Thomas Edison’s Light Bulbs Hit the Auction Block

If you want to get your hands on some electric relics, Heritage Auction is auctioning off five 19^th century light bulbs and a socket. Edison Electric used the memorabilia in lawsuits against companies that Thomas Edison claimed were copying his bright ideas. Heritage estimates it will sell the items for $10,000, but this number could easily be blown out of the socket. The auction house is also selling Edison’s keys to his Menlo Park lab where he invented the first commercial light bulb for $6,000.

See Thomas Edison: Here’s a Bright Idea . . . $10k for 5 Light Bulbs!, TMZ, December 3, 2016.