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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Chelsea Ritschel

Amelia Earhart’s helmet sells for $825,000 to anonymous buyer at auction

Getty / Heritage Auctions, HA.com

A leather helmet worn by Amelia Earhart has sold at auction to an anonymous buyer for $825,000.

The leather cap was worn by the pioneering pilot during a trans-Atlantic flight in 1928, during which she became the first woman on board a plane crossing the Atlantic, according to the Seattle Times, but was later lost in a crowd of fans in Cleveland.

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