KGB devices to go under the hammer in New York auction


By AGENCY

A sample of some of the items on display at The KGB Spy Museum in New York. Photo: AFP

A gun designed to look like a tube of lipstick, a purse with a hidden camera and a hotel room listening device are among items used by Soviet intelligence during the Cold War going up for auction for the first time.

American auction house Julien's will sell the roughly 400 lots - online and then in-person from mid-January to February 13, 2021.

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