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    • May 23, 1991
    The Internal Revenue Service auctions off Willie Nelson's nine-hole Pedernales golf course outside of Austin for $230,000
    Jun 13, 1991
    Dottie West bids for many of her own possessions, but loses most as the Internal Revenue Service sells her belongings to satisfy a $1.5 million debt. Among the items purchased: a white baby grand piano, $4,900; and a 1976 Cadillac Fleetwood, $3,100
    Apr 23, 1994
    Bill Monroe's farm in Sumner County, Tennessee, is sold at auction for $375,000. The land is bought by the Grand Ole Opry, which refurbishes the log house and allows Monroe to continue living there
    Oct 14, 1994
    With Conway Twitty's estate embroiled in legal bedlam, 2,000 items are auctioned off for $1 million at Twitty City in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Among them: a 1985 Pacer, for $27,500; and a script for the movie "Sex Kittens Go To College," $1,800
    Mar 22, 1997
    The birth certificate of "I Feel Fine" songwriter Paul McCartney is sold at auction for over $84,000. The song was a country hit for Sweethearts Of The Rodeo in 1989
    Apr 11, 1997
    Singer/songwriter Marshall Chapman pays $3,250 for a wooden chair Elvis Presley once used at the Piedmont Steak House in Spartanburg, South Carolina. She wrote the Sawyer Brown hit "Betty's Bein' Bad"
    Aug 30, 1997
    A passel of Elvis Presley memorabilia is auctioned in London and Berlin. The 300 lots of artifacts fetch $324,000 total, including $66,240 for The King's 1960s Gretsch guitar
    Nov 22, 1997
    The urinal from Tootsie's Orchid Lounge is purchased at auction for $300. The porcelain piece was--ahem!--used by the likes of Willie Nelson, Marty Robbins, Faron Young and Mel Tillis
    Jan 16, 1998
    Minnie Pearl's $1.98 hat brings in $475 during an estate sale at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds in Nashville
    Jun 15, 1998
    David Kersh reels in $35 when he auctions his toothbrush at Nashville's Hard Rock Cafe during Fan Fair. The money is donated to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, part of a total check for $3,500



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