Who would pay £100,000 for some old light bulbs? So far, nobody. Maybe £95,000, then? That was the highest bid at Christie's in London last month when a long-lost box of 23 bulbs - crucial evidence ...

Dr. Hugh Hicks' bright idea is becoming a tourist attraction. The Baltimore dentist collected about 50,000 light bulbs, and had many on display in the basement of his office. After Hicks' death, his ...

A Baltimore dentist who housed what is believed to be the world's largest collection died on May 7, 2002, at the age of 79. Dr. Hugh Francis Hicks, creator and curator of the Mount Vernon Museum of ...

The bulbs were used in a trial in 1890 when Mr Edison defended his patent for the light bulb. They were documented at the time of the trial but were presumed lost until 2002, when they were discovered ...