HBO's Game of Thrones is lauded for the lush, world-building, visually stunning way production designers (and wig experts) ...

The top-dollar item was the very thing the characters in the series vied for throughout its eight-season run: the Iron Throne. After a six-minute bidding war, the throne sold for $1.49 million.

For a moment, I won the game of thrones. I sat in the Iron Throne, looking down at all of my constituents - or rather, the other people waiting in line to take their turn to sit in the replica of ...