A Paris Olympian Is Selling Off Their Bronze Medal in an Auction — and Bids Are Up to $22,000

Cameron Spencer/Getty A bronze medal from the2024 Paris Olympicsis up for sale. The hardware was put up onRR Auction’s websitein the first week of the new year as part of the auction house’s Olympic memorabilia. As of Monday, Jan. 6, there are 16 bids on the bronze with the most recent one at $22,987. The auction will end on Jan. 16. Luke Hales/Getty The bottom of the medal features an inscription with the name of the women’s wrestling event in French, and includes the original dark blue silk ribbon attached to the hardware.

A Pathologist's Theory on Deaths of Gene Hackman and Wife: 'Broken Heart-Type Thing' (Exclusive)

Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa.Photo: Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty The circumstances surrounding the deaths ofGene Hackmanand his wifeBetsycontinue to mystify the public. The longtime couple wasfound deadin their Santa Fe, N.M., home on Feb. 26. Although the causes of death has yet to be determined, police are investigating what happened to Gene, 95, who was discovered in the home’s mudroom, and Betsy, 65, who was found dead in the bathroom, where prescription pills were scattered on a counter.

A Philanthropist Is Missing and Her Car Was Burned — as Niece's Ex Is Accused by Cops of 'Prowling' Near Home

Jesse D Kirk.Photo:Titusville Police Department Titusville Police Department Jesse Kirk, 72, went missing on the morning of Tuesday, March 4, from Titusville, Fla., in what authorities say is a “highly suspicious” case,FOX 35,Spectrum News 13andWESHreported. Her friend reported her missing around 9 a.m. that morning when she did not show up for their routine walk, the outlets reported. David Armstrong Barber, 35, a former deputy with Brevard County, was also charged on Wednesday with grand theft of a motor vehicle, per the court records.

A Piece of George Harrison's Uneaten Toast, Which Has Sat in a Scrapbook Since the Early 1960s, Sells to Beatles Fan

George Harrison’s toast.Photo:Joseph Robert O’Donnell Joseph Robert O’Donnell There’s something in the way he chews! Joseph O’Donnell, whosewebsitecalls him a “passionate collector of Beatles and music memorabilia,” reportedly paid an undisclosed sum for the bread, which has been kept for the last few decades in a scrapbook and was previously auctioned off in 1991. “It’s a brilliant story that is both bizarre, historical and a story I’ll continue telling friends, memorabilia collectors and fellow Beatles fans,” O’Donnell told theDaily Express.

A Piece of the Space Shuttle Challenger Found Off the Coast of Florida 36 Years After Fatal Explosion

twenty-foot segment of the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger.Photo: The HISTORY Channel Underwater explorers were looking for shipwrecks when they found something very unexpected: a 20-foot segment of the1986 Space Shuttle Challenger, the History Channel revealed on Thursday. The team of explorers was filming the new seriesThe Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed Watersfor the History Channel when they discovered the wreckage, according to a statement. It’s the first major discovery of wreckage from the shuttle launch in more than twenty-five years.