Felten, George H. MONONA – George H. Felten, age 80, died on Monday, Jan. 8, 2007, at the HospiceCare Center, Fitchburg, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on March 28, 1926, in East Wrightstown, Wis., to Henry and Eleanore (Schwoerer) Felten. George served in the Merchant Marines on iron ore boats in the Great Lakes, as a teenager during the 1940s. He married Anne Skabeikis on Sept. 2, 1988, at St. Dennis Catholic Church. In his early years, George managed a large equipment rental company, in California. He graduated from Missouri Auction School, and was then self-employed as an auctioneer for 20 years, retiring in 1984. He was a member of the Wisconsin Auctioneers Association and the Cottage Grove Historical Society. George especially enjoyed boating in northern California in his younger years, with his family. He loved spending time with his children and grandchildren, and was a very doting parent.
In the last few years, Annes care giving helped her and George remain independent. George is survived by his wife, Anne Felten of Monona; a son, Robert Felten of Madison; a daughter, Jenny Massey of Madison; five grandchildren, Missy Schulenburg, Susan (Scott) Treinen, Laura (Matt) Braund, Tim (Leslie) Waterbury and Haley Massey; two great-grandchildren, Alissa and Tia; two brothers, Walter Felten and Jerome Felten, both of Superior; two sisters, Sister Mary Felten, OSB of Duluth, Minn., and Ann (Marvin) Kuklok of Phillips; and many nieces, nephews, extended family and friends. George was preceded in death by his first wife and mother of his children, Vivian (Swinehart) Felten, in 1968; second wife, Phyllis (Culp) Felten, in 1987; his parents; and a brother, Leo. Funeral services will be held at GUNDERSON EAST FUNERAL HOME, 5203 Monona Drive, at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 12, 2007, with Father John Meinholz presiding. Burial will be at St. Josephs Cemetery, Avoca. Visitation will be at the funeral home from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2007, and from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service on Friday. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in care of the family. Grandpa, while we will always love and miss you, we know you are at peace with the Lord. Gunderson East Funeral and Cremation Centers 5203 Monona Drive (608) 221-5420 www.gundersonfh.com
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History of Auctioneering
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The most valuable diary in the world is a journal kept by Dr. Alexander Macklin, a surgeon on Sir Ernest Shackleton’s legendary Endurance adventure of 1914-1917, which was sold at Christie’s, London, UK on 25 September 2001 for £104,950 ($153,573).
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The highest price ever paid for a single piece of furniture is £19.045,250 ($36,662,106) at Christie’s, London, UK on 9 December 2004 for the 18th-century Italian Badminton cabinet purchased by Dr. Johan Kraeftner, Director of the Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna, Italy on behalf of Prinz Hans Adam II of Liechtenstein, to be exhibited in the museum.
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The most expensive musical instrument sold at auction is the ‘Lady Blunt’ Stradivarius violin and was sold at £9,808,000 ($15,875,800) by Tarisio Auctions (USA) in London, UK, on 20 June 2011. The auction was organised online on behalf of the Nippon Music Foundation and the proceeds went to the Northeastern Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund.
The authenticity of the violin was certified by the firm W.E. Hill & Sons.
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The most expensive baseball jersey sold at auction was sold for $4,415,658 (£2,789,860), by SCP Auctions (USA) of Laguna Niguel, California, USA, on 20 May 2012.
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A near-complete skeleton of a dodo (Raphus cucullatus) sold for £346,300 ($404,192) with buyers’ premium at Summers Place Auctions in Billingshurst, West Sussex, UK, on 22 November 2016. It was bought by a private collector, who made the winning bid by telephone. Errol Fuller, Natural History curator at Summers Place, said that the piece was an “amazingly rare”, being the first “relatively complete” skeleton to have come up for auction since the 1920s.
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Most expensive hockey jersey sold at auction was sold for $1,275,707.91 (£860,975.26), by Classic Auctions Inc. (Canada) of Delson, Quebec, Canada, on 22 June 2010.
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The most expensive sweater or cardigan sold at auction is a grey mohair five-button cardigan once worn by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. On 26 October 2019, the cardigan sold for $334,000 (including buyer’s premium) at a Julien’s Auctions event at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York, USA.
This stained, saggy old cardigan became an unlikely fashion icon after Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain wore it during the taping of his band’s acoustic special MTV Unplugged in November 1993.
The cardigan was made by the Manhattan Shirt Company – a mass-market apparel retailer and manufacturer – probably in the early 1960s. The fabric is a blend of acrylic, mohair and Lycra, and its original retail price was probably somewhere around $15 (equivalent to around $130 in 2019). Kurt Cobain likely bought it from a thrift store in Seattle, which was where the famously fashion-averse grunge star did most of his shopping.
During the last year or so of Cobain’s life, he reportedly wore this cardigan frequently, both in public and while at home. As a result, it is worn and damaged, with a missing button, cigarette burns and a mysterious crunchy brown stain around the right front pocket.
After Cobain’s death in 1994, his wife gave it to their daughter Frances’s nanny, Jackie Farry. Farry had intended to give it to Frances when she got older, but in 2014 she was forced to sell it to pay medical bills. When it first went up for auction, it fetched a price of $137,500 – more than double the expected value.
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The most expensive durian fruit sold at auction was 1.5 million Thai baht ($47,784; £37,635), and was achieved by Maliwan Han Chai Thai, Pa Toi Lung Mu farm and the King Of Durian festival (All Thailand) in Nonthaburi, Thailand on 7 June 2019.
The rare kanyao durian was handpicked just a day before it was sold from a nearby farm where the minimum price of the fruit is 20,000 baht.
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The most expensive pork carcass sold at auction is JPY 1,394,690 ($12,756, £9,964, €10,809) which was produced by Hitachi Farm Co., Ltd. (Japan) and sold at Tokyo Meat Market in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, on 25 August 2017.
The pork breed is Bunabuta (mixed breed of Landrace, Middle White, and Duroc) which is known for soft meat with white fat, resulting in sweet and pure taste. Hitachi Farm is located in Kuji, Ibaraki, Japan.
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