"YOU WON'T BE DANCIN', YEAH".... It's a no-go for disco BY LUIS PEREZ AND PETE BOWLES STAFF WRITERS
April 1, 2005 Today's planned auction of the "Saturday Night Fever" dance floor has been called off - at least temporarily. After a party promoter claimed that he won the floor in an earlier auction, State Supreme Court Justice Ira Harkavy of Brooklyn issued an order halting the auction and scheduled a hearing for next Wednesday. Vito Bruno of Brooklyn told the court that he won the rights to the light-flashing floor with a bid of $6,000 at an auction on Feb. 15. Bruno said the floor was never delivered and the club owner decided to sell it on eBay instead. Bruno has filed a lawsuit against Spectrum Disco seeking either the floor or $4 million in cash. "It is clear that Mr. Bruno was wronged by a sleight of hand perpetrated by the defendants," said Bruno's attorney, Bruno Codispoti. More than 7,000 people worldwide registered over the past month to bid in today's auction. The floor, which features more than 300 flashing lights, was expected to fetch six figures. Yesterday, not knowing the auction had been shelved, hundreds of bidders placed starting bids. Lorna Hart, a spokeswoman for Profiles in History, the high-end house of memorabilia managing the sale, said she could not comment on the court order. "This is being handled by our attorneys right now," she said. She added: "There are 400 other items in the auction. The auction has not been canceled." Hart said the auction house had been inundated with calls about the dance floor. "We have a small staff of six and literally, all day, everybody is on the phone or on e-mail, answering their questions," she said. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Personals - Better first dates. More second dates. http://personals.yahoo.com Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
