OT Bad case of want, need, must have.

Discussion in 'UK Motorcycles' started by Work in progress, Feb 23, 2007.

  1. I don't really do 'things' so when my friend Karen linked me to this

    http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/publ...sContinent=EUR&screen=Catalogue&iSaleNo=15337

    I was amazed at the raw need for Lot 3, The Prisoner blazer or, on the
    next page, lot 11, Tom Baker's Dr Who frock coat. It's gorgeous.

    I can justify the blazer, but not the frock coat. Thing is I'd never
    wear it.

    The auction is entitled 'The Angels Star Collection of Film & TV
    Costumes '. Lots of Bond, Sci-fi, TV drama and film costumes.

    Most expensive item is Obi wan's robe from Star Wars. Without looking
    at the home page or going through all the lots to find it (though
    some are well worth a look) anyone want to hazard a guess at how much
    it is going for?
     
    Work in progress, Feb 23, 2007
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  2. Oh. My. God. I know a whole bunch of people who'll be taking out second
    mortgages. I'd heard this was on, but hadn't looked for the catalogue. I
    need tissues for the drool.
    ISTR that Berman and Nathan did this a fair few years back. A couple of
    friends bought some amazing bargains: the market for this sort of thing was
    far narrower, then, and B&N hadn't realised what they had. Original Space
    1999 stuff for twenty quid.
    I looked. Seems cheap, tbh. (Did I ever tell how I sold the bottom half of
    C3PO at Christie's?)

    Ali
     
    Alison Hopkins, Feb 23, 2007
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    antonye Guest

    Lot 362
    Alec Guinness as Obi Wan Kenobi's from Star Wars, 1977, A cloak,
    Estimate: £50,000 - 60,000

    http://tinyurl.com/ypkwh9
     
    antonye, Feb 23, 2007
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    Ben Guest

    Ben, Feb 23, 2007
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    Veggie Dave, Feb 23, 2007
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  6. You're in The Industry. That's why it makes no sense to you.

    Ali
     
    Alison Hopkins, Feb 23, 2007
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  7. Collectors, because they're collectors (creepy Fowles images now)

    Speculators to make money.

    Sad sci-fi geeks like me, um, dunno, I'm having trouble explaining it
    to myself. I think it's probably iconography in the true sense of the
    word.
     
    Work in progress, Feb 23, 2007
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  8. Oh My Yes.
    Heh. I know some geeks who I'm not going to tell. It's for their own
    good.
    I spent ages going through it. Now I jsut have to decide if I'm going
    to bid. Or drop heavy hints about my birthday being not that far away.
    Even now some of the costumes are cheaper than buying new LARP kit.
    I thought it was outrageous.
    I'm sure you've mentioned it, but not how you ended up with it in the
    first place.
     
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    Doki Guest

    I'm not, and I can't see the point either. You could wear it, but you'll end
    up making it worth **** all, so all you can really do is show it to your
    mates. Grrrreat...
     
    Doki, Feb 23, 2007
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  10. I can't sensibly explain it either. I suspect you and I are having the same
    visceral and primitive reaction. :)

    Ali
     
    Alison Hopkins, Feb 23, 2007
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  11. Very wise. They'll prbably find out, but it won't be on your conscience.
    Do you know someone really generous.....?
    Oh, yeah - I know what some of the Worldcon peeps spent on the masquerade
    gear.
    Cheap in the sense that I reckon it will go for three times that.
    Nice bloke gave us a Darth Vader helmet to auction in aid of my London Media
    fan mob. He couldn't give us an authentication letter, as he wasn't totally
    sure of what it was. He'd worked on all the movies, and had picked it up
    when it was being junked. He wasn't sure if it was a mould or one used in
    the film. Anyhow, he then said he had lots of other tat in his attic, and
    would we like it? I climbed up the loft stairs, and found this box of bits.
    Oh, he said, that's the bottom half of C3PO, as used when Chewie had him in
    pieces in Empire. And promptly gave it to me, despite the fact I told him it
    was worth a hell of a lot of money. He also had an R2D2. A real one.

    So, I schlep it to Christies, where their collectables man nearly wet
    himself. It was damn funny: there was me with a cardboard box full of golden
    legs, a torso and assorted electronics. He was treating this with the
    reverence some would accord to an Old Master. So, it went in their next
    media sale. The day before, bloody Lucasfilm forced Christies to pull it,
    implying it had been nicked. Which it hadn't and we proved it, but too late
    for it to be auctioned. But, one of the collectors contacted Christies and
    offered well over the reserve. We took it - via Christies, as they deserved
    their commission, all the same. They behaved very well, so I wasn't going to
    crap on them. It paid around three and a half grand, as I recall, which
    funded a very very nice little convention at the Science Museum for the
    group!

    I also sold a set of Spock ears at Christies on behalf of one David Gerrold.
    I've got three tribbles of his to sell sometime.

    Ali
     
    Alison Hopkins, Feb 23, 2007
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  12. You are neither a geek or a collector, then. :) I've got a Babylon 5 crew
    jacket I paid an insane amount of money for, but it was a) for charity and
    b) I wear it. There's a lot of people who simply admire this sort of stuff -
    like any other collectable, of course. No logic to it.

    Ali
     
    Alison Hopkins, Feb 23, 2007
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    platypus Guest

    I remember a FantasyCon where a couple of the raffle prizes were dessicated
    corpse props from Space Vampires - they were sort of gauze-bandage head and
    torso things. If I'd had a room that was all-white with nothing in it but a
    Wassily chair or two, I might have mounted one on the chimney-breast.

    --
    platypus

    "Merely corroborative detail, intended to
    give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise
    bald and unconvincing narrative.”
     
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    AntonyF Guest

    Agreed with the point about it making no sense, I can't understand it
    either.
    Might still be of use in the industry - but may I suggest:- the Porn
    industry ???
    They never manage to get the costumes right, I am sure these would go down a
    treat there (although Tom Baker doesn't immediately come to mind but I am
    sure they could fit in something with the SuperGirl outfit).
     
    AntonyF, Feb 24, 2007
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    AntonyF Guest


    Agreed with the point about it making no sense, I can't understand it
    either.
    Might still be of use in the industry - but may I suggest:- the Porn
    industry ???
    They never manage to get the costumes right, I am sure these would go down a
    treat there (although Tom Baker doesn't immediately come to mind but I am
    sure they could fit in something with the SuperGirl outfit).
     
    AntonyF, Feb 24, 2007
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