“Something to Scream About”

http://specials.msn.com/a-list/news/scream-munch-painting-auction-popular-pages

The famous Edvard Munch painting “The Scream” sold at auction for nearly $120 million Wednesday, becoming the most expensive piece of art ever sold.   The buyer plans to make his money back by rendering the painting in HD.

An upset Mona Lisa denied being jealous, saying, “I’m worth as much as you if not more, Scream, except I don’t sell myself for money like a whore.”

“Shoot-Out-Bid”

http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2011-06-22-Al-Capone-Gun-Auction_n.htm

A gun once owned by infamous Chaicago gangster Al Capone was sold at auction for almost $110,000.  In order for the collector’s piece to pay for itself, the buyer is going to have to shoot a lot of Elliot Ness’ men.

“Opening Casket (Bid)” or "Coffin Up the Dough"

A Los Angeles auction house announced on Tuesday that it is auctioning off the coffin of JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. Well, they were going to, until jack Ruby shot it.

The CIA is trying to arrange for it to be a silent auction.

Conspiracy theorists are already saying that there had to have been a second coffin.

“Collection HomePlate”

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Nuns-stand-to-profit-from-auction-of-rare-Honus-?urn=mlb-280320

In Baltimore, an order of nuns inherited an antique Pittsburgh Pirates baseball card expected to fetch at least $150,000 at auction. In honor of the card, the nuns will trade in their rulers and start hitting school children with bats.