Amelia Earhart Flight Cap Sells for Staggering Sum at Auction

A flight cap worn by pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart nearly a century ago sold for a staggering $825,000 at a recent auction. The incredible relic boasts a rather odd backstory beyond its obvious link to history. The piece had been handed down to a man named Anthony Twiggs by his mother, Ellie Brookhart, who had long shared a rather fantastic tale about how she had obtained it. According to what became family legend, the cap was given to her by a boy who had a crush on her back in 1929 when the pair attending an air derby featuring Earhart. During a scrum at the conclusion of the event, the mischievous scamp snatched the helmet from the aviator's head and gifted it to Twiggs' mother.

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