the time, said someone after taking home a Daytona John Player Special 6264 watch by this luxury brand Rolex |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, AUCTION! $1000: A pair of glasses thought to belong to this "Great Soul" of India netted $340,000 in 2020 Gandhi |
| #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 |
| #8674, aired 2022-06-30 | TALES FROM THE UNCLAIMED BAGGAGE CENTER $800: An Egyptian burial mask & other artifacts from the time of Moses were sold through this auction house & Sotheby's rival Christie's |
| #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 |
| #5, aired 2022-02-10 | PASS/FAIL $400: You pass in this card game if you decline to make a bid when it's your turn in the auction bridge |
| #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 |
| #8537, aired 2021-12-21 | SPORTS NICKNAMES $800: CR7 is this Portuguese-born star who donated one of his Ballon d'Or trophies to a Make-A-Wish auction Ronaldo |
| #8455, aired 2021-07-30 | LEGAL $400: In many states, a borrower who couldn't pay the mortgage has the right of redemption, to stop this process until auction time foreclosure |
| #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 |
| #8400, aired 2021-05-14 | THE ART OF LEADERSHIP $400: A painting by this Russian leader sold for more than $1 million in a charity auction--no word on if he was shirtless when he painted it Putin |
| #8388, aired 2021-04-28 | "AU" $1200: The price goes down instead of up in the Dutch type of this process an auction |
| #8383, aired 2021-04-21 | D PLUS $400: What you're doing to time when waiting patiently; what you're doing on an auction item when you're tired of waiting biding & bidding |
| #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 $400: In 2008 this Internet auction site banned ivory products & in 2012 banned hexes & magic spells eBay |
| #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 |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | AUCTION $1000: Auctioned for $43 million, a Florida estate with 22 bathrooms is modeled on this French home that didn't get toilets until 1768 Versailles |
| #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 |
| #8130, aired 2020-01-03 | ARMCHAIR EXPERT $600: In 2019 one of these chairs from the Titanic was up for auction; about 10 are still known to exist deck chairs |
| #8107, aired 2019-12-03 | DOPPELHANGERS $1600: When these 2 venerable auction houses put up for sale the same Gauguin piece in 2000, the game was certainly afoot Christie's & Sotheby's |
| #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 |
| #7996, aired 2019-05-20 | STOCK SYMBOLS $1000: Appropriately, the stock symbol for Sotheby's auction house is this 3-letter verb BID |
| #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 |
| #7907, aired 2019-01-15 | WOMEN WRITERS $2,500 (Daily Double): An auction of this poet's possessions included her copy of "Joy of Cooking" with "Ted likes this" next to a veal recipe Sylvia Plath |
| #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 |
| #7704, aired 2018-02-22 | COLLUSION $1,400 (Daily Double): In 2000 these 2 art auction houses agreed to pay $500 million in restitution for engaging in price-fixing Christie's and Sotheby's |
| #7626, aired 2017-11-06 | AMERICANA $1000: The Wyoming national refuge for these 600-pound creatures holds an annual antler auction elk |
| #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 |
| #7575, aired 2017-07-14 | YOU GET A "D" $1000: In a 1999 auction Ty Cobb's pair of these took an over $7,000 "bite" out of someone's wallet dentures |
| #7550, aired 2017-06-09 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $400: The world's largest flower auction, in Aalsmeer in this country, sells 20 million flowers a day the Netherlands |
| #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 |
| #7328, aired 2016-06-22 | PREQUELS & SEQUELS $400: For a charity auction in 2008, she wrote an 800-word Harry Potter prequel J.K. Rowling |
| #7303, aired 2016-05-18 | ART $1200: In 1987 his "Irises" sold at auction for a then-record $53.9 million Vincent van Gogh |
| #7287, aired 2016-04-26 | JUST DEAL! $200: Contract & auction are types of this card game bridge |
| #7127, aired 2015-09-15 | THE 1990s $400: The bidding began in 1995 when Pierre Omidyar launched this auction website eBay |
| #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 |
