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Going Once, Going Twice! Wacky Celebrity Artifacts

From Michael Jackson's glove to Madonna's love letters, see the star items that have brought in top dollar (10 Photos)

Vicki Salemi on Oct 19, 2009 at 12:24PM

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Going Once, Going Twice! Wacky Celebrity Artifacts

Profiles in History

Amelia Earhart's Flight Goggles

As the biopic Amelia (starring Hilary Swank) soars across theaters nationwide, you'll notice one item the real Amelia Earhart couldn't live without: her specs. A pair of the aviator's flight goggles sold at a Profiles in History auction for $141,600. Yes, you read that right. She wore the pair during her historic 1932 solo transatlantic flight -- when she became the second person to cross the Atlantic by herself and the first woman to do it, we might add. Go girl!