KGB devices to go under the hammer in US
New York (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.The items were recently on display at the KGB Espionage Museum in Manhattan, New York -- a private museum opened in January 2019 by Lithuanian historian Julius Urbaitis that has closed due to the coronavirus pandemic."We are not aware of ...