Amelia Earhart personal items up for auction: Her fingerprints, a president’s fan letter

Eight pieces of memorabilia from the storied life of Kansas-born aviator Amelia Earhart — including a glowing fan letter from her friend, President Franklin D. Roosevelt — go up for auction June 22. A set of her fingerprints taken in a Mexico City police station is one of the more curious offerings. Earhart was the first female to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and set numerous aviation records before mysteriously disappearing over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 while trying to fly around the world. She was officially declared lost at sea. She was 41. She is the most famous person to hail from ...