| #6898, aired 2014-09-17 | ROCK BAND NAME OPPOSITES $2000: Old Adults Not for Auction New Kids on the Block |
| #6851, aired 2014-06-02 | WORD ORIGINS $400: From the Latin for "increase", it's a public sale where the price gradually increases until an item sells an auction |
| #6844, aired 2014-05-22 | BRITISH ART & ARTISTS $800: (Alex Trebek delivers the clue from the J. Paul Getty Museum.) In the 1770s, Thomas Gainsborough painted a portrait of this friend, the founder of a London auction house; he's leaning against 1 of the artist's own paintings & is holding what is probably an auction list (James) Christie |
| #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 |
| #6796, aired 2014-03-17 | LET'S PLAY BRIDGE $1200: In the mid-20th c. contract bridge became big & this formerly most popular form was going once, going twice... auction bridge |
| #6770, aired 2014-02-07 | STOCK SYMBOLS $1,000 (Daily Double): This verb is the 3-letter stock symbol for Sotheby's BID |
| #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 |
| #6641, aired 2013-07-01 | VERTICAL LANDMARKS $600: In 2009 this city's 60-story John Hancock Tower sold for $660 million in a foreclosure auction Boston |
| #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 |
| #6605, aired 2013-05-10 | POP CULTURE $400: Some of the costumes she wore in her Oscar-winning role in "Silver Linings Playbook" went up for auction (Jennifer) Lawrence |
| #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 |
| #6484, aired 2012-11-22 | DEAD, BUT VERY BUSY $600: A 3-day auction of artwork belonging to this late designer known as YSL netted $443 million for charity Yves Saint Laurent |
| #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 |
| #6274, aired 2011-12-22 | FLEECE NAVIDAD $400: This site that started as AuctionWeb has more than 5,000 "ugly Christmas sweaters" on the auction block eBay |
| #6269, aired 2011-12-15 | MIDDLE T $1200: I have $1,200 for knowing this term, also a type of bridge card game...$1,200 once! twice! sold! auction |
| #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 |
| #6260, aired 2011-12-02 | GOING NATIONAL $800: Auction &
courage Dutch |
| #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 |
| #6164, aired 2011-06-02 | LET'S GO SHOPPING $800: You're going to a Fasig-Tipton auction if you want to buy one of these 4-legged competitors a racehorse |
| #6164, aired 2011-06-02 | LET'S GO SHOPPING $1000: The Dynasty League Auction is where you build your lineup for this activity fantasy baseball |
| #6021, aired 2010-11-15 | ONLINE SHOPPING $400: It traces its roots to 1995 & Pierre Omidyar, a computer programer who wrote the code for an auction website eBay |
| #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 |
| #5979, aired 2010-09-16 | SILENCE $200: In a silent one of these, the bids are written--none of that "do I hear..." business an auction |
| #5927, aired 2010-05-25 | EUROPEAN ARTISTS $400: In 1891 he held an auction of his paintings to finance his move to Tahiti Paul Gauguin |
| #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 |
| #5728, aired 2009-07-01 | STOCK SYMBOL-IC $800: BID is the winning symbol for this auction house that held its first one in 1744 Sotheby's |
| #5718, aired 2009-06-17 | THE PURLOINED LETTER $400: In 2006, brothers Jim & Dean Thomas helped catch a thief selling stolen Civil War letters on this auction website eBay |
| #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 |
| #5693, aired 2009-05-13 | WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT $3,000 (Daily Double): After heading up 2 Cabinet departments, she represented North Carolina in the Senate from 2003 to 2009 (Elizabeth) Dole |
| #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 |
| #5478, aired 2008-06-04 | COLLECTIBLES $1200: Collectors of Tom Tierney's paper dolls prize the one of this princess with her charity auction dresses Princess Di |
| #5390, aired 2008-02-01 | AWARDS & HONORS $200: In 2007 this online auction site won a lifetime achievement Webby Award eBay |
| #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 |
| #5237, aired 2007-05-22 | CHANGE ONE LETTER $800: A sodium chloride auction a salt sale |
| #5202, aired 2007-04-03 | SHALL WE PLAY A GAME? $400: Auction & contract are 2 types of this game derived from whist bridge |
