Col. Sanders auction, with fried chicken recipe, Nixon letters, nets $300,000

By: McKenna Horsley

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: July 30, 2026

Words: 275

Last Updated: 4 days, 4 hours ago

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The auction of items from one of the most widely known Kentuckians — Colonel Harland Sanders — generated nearly $300,000 in sales.

More than 500 bidders, both online and in person at the Claudia Sanders Dinner House in Shelbyville, participated in the Tuesday auction according to a press release from the auction house.

Sanders founded the company that would become the fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken. In 1929, he ran a restaurant with …

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