Word: memorabilia
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...MEMORABILIA MISCHIEF...
...board a 7-hr. 15-min. flight to Paris. There was the contingent of high school kids from Pennsylvania off to France for a field trip; there was the 11-year-old exchange student returning home after collecting loads of Chicago Bulls and New York Knicks basketball memorabilia; the Connecticut engineering manager planning a romantic interlude for the woman he hoped would agree to become his fiance; the mother who overcame her fear of flying so she could tour medieval castles in a "bonding" trip with her daughter; the couple who fell in love as flight attendants 21 years...
...people dressed as Confederate (or Union) soldiers. Letters to the local paper still rail against "occupied Atlanta," and a debate continues to rage about whether to take the symbol of Dixie out of the state flag. Want ads solicit old Klan outfits, burned Klan crosses and "other civil rights memorabilia...
...late Friday afternoon, with the final session winding down and the supply of Jackie and Camelot memorabilia drying up, the feeding frenzy at Sotheby's reached a climax. Three modest cushions, assessed at $50 to $100, were snapped up for $25,300. When it was all over, the total proceeds from the auction, which the upper ranges of Sotheby's estimates would have placed at about $4 million, came to $34.5 million...
...store that will feature NASCAR insignia clothing, souvenirs and artwork, will open in Atlanta in April. As early as September, the first NASCAR Cafe, a theme restaurant, will start serving in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. By 1998 the association hopes to lift its sales of trinkets, clothing and other memorabilia to a startling $1 billion...