FlipBoardOver the weekend, Profiles in History auctioned off the flotsam and jetsam from the set of “Lost,” with actual flotsam — wreckage from Oceanic Flight 800 — fetching $3000. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg:
A copy of “Watership Down,” read by the actor Josh Holloway in several episodes, sold for $3,300 (including a 20 percent buyer’s fee) against an estimate of $300. A set of Oceanic Airlines-branded water bottles, seen in the pilot episode and estimated at $200, went for $1,680.
Among the top sellers was a script signed by two of the program’s creators, J. J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof. The script, estimated at $300, brought a frenzy of bidding — over 100 people were vying for it in person, on the telephone and over the Internet — and it sold for $18,000. Hurley’s red-and-white Camaro, prominently featured in season three, was estimated at $15,000 and sold for $24,000. [New York Times]
The Dharma Initiative VW vans would have gone for more, but prospective buyers were turned off by the windows.
And there’s more:
“This show is the new ‘Star Trek’ when it comes to collecting,” said Joseph Maddalena, the founder of Profiles in History, the auction house that mounted the event.
Congratulations, Losties! You’ve entered the Obsessive Dork Hall of Fame! Unfortunately, no one will be there to see your bust unveiled, because everyone thinks you’re too annoying.
“I think it’s terrific that fans have the chance to own and treasure these things,” said Jessica Holmes, 28, a student from Long Beach who was dressed as a “Lost” polar bear.
The dichotomy of that sentence is brilliant. “I think we should look at children as a legitimate food source,” said a clown holding a knife.
So…the recession is over?
By coincidence, I got married just a few hundred yards away from one of the beaches where the filmed some scenes for Lost. I should have brought a handful of sand home. Could have sold it to one of these idiots to pay for our hotel room.
Meanwhile,
“Her baby boy Kalsoon has severe diarrhea and has been vomiting. He is so dehydrated that he needs fluids pumped into him intravenously immediately. He and his entire family are living in harsh conditions after losing everything in a rush of water. They are victims of Pakistan’s mighty flood that has tossed so many families into chaos.”
So at least the priorities are straight. I could have posted this on the Situation post too.
$5000 for one of Walt’s pubes.
I wonder how much they would pay me to blow cigar smoke in their faces?
Sorry in advance for knowing this, but it’s Flight 815 – not 800.
Wait a minute, I watched this live. Some notable items:
A picture of Jack and Aaron (that looked photoshopped) – $1700 approximately
The Dharma rum bottle that Juliet’s hot ass drank out of after the freighter blew up – $3000
A fucking Teddy Bear that Jin gave to Sun – Over $2000
One passport in the name of Dean Moriarty (which Ben Linus used once and was never even shown) – $5000.
It was absurd
As if Losties overwhelming acceptance of the shit-storm that was season six wasn’t enough evidence for me to think that the hardcore fans of this show make the reprobates that watch Two and a Half Men look like well studied, nuanced geniuses.
mmmhmm….Zack, ever heard of Pele’s Curse? I wouldn’t recommend taking sand from a beach in Hawaii.