| #5088, aired 2006-10-25 | ADD A LETTER $400: Add this letter to "action" to get a little bidding action going U (for auction) |
| #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 |
| #4890, aired 2005-12-09 | CHICAGO $400: In 2004, to benefit the city's cultural life, e-Bay sponsored a charity auction called the "Great Chicago" this sale fire |
| #4878, aired 2005-11-23 | SOLD! $800: In May 2002 a Brancusi brought $18 million, then a record auction price for one of these a sculpture |
| #4857, aired 2005-10-25 | OH, BE "SILENT"! $400: Sale in which bids are submitted in sealed envelopes a silent auction |
| #4804, aired 2005-06-23 | AWARDS $200: This auction site won a 2003 Webby Award for best Services Website on the Internet eBay |
| #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 |
| #4671, aired 2004-12-20 | STOCK ANSWERS $200: In October 1999 Fortune Magazine reported that this auction website's stock value had soared to $18 billion eBay |
| #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 |
| #4484, aired 2004-02-19 | SPORTS $800: For it's auction of game-used collectibles, the NFL uses this popular internet auction site eBay |
| #4472, aired 2004-02-03 | ENDS IN "CH" $600: Nationality that can precede auction, oven & treat Dutch |
| #4463, aired 2004-01-21 | DOUBLE "D"s $200: Items at an auction are "sold to the highest" one bidder |
| #4461, aired 2004-01-19 | MR. BUSINESSMAN $400: Conrad Hilton started with a hotel in 1919; James Christie started with one of these houses in 1766 auction house |
| #4420, aired 2003-11-21 | THE INTERNET $200: Founded in 1995, this auction site calls itself "the world's online marketplace" eBay |
| #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 |
| #4297, aired 2003-04-15 | THE "C" AROUND US $2000: In a Chekhov play, this title part of a family's estate is reluctantly put on the auction block The Cherry Orchard |
| #4205, aired 2002-12-06 | AUCTION PACKED $400: In 2000, shoes she wore in a 1939 film were auctioned off for $666,000 Judy Garland |
| #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 $1200: Gary Busey paid over $240,000 for a guitar once owned by this man he played on film Buddy Holly |
| #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 |
| #4019, aired 2002-02-07 | LET THE GAMES BEGIN $800: Auction & contract are 2 types of this game, one of the most popular card games in the U.S. bridge |
| #3995, aired 2002-01-04 | STRICTLY BUSINESS $400: One of Fortune Magazine's Most Powerful Businesswomen in 2000 was Meg Whitman, CEO of this online auction site eBay |
| #3881, aired 2001-06-18 | COLLECTOR'S CORNER $200: Collectors of Tom Tierney's paper dolls prize the one of this princess with her charity auction dresses Princess Diana |
| #3873, aired 2001-06-06 | "D" DAY $100: Nationality that precedes auction, oven & elm disease Dutch |
| #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 |
| #3816, aired 2001-03-19 | TO REMAIN SILENT $200: A charity may hold a silent one of these to raise some money before the dinner Auction |
| #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 |
| #3488, aired 1999-11-03 | BAD NEWS $400: A new program installed to improve this internet auction site shut it down June 10-11, 1999 eBay |
| #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 $100: In 1997 Chicago's Field Museum paid over $8 mil. for the largest & most complete skeleton of this dinosaur Tyrannosaurus Rex |
| #3146, aired 1998-04-13 | ON THE AUCTION BLOCK $200: Let's give a hand to this singer whose sequined glove sold for $1,000 in 1992 Michael Jackson |
| #3146, aired 1998-04-13 | ON THE AUCTION BLOCK $300: This president's 1787 bottle of Chateau Lafite wine sold in 1985 for over $131,000 Thomas Jefferson |
| #3146, aired 1998-04-13 | A"HA" $500: This king's reign has been referred to as the Golden Age of Babylon Hammurabi |
| #3146, aired 1998-04-13 | ON THE AUCTION BLOCK $500: In 1994 someone forked over a nest egg, $5.6 million for this jeweler's "Winter Egg" Faberge |
| #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 |
| #3109, aired 1998-02-19 | CARD GAMES $500: The bidding period of a card game; types of bridge & pinochle are named for it Auction |
| #3063, aired 1997-12-17 | PAIRS $400: An April 1997 auction of Clyde Barrow's belongings raised money to fund moving his grave next to hers Bonnie Parker |
