肯德基创始人Colonel Sanders的个人物品、前住宅及其标志性餐厅将被公开拍卖[1]。拍卖品涵盖他的高压锅、黑色蝴蝶结、手表、原始收银机、餐具套装以及其女儿雕刻的胸像等数十件纪念品[1]。其中黑色蝴蝶结的在线出价已超过2000美元[1]。值得注意的是，Sanders日常穿着的蝴蝶结实为可夹式款式而非传统蝴蝶结[1]。
上述产业位于肯塔基州Shelbyville，由Sanders在20世纪50年代末建立，作为其首个餐厅总部[1]。这套产业包括Blackwood Hall住宅和Claudia Sanders晚餐厅两部分[1]。Sanders在1964年将KFC出售给投资者集团[1]，其后于1974年将该产业售予Tommy和Cherry Settle[1]。
拍卖还包括Sanders个人1964年计划本中的手写内容，记载了草药和香料配方[1]。早年KFC曾就该计划本内容提起诉讼，其后撤回，称其中配方不符合该公司宣称的11种草药和香料秘密配方[1]。在线竞标将在周二晚举行的现场拍卖中完成，而住宅和餐厅的密封出价将接受至周五[1]。
Personal memorabilia belonging to KFC founder Colonel Sanders are being offered for public sale, along with his former residential and commercial properties in Kentucky [1]. The collection includes dozens of items such as his pressure cooker, black bow tie, watch, original cash register, dining sets, and a bust sculpture carved by his daughter [1]. Sanders established the property in Shelbyville in the late 1950s as the first restaurant headquarters [1], before selling KFC itself to an investor group in 1964 [1]. He subsequently sold the Shelbyville property to Tommy and Cherry Settle in 1974 [1].
Among the notable auction lots is Sanders' personal 1964 day planner, which contains handwritten notes of herbs and spices [1]. KFC initiated legal action in the early 2000s regarding the planner's contents, later withdrawing the suit and asserting that the formulas did not match the secret recipe of eleven herbs and spices [1]. The black bow tie—which Sanders actually wore as a clip-on rather than a traditional tie [1]—has already received online bids exceeding $2,000 [1].
The auction will conclude with in-person bidding on Tuesday evening for individual items, while sealed bids for the restaurant and residence will be accepted through Friday [1].