KFC founder Colonel Sanders’ personal items, former home, and restaurant are up for public auction in Shelbyville, Kentucky. The auction includes Sanders’ pressure cooker, black bow tie, and dozens of other personal items.

Colonel Sanders’ Legacy

Harland Sanders established the Shelbyville property as the first headquarters of his restaurant business in the late 1950s. He sold the property, which included his home and the Claudia Sanders Dinner House, in 1974 to Tommy and Cherry Settle, who have run the restaurant since then.

The auction features a range of items, including Sanders’ personal watches, an original cash register, his cutlery set, a bust sculpted by his daughter, and a commercial gas range from the colonel’s former residence. One of the most intriguing pieces is a personal 1964 planner with a handwritten herbs and spices recipe that was later the subject of an early 2000s lawsuit filed by the KFC Corp.

Original reporting: WTVQ (Lexington) — read the source article.