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Fans flock to auction to dish out big bucks for Colonel Sanders' items

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Published September 2, 2026 at 3:54 PM CDT

Appalachia Mid-South Newsroom's Andrew Henderson went to an auction of items belonged by Harland Sanders, known as Colonel Sanders, to understand why people are so fascinated by the founder of KFC.

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