On the Block

Been looking for a 19TH century French armoire in walnut, with a veneer of disgrace? The IRS may have a deal for you. It's auctioning off the cabinet and nearly 40 other antiques this week--all part of $2.4 million in bribes taken by ex-Congressman Randy (Duke) Cunningham--with proceeds going toward his unpaid tax bills. Here's a peek at other items, once owned by big-name debtors, that the government seized to put on the block.

MURDERABILIA A federal court ordered prosecutors to sell Unabomber Ted Kaczynski's papers and other personal effects--such as a copy of Strunk and White's The Elements of...

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