The top-dollar item was the very thing the characters in the series vied for throughout its eight-season run: the Iron Throne. After a six-minute bidding war, the throne sold for $1.49 million.

You've seen it on your screen for years, the fictional home of the Iron Throne. For the people of this one Croatia town, these castles are regular parts of the skyline. More from Entertainment You ...

But where does the Iron Throne stand (or sit ... it has been noted that this represents the difficult real-life relationship which existed between the two artists. This is the one chair we ...

Those promotions include encouraging fans to go on a quest #ForTheThrone by searching for six of the series’ signature Iron Thrones that HBO has hidden in far-flung locations around the world.

As you might know by now, HBO decided to send Game of Thrones fans on a scavenger hunt ... show — a hunt that involves finding any of six Iron Thrones the network scattered around the globe.