Arthur Furguson
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Arthur Furguson
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Arthur Furguson (1883–1938) was a Scottish con artist who allegedly became known for "selling" English national monuments and other property to visiting American tourists during the 1920s. It is claimed that in the 1920s, Furguson sold monuments such as Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, Big Ben, and Buckingham Palace to American tourists. Furguson immigrated to the US in 1925. He sold the White House to a rancher on the installment plan for yearly payments of $100,000, and tried to sell the S
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