KFC founder Colonel Sanders’ pressure cooker, black bow tie and dozens of other personal items are up for public auction, along with his former home and a dinner house Sanders opened after selling his iconic restaurant chain.Harland Sanders, still known as the face of the worldwide chain originally known as Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), established the Shelbyville property as the first headquarters of his restaurant business in the late 1950s. He sold the property, which included his home and the Claudia Sanders Dinner House, in 1974 to Tommy and Cherry Settle, who have run the restaurant since then.One of Sanders’ signature black bow ties is also up for auction. The highest online bid for the tie was more than USD 2,000 on Monday. Auctioneer Jonathan Klunk said there’s a little-known secret behind the bow tie. “Not a lot of people know, he did wear clip-ons,” Klunk said.