[11] Eight lots of Albert Einstein material, including an unpublished poem, were sold at Profiles in History's historical auction held in Calabasas, California, in December 2014.
The sale also included a total of seven Abraham Lincoln items, including the desk Lincoln used in 1840–42 during his last term in the Illinois State House of Representatives and an autograph letter he wrote on August 17, 1860, to Thurlow Weed; a collection of 27 crime scene and autopsy photos of Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Barrow (Bonnie and Clyde); and an autograph letter from Thomas Jefferson written while he was vice president.
[12] After realizing over $6 million[13] in sales for the first "The Property of A Distinguished American Private Collector" auction in December 2012, the company held a second in May 2013, offering notable letters and manuscripts.
[14] Additional highlights from the auction included two large photograph albums documenting Mussolini's visit to Hitler in Germany in 1937, a one-page autograph letter in English by Karl Marx, and an 1805 autograph letter by Ludwig van Beethoven to opera singer Friedrich Sebastian Mayer.
[15] Hollywood Treasure premiered on the Syfy channel on October 27, 2010, and featured Profiles in History president and CEO, Joseph Maddalena, and the company's head of acquisitions and consignment, Brian Chanes, among the cast.