This week on ebay, someone is offering a chair purported to be the actual chair that Don Knotts used on the Mayberry Court House set. It does look like the real chair, but of course there may be a thousand chairs exactly like it out there. The seller's asking price is $20,000.
Another seller is selling a set of rusted keys that they insist are the actual Mayberry jail cell keys (because they have a tag on them that says so), however they do not look anything like the FLAT metal keys seen on the show. Also included in this auction is a glass purported to be a screen used prop from the Bluebird Diner. The bidding on these is over $500. Another seller is offering a bunch of iced tea glasses, advertised as "Barney's iced tea glass," "Opie's iced tea glass," "Aunt Bee's iced tea glass," etc. They were asking $699 but didn't get any takers so they've relisted them at $217 each. Of course, they have certificates of authenticity that PROVE these were really used on the show. Even if on the off chance these are real screen used props, how in the world would they know which character used which glass? It's just silly. Now, if anybody wants a real Andy Griffith Show collectible, I've listed a scarce 1962 TAGS coloring book on ebay. These don't turn up for sale very often, and this one is in really good condition. Take a look if you've a mind to (my ebay screen name is squadcar.) If it sells, I will donate 50% of the final price to Allan's Two Chairs No Waiting podcast. Paul Mulik _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
