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Colonel Sanders Planner Fetches $30K, Top Auction Price

7/29/2026

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Auctioneer Jonathan Klunk sold Colonel Harland Sanders’ 1964 planner for $30,000, the highest price at a public auction of the founder’s items in Shelbyville, Kentucky.
Bill Menish of The Menish Group reported worldwide interest and said a 1955 honorary Kentucky Colonel certificate sold for $23,000 while Sanders’ clip-on black bow tie fetched $8,000.
Sealed bids for the Claudia Sanders Dinner House and Sanders’ former Blackwood Hall home are due Friday.

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Auctioneer Jonathan Klunk sold Colonel Harland Sanders’ 1964 planner for $30,000, the highest price at a public auction of the founder’s items in Shelbyville, Kentucky.
Bill Menish of The Menish Group reported worldwide interest and said a 1955 honorary Kentucky Colonel certificate sold for $23,000 while Sanders’ clip-on black bow tie fetched $8,000.
Sealed bids for the Claudia Sanders Dinner House and Sanders’ former Blackwood Hall home are due Friday.