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| Last Edit: mikem 10:38 am EDT 06/15/24 | |
| Posted by: mikem 10:37 am EDT 06/15/24 | |
| In reply to: Sondheim at the Doyle - DAW60 07:01 am EDT 06/15/24 | |
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| I also went yesterday, and I enjoyed it (and also came from the Met, which was just a few blocks away - DAW60, great minds think alike!). I agree with DAW60 that this is lower-level stuff that is mostly used and worn, and wouldn't be of much interest to anyone if it hadn't been owned by Sondheim. But since it was owned by Sondheim, it makes some of it kind of interesting, at least to me. I'm planning on bidding on some things, although I'm curious how much the stuff is actually going to go for. Most of the estimates seem very low, although the boxes of 32 pencils are listed at $600 - $800, which seems wacky, unless there is a general market for these kinds of mid-century pencils. New pencils are sold for $2.50 each at the Blackwing pencil website. Most of the estimates are in the hundreds of dollars, and I'm not sure there's anything that's estimated for over $5000. Although he kept all of the auction items, so I guess it had some meaning to him on some level, I kind of wish I knew which of the items were things he actually used or cared about as opposed to some gift that someone gave him and got stuffed onto a shelf later that day, never to be thought of again. At least the worn stuff was actually used. It was also funny looking at the books and thinking, "Hey, I have that book!" I am also a big puzzles person, and I could have spent the whole time reading the puzzle books that he had. Of note, the items that I was the most intrigued by, which were the two homemade games made by Sondheim himself, have been taken out of the auction. I'm hoping that means they are being donated to Broadway Cares for the Flea Market or something like that. I could see those going for $10,000 or more (which may be why they were taken out of the auction, although I think they are the kind of thing that is most likely to get the highest bid at an auction rather than a private sale). I thought the auction house did a nice job with the exhibition, and the staff were all very helpful. Free drinks, someone singing his showtunes, a nice time. Has anyone participated in this kind of auction before? Any tips or suggestions? They said they usually do one lot a minute, which seems very fast. Is it hard to keep up? |
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