On Wednesday afternoon I went to watch the Pop Culture Auction at Christies. It was pretty relaxed, you could walk in and out whenever you want, so it's worth going even for a short while. It was very entertaining. Someone should hire the auctioneer for tv, he was good-looking and had a bit of banter with the beautiful women on the telephone bids. Most of the bids were telephone bids, but I did feel bad for the man in the room who bid for quite a few things but didn't win. You can actually watch the auctions online too.
At the front of the room were some large clothes, and I couldn't figure out who they belonged to. I was thinking Elvis, but there was a blood-stained shirt. Finally I looked in a catalogue and it was Tony Soprano's shirt from the Sopranos. You can see the results online - looks like that outfit went for nearly $44,000. There were lots of interesting things for sale; old Disney stills, stills from King Kong 1933, lots of rock memorabilia.
Photo is from the Christie's website.
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