A memorabilia auction, headed by The Menish Group, of items owned and associated with Colonel Harland Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken fame netted nearly $300,000 in sales. Over 500 people participated in the July 28 auction held at the Claudia Sanders Dinner House in Shelbyville, Kentucky. Before Harland Sanders sold the company in 1964, the Claudia Sanders Dinner House was the headquarters for the growing fried chicken operation. Sealed bids for the Claudia Sanders Dinner House and Blackwood Hall were accepted through July 31 as part of the real estate auction. Pitchford’s grandmother, Mildred Sanders Ruggles, was the daughter of Harland Sanders and his first wife, Josephine .