Friday, March 04, 2005

Recent Celebrity 'Collectibles' and the Winning Bids from an On-Line Auction Site

Repo'd patella of Liza Minelli: $352.43

Bagpipe (with hidden booze pouch in the squeeze bag and a bass drone that doubles as a flagon) once leased to James Doohan for a weekend at the Omaha Howard Johnson's: $1024.00

Bedazzled (spelling out the phrase 'Smell the Beard') denim overalls from the Victor French (of Little House on the Prairie and Highway to Heaven fame) Collection: $3.25

5th Edition of Roget's Thesaurus from the set of Life Goes On: $40,000.00

Ernest Hemingway's Ivory Shoe Horn (African Safari expedition of 1952) with Certificate of Authenticity signed by one 'Bwana Bobba-Loo:' $786.57

Telly Savalas autographed Tootsie Pop wrapper and 'de-Tootsie-Popped' stick (gnawed): $1.00

Packet of Spanish Fly (Nightshade-flavored) retrieved from the estate of Claude Rains: $14.50

Official Waterworld Crew Member rain poncho (with crushed Dixie Cup in one pocket still smelling faintly of Mr. Pibb): $66.77

Unbroken Pinata in the shape of Arthur Fonzarelli: $81.00

Plaster Casting of Leonard Bernstein's penis (with 'Orchestrate This, Baton-Boy' etched along the surface): $500,000.00

Hubcap-turned-belt-buckle with mini-LED display (batteries not included) worn on-stage by Charlie Daniels during his 'Gravy Gulch Marauders on the Trail of the Masked Ladler' tour: $3.99

Stunt wheelchair from the set of Ironsides (equipped with spiked hubs and nitro tank): $3210.00

Photograph of Raputin's penis resting on a bed of Iceberg Lettuce: $97.00

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