New York City auction house, Guernsey’s, has been asked by a Wayne County probate court judge in Detroit to find a buyer, preferably a museum, university or other institution,for thousands of Parks’ personal items.

Among them are her presidential and congressional medals, a post card from Martin Luther King Jr. and the hat Parks is believed to have been wearing the day in December 1955 she refused to give up her seat to a white man on an Alabama bus, cementing her spot in civil rights history.

Guernsey’s, thinks the Parks collection could be worth $10 million.

Posted: 07|3|08 at 9:49 am. Filed under: US News.