| #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 |
| #2803, aired 1996-11-06 | THE JACKIE AUCTION $100: Can we talk? This comedienne snapped up a French painting, saying it was for her daughter Melissa Joan Rivers |
| #2803, aired 1996-11-06 | THE JACKIE AUCTION $200: A triple strand of these went for $211,500, even though they were fake pearls |
| #2803, aired 1996-11-06 | THE JACKIE AUCTION $300: Lyricist Carole Bayer Sager paid $453,500 for this piece of furniture JFK used in the White House a rocking chair |
| #2803, aired 1996-11-06 | THE JACKIE AUCTION $400: This husband of JFK's niece "terminated" the bidding for a set of Kennedy's golf clubs with $772,500 Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| #2803, aired 1996-11-06 | THE JACKIE AUCTION $500: The decorator who bought this item for $48,875 said the first thing he measured with it was his sanity a tape measure |
| #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" |
| #2592, aired 1995-12-05 | THE 18th CENTURY $400: This art auction firm that joined with Parke Bernet in 1964 was founded in England in 1744 Sotheby's |
| #2531, aired 1995-09-11 | CROSSWORD CLUES "A" $400: For bidding place (7) an auction |
| #2526, aired 1995-09-04 | LONDON LANDMARKS $500: The address of this world-famous auction house is 34-35 New Bond Street Sotheby's |
| #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 |
| #2329, aired 1994-10-20 | AMERICANA $400: Chincoteague Island in this state is famous for its pony auction but it also has an oyster museum Virginia |
| #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 |
| #2191, aired 1994-02-28 | ANAGRAMS $200: When bidding on items here, use caution an auction |
| #2174, aired 1994-02-03 | ART $800: In a May 1993 auction, this French artist's "Still Life with Apples" sold for $28.6 million Cezanne |
| #2140, aired 1993-12-17 | WORD ORIGINS $200: From the Latin for "to increase", it's a sale where you up the price an auction |
| #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 |
| #1947, aired 1993-02-09 | BRITISH HISTORY $1000: Later to compete with Sotheby's, this art auction house opened in London in 1766 Christie's |
| #1870, aired 1992-10-23 | CARD GAMES $100: Whist was the forerunner of the auction & contract types of this game bridge |
| #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 |
| #1602, aired 1991-07-16 | ARTISTS $600: In a 1988 auction, his painting of the "Acrobat and the Harlequin" sold for over $38 million Picasso |
| #1535, aired 1991-04-12 | UNREAL ESTATE $200: The title part of the Russian estate put on the auction block in a Chekhov play The Cherry Orchard |
| #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 |
| #1509, aired 1991-03-07 | BRIDGE $500: On a 1925 cruise, Harold Vanderbilt combined auction bridge & plafond & created this type of bridge contract bridge |
| #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 |
| #906, aired 1988-07-11 | AUCTIONS $1000: Highest auction price for any Art Nouveau piece was $360,000 in 1980 for a lamp by this craftsman Tiffany |
| #851, aired 1988-04-25 | AUCTIONS $600: The word auction comes from the Latin "augere" which means to do this add or augment |
| #851, aired 1988-04-25 | AUCTIONS $800: Founded in 1766, this world's oldest auction house is 2nd only to Sotheby's in dollar sales Christie's |
| #851, aired 1988-04-25 | AUCTIONS $1000: Guinness says greatest corporate auction was this Co's purchase of Hughes Aircraft for $5 billion General Motors |
| #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 |
| #811, aired 1988-02-29 | AUCTIONS $400: In 1983, Sotheby's auction house dropped these 2 names & became simply Sotheby's Parke-Bernet |
| #709, aired 1987-10-08 | ADVERSARIES $300: Type of business in which Christie's is Sotheby's arch rival the auction business |
| #616, aired 1987-04-20 | VIRGINIA $500: Every summer, these wild animals swim to Chincoteague Island, where some are sold at auction ponies |
| #412, aired 1986-04-08 | POTPOURRI $400: In Sept. 1985, Jersey City, N.J said they'd auction off this landmark if $1 mil. water bill wasn't paid the Statue of Liberty |
| #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 |
| #292, aired 1985-10-22 | WOMEN FIRST $300: NYC's Lorna Kelley was 1st female art auctioneer for this London-based auction house Sotheby's |
| #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 |
