Ty Pennington, Cineflix productions and Heritage Auctions team up for ABC-TV Pilot

April 16 auction aboard The Queen Mary, being videotaped for a TV pilot, features historic Elvis Presley, LesPaul, Ty Cobb and Amazing Spider-Man items

LONG BEACH, CA – One of America's leading reality TV personalities, Ty Pennington of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and Heritage Auctions will conduct a very special television first made-for-TV auction event, on April 16, aboard The Queen Mary. The auction is being produced for an ABC-TV pilot by Cineflix Productions.

The event will feature a special variety of items – including, but not limited to, a Les Paul-owned 9/11-themed Les Paul guitar, being sold to benefit Cystic Fibrosis research, a singular copy The Warren Commission Report, signed by all 47 people who worked on it, a personalized Elvis Presley owned silver and diamond ring owned by a former girlfriend, a First Edition Book of Mormon, unpublished Marilyn Monroe photographs, a near mint copy of Spider-Man #1 from The Gary Dahlberg Collection, and much more – all chosen for their rarity, value and the uniqueness of the consignor’s story.

“We at Heritage are thrilled to be part of broadcast history, and to work with ABC and a star the magnitude and class of Ty Pennington,” said Greg Rohan, President of Heritage Auctions. “We have gone to great lengths to find auction lots that not only have a great story behind them, but that also live up to Heritage’s exacting consignment standards. Everything presented in conjunction with this special auction would be right at home in any auction of their respective category.”

Besides the items mentioned above, highlights include:

Newly Discovered Friedberg 178 1880 $100 Legal Tender

The Amazing Spider-Man #1 Twin Cities pedigree (Marvel, 1963) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages

X-Men #1 Twin Cities pedigree (Marvel, 1963) CGC Very Fine 8.0 Off-white to white pages

First Modern Appearance of Captain America, Near Mint

A Very Important Set of Six Silver Tablespoons Made by Paul Revere

1931-32 Ty Cobb Ledger Containing 132 Signed Personal Checks

Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (American, 1850-1921), The British Steamship "City of Berlin" Bound for America, circa 1880s

Circa 1924 The Gibson L-2 Autographed Original Farm Aid Archtop Acoustic Guitar signed by Neil Young, Carlene Carter, June Carter Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Rickie Lee Jones, Carol King, Kenny Rogers, Arlo Guthrie, Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt, Hoyt Axton, John Fogerty, Sissy Spacek, Carl Wilson, BB King, Roger McGuinn, Roger Miller, Charlie Daniels, John Cougar Mellencamp, Eddie Van Halen and Loretta Lynn, Waylon Jennings, Billy Joel, Joni Mitchell, Charles Hail '85, Randy Neuman, Tom Petty, Don Henley, "The Beach Boys", Al Jardine, Bruce Johnson, Johnny Cash, Daryll Hall and Glenn Campbell

Large End-Piece of a “The Coffeyville Meteorite,” Chondrite - H-5

1968 Shelby GT 500 KR Convertible #3732, a superbly restored original car with 31,000 original miles, Highland Green with a black top and black interior

1910 Louis Vuitton Wardrobe Trunk

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