I think its great that Debbie has been rewarded for her passion....
same when a collector cashs in after years of collecting. its the
reward of being a good steward..
sure without the marketing and the venue and all you get less.. and
remember she has to probably take many of the costs off the top and
the commission..
However that Lady has paid her dues and really tried to save the
collection from a auction.. they had tried to get funds to open the
Museum in Tennesee
and had countless meetings with banks and lenders and all.. the
Auction was the last ditch effort as they had debt from the Vegas
museum and the banks wanted
to call in the note... so I just hope after she covers the debt she
still ends up with some cash... then thers Uncle sam.. however
Debbies at a age where
she probably can get that one time exclusion. Ithink its great,,, she
was able to save and preserve soe of themost noted costumes in Movie
history..
I think the collection was valued at 50 million...
the facilty in Tennesee looked like a Giant paddleboat and was a new
Build..
the entire park was to have had a nascarmuseum and other
attractions.. But thebanks all bailed out as the economy was so bad...
She has stressed over this like a year and she was just so tired to
keep going on... None of the studios would help or the big guys,,
what I hope could happenn is that the buyers could see the wisdom to
still Move on with Debbies Dream and locate the items in a actual
museum setting so thepublic can share the splendor of Film
hoistory..this way the owner of each peiice could get a rental or
stipend or tax write off and have it in a safe climate controlled
museum enviroment with a staff of archivists attending..
and it could be a cohesive collection... vs,, breaking it up and
storing in boxes all over the world... I hope they chroncal the
ownership.
I remember when they found Burt Lahrs costiume in a trash heap all
disintegrating.
If you think its just the Visual and historic representation of the
memory and the film or start associated and all these items where
from the height of the Movie industry and when they had Movie
stars...
Debbie Reynolds passion and determination has been unequaled by
anyone.. she is truly a role model for anyone who has experienced
adversity. I respect her and her son Todd very much.
They deserve the best for all there dedication to building that
collection.
Bravo Debbie and Todd!
best, Tom
>---- Original Message ----
>From: neilmaciejew...@yahoo.com
>To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
>Subject: Re: [MOPO] 5,658,000.00 !!!!!!
>Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 08:35:04 -0700
>
>>And Debbie Reynold's is laughing all the way to the bank!
>>
>>--- On Sun, 6/19/11, Dave Rosen <hah...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>
>>From: Dave Rosen <hah...@sympatico.ca>
>>Subject: Re: [MOPO] 5,658,000.00 !!!!!!
>>To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
>>Date: Sunday, June 19, 2011, 9:34 AM
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Famous provenance AND proximity, in that if
>>these posters were offered in an auction that had not already
>attracted the
>>attention of people with very, very deep pockets they would not have
>fetched
>>these prices.
>>
>>I mean what's a measly seven grand for a Seven Year
>>Itch insert when you're already throwing MILLIONS at THE dress from
>THE scene in
>>the movie?
>>
>>Dave
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From:
>> walter
>> reuben
>> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
>>
>> Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2011 11:45
>> PM
>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] 5,658,000.00
>> !!!!!!
>>
>>
>> As for the small number of movie posters that were included in
>this
>> auction, they did incredibly well, here are some examples, all of
>these are
>> only hammer prices before buyers commission is added:
>> VIRGIN QUEEN 3 SHEET 1900
>>SEVEN YEAR ITCH INSERT 7000
>> THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS INSERT 7000
>> THE EGYPTIAN THREE SHEET 2000
>> DESIREE SIX SHEET 3250
>> This is a case where this famous provenance radically affected the
>poster
>> prices.
>> Walter
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Freeman Fisher <flixs...@aol.com>
>
>> wrote:
>>
>> NO THAT WAS IN TODAY'S ..........why don't they spend that
>> on movie poster dollars..DOLLARS
>> Yeesh great drag is really
>> pricing itself out of the market..............
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>On Jun 18, 2011, at 8:29 PM, Phillip W. Ayling
>> wrote:
>>
>>> While this is $5.66 million in 2011 Dollars; in
>> 1955 the entire film only cost around 3 mil.
>>> I wonder what the
>> wardrobe budget was?
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Freeman Fisher" <flixs...@aol.com>
>>> To: <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>
>>>
>> Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2011 8:11 PM
>>> Subject: [MOPO] 5,658,000.00
>> !!!!!!
>>>
>>>
>>>> Yes that is what Marilyn's white
>> SEVEN YEAR ITCH subway grate dress just sold for at Debbie
>Reynold's
>> Auction. Add another million and a half for the red dress from
>
>> GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (which personally I thought delivered
>more wow,
>> with her in or out of the dress) I can't even think of anything
>snarky
>> to say..........these are unbelievable numbers.
>>>>
>>>>
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