Jim, over the last few decades, an entirely breed of 'newly rich' has emerged. Investment brokers and the like make more money than they could ever spend, so there will be more 'world record' results coming in all areas. If you're making a million dollars every day, what's two point something millions for a fun gadget?
At least, these props are exceptional and truly rare. As a music lover and audiophile (in this order!!!) I recently came across this guy: https://www.wired.com/2015/03/hot-stampers/ He has found enough people who pay him $500 a pop for vinyl records you can find in ANY Salvation Army bin for a dollar to make a very comfortable living for himself. In my book, this is beyond ridiculous. In our field, prices certainly go crazy sometimes, but most of the top-end movie paper (and the props) are truly rare at least, and the best stuff will always find a buyer. Helmut > Am 28.06.2017 um 22:41 schrieb James Gresham <[email protected]>: > > I always ask myself when I hear these things, "who has that kind of money?" > I mean that is crazy. Of course when I lost money in the Haggard fraud, I > did have someone tell me, "if you have that much money in posters, you > deserve to loss it." So, I guess its relative. But to spend that much, just > seems insane. It must be an organization or institution? I don't know. > But, WOW! > > On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 4:29 PM, Scott Burns <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Thanks, didn’t realize there was a variation. On eBay, the BP is stated as > “up to” 28%. Upon further clicking, I found this: > > > > The actual purchase price will be the sum of the final bid price plus the > buyer's premium of twenty four percent (24%) of the hammer price (discounted > to 20% when full payment is made in cash or by valid check); or twenty eight > percent (28%) if bid on and won through the internet. California sales tax > shall automatically be added to the purchase price unless exempted. > > > > How’s that for complicated? All I know is, that’s a big BP! > > > > From: MPB Warehouse [mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>] > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2017 4:02 PM > To: Scott Burns <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>; > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [MOPO] R2D2 Just Sold at Auction > > > > the bidder was on the phone and that is just a 20% BP > > when you use Invaluable live bidding, it is 28% > > > At 12:43 PM 6/28/2017, Scott Burns wrote: > > > Thanks for reminding me about the 28% Buyer’s Premium. Ouch. > > From: MoPo List [ mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of MPB Warehouse > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2017 3:32 PM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MOPO] R2D2 Just Sold at Auction > > > $2.3m +BP = $2.56m > > they also sold the Saturday Night Fever dancefloor $1.2m > > Battlestar Gallactica model collection $1.5+bp > > Profiles is incredible > > Oh.. the Tod Browning stills collection, probably reached $2mil > > > > At 12:18 PM 6/28/2017, Scott Burns wrote: > > Wish I had cash like this laying around…(guess I’ll just stay with collecting > paper). > > > > A complete R2D2 just sold for $2.3 million at the Profiles in History movie > memorabilia auction. Not being a prop collector, I wonder is this price > record setting? > > > > From the catalog: > > 1298. Complete “R2-D2” unit assembled from original components spanning the > original Star Wars trilogy and Episodes I & II. (TCF, 1977 - 2002) A complete > film used R2 unit is not known to be in the public domain – this R2-D2 > offering represents the pinnacle of the Star Wars collecting universe. For > the productions following Star Wars: A New Hope, to save time in meeting > production deadlines, R2 components were reused from the previous Star Wars > films. As filming progressed, R2 units were upgraded and refurbished, with > outdated components being retired. This process has been confirmed by > numerous crewmembers who worked on the Star Wars film franchise. This R2-D2, > constructed of aluminum, steel and fiberglass elements, measuring 43 in. tall > x 29.5 in. wide x 20 in. deep (in current pose), was put together over many > years by sourcing original components and assembling them as a complete > R2-D2. The dome was one of the few hero aluminum domes made for R2 actor > Kenny Baker in the first film (A New Hope, 1977) and is the only one known in > the public domain. It was used throughout the original trilogy as well as > Episode I and can be screen matched by the fiber optic array to scenes in > Return of the Jedi and Episode I. It features a handle to articulate the > front eye from inside the unit by Kenny Baker. The metal “greeblies” (fine > details added to make the device appear more complex) inserted into the front > and rear of the body, and those on the feet, were made for A New Hope and > used on R2 units throughout the original trilogy. The left and right legs > were made for Empire Strikes Back and were acquired as complete items. One > leg retains the Empire paint scheme and the other from Jedi. The middle and > left foot were used on an original trilogy R2 and were used as the master > pattern for the feet created for Episode I. The right foot is production made > for Episode I but not used. The small opening hatch on the back of the body > was used in Episode II. The barrel of the body was made for Episode I and it > was subsequently painted and detailed for this R2 unit. Given the ad hoc > nature of production practices, any “complete” existing R2-D2 units from the > first trilogy (in studio hands) would be a compilation very similar to this > R2-D2 unit offered here. No internal mechanics or workings are present. Not > merely a prop, costume piece or filming miniature, R2-D2 is a major, beloved > character in the Star Wars universe. 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