Easily the oddest piece in the catalog: a rare 1858 Scottish snuff mull (the Scottish counterpart to the snuff box), made from a ram's head.

FORBES: Where There's Smoke, There Are Buyers

For Valentine's Day, Ms. Reist is having a copy made of Mr. Freeman's ram's head cuff link, the one he suspects he lost on Madison.

WSJ: Step by Step to Love

The head of the Institute's Genetics and Plant Breeding department, Jawahar Ram Sharma, said his team had genetically converted the poppy seed, which has naturally occurring narcotic properties, into a new, non-narcotic variety.

BBC: Addictive-free poppy seed developed