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KFC founder Colonel Sanders’ personal items, former home and restaurant up for auction
Nearly 100 items, including Sanders’ planner and signature bow tie, are drawing worldwide bids as the restaurant and former home are also sold.
- On Tuesday, an auction for KFC founder Harland Sanders' personal items, Blackwood Hall, and Claudia Sanders Dinner House concludes in Shelbyville, drawing global interest according to auctioneer Bill Menish.
- Harland Sanders established the Shelbyville property as his original business headquarters in the late 1950s; Tommy and Cherry Settle have operated the Claudia Sanders Dinner House there since purchasing it in 1974.
- Items up for bid include personal watches, a commercial gas range, and a signature black bow tie that reached bids exceeding $2,000 on Monday, alongside a 1964 planner.
- Bill Menish, whose firm The Menish Group is conducting the sale, called Sanders a 'marketing genius' for cultivating the Colonel persona; online pre-bidding concludes Tuesday evening while sealed bids for the property are accepted until Friday.
- Global feedback prompted The Menish Group to structure an auction catering to a worldwide audience, according to Menish, serving collectors seeking pieces from the life of the man who built Kentucky Fried Chicken.
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KFC founder Colonel Sanders’ personal belongings fetch thousands at Kentucky auction
More than 70 personal belongings once owned by KFC founder Colonel Harland Sanders sold at auction Tuesday in Shelbyville, Kentucky, drawing collectors from across the country and online bidders eager to own a piece of fast-food history.
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Colonel Sanders Collection Auction Tops $300,000
SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (KT) – The historic auction of Colonel Harland Sanders’ personal collection generated just shy of $300,000 in sales, with more than 100 artifacts sold across 74 lots to collectors, historians, entrepreneurs, and fans around the world. Held July 28 at the Claudia Sanders Dinner House in Shelbyville, the auction attracted more than 500 bidders, both in person and online. The collection, preserved by the Settle family since their 1…
·Nicholasville, United States
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