The horny-cups are the most expensive find in the history of the show, according to the Washington Post, beating out an 18th century Qianlong Jade collection.
The cups’ owner, who understandably wished to remain anonymous, said, “I guess I won’t have to rely on Social Security anymore,” the Post reported.
Well, at least somebody now has a back-up plan for after the United States defaults. Meanwhile, we here at CFN are keeping our fingers crossed that our NASCAR glass tumblers we got in the mid-2000s will fetch us enough money to get through the winter.
This article appears in Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2011.