{"id":168794,"date":"2010-01-09T04:58:38","date_gmt":"2010-01-09T09:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nw0.eu\/2010\/01\/09\/grisly-skull-and-bones-trophies-to-be-auctioned.html"},"modified":"2010-01-09T04:58:38","modified_gmt":"2010-01-09T09:58:38","slug":"grisly-skull-and-bones-trophies-to-be-auctioned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/168794","title":{"rendered":"Grisly Skull and Bones trophies to be auctioned"},"content":{"rendered":"

AFP<\/a>
\nFriday, January 8th, 2010<\/span><\/p>\n

Grisly trophies from Yale University\u2019s mysterious
\nSkull and Bones society, whose members include former president George
\nW. Bush, are to go on auction in New York this month.<\/p>\n

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The human skull and two large bones are estimated to sell for
\nbetween 10,000 and 20,000 dollars on January 22 at Christie\u2019s.<\/p>\n

The auction house said the human remains were used as a ballot box
\nby the secret society. The skull includes a specially cut lid in the
\ntop \u2014 apparently for ballots \u2014 and one of the bones is
\ninscribed \u201cTHOR.\u201d<\/p>\n

The auction lot also comes with a black book listing names of Skull and Bones members back in 1831-1877.<\/p>\n

Full article here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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