twist of fate - Among the highlights were a fragment of Thoreau's cabin at Walden, Samuel Johnson's doorknocker, a rose said to have been kissed by Lord Byron, another one that was kissed by Liszt, Benny Goodman's glasses, Eugene O'Neill's cigarette case, Goethe's quills, James Fenimore Cooper's shaving razor and a chamberpot used by Franklin D. Roosevelt.