OT: Thinking Shoe Collectors are on to Something
messydesk
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A pair of screen worn ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz (1939) just sold for just north of 32, count 'em, 32 blessed million.
John
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
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It was a fun auction to watch, especially to see the strategies in play: there was a lot of jumping the bid occurring, bumping up the increment from $200Ks to $1Ms.
It's certainly an exciting piece of Americana/cinema history - the Wicked Witches' hat sold directly after for a hair under $3M as well... a heck of a set if the same buyer bought both.
bots got the other 249
I am imagining that the top two bidders were arch-rivals!
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Crazy I just looked at the result $32.5 million....insane!!! My max bid would have been $5 if they included free shipping lollll!!!
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did a kardashian wear them?
Excess of money and lack of discretion
What, other than your personal opinion (or that of others who know nothing about the top bidders) determines a lack of discretion?
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Common sense
I see. So you’re the arbiter of common sense. 😉
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
i also give financial opinions about rich people
Someone has to do it. Seriously though, are we not all called to common sense ?
I can but regard it as vanity and excess.
I think I'd rather have a banana with duct tape at $6.2 million.
any chance for fractional ownership?
Great piece of history.
I understand there was more than 1 pair used in the movie.
Good marketing ploy to sell while "Wicked" is out.
a nft offering would generate a remarkable amount of money
I'd think it was much less likely a 'shoe collector' rather than a Hollywood memorabilia enthusiast.
peacockcoins
They refer to pairs 1 and 6 a lot in the lot description. There's a lot of information there about these. Pretty intriguing story.
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
Is that still a thing?
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
or anyone who likes memorabilia in general
sw bought the 33 de and it didn't seem like he was a coin collector at all
someone has to be making them to decorate the walls in the metaverse
It looks like it's missing a certification like this!
dna degrades
But they’re not slabbed!!!
if they can label a gsa box...
They look like they can be stickered!!!
perhaps a dual holder - one for the left and one for the right?
Someone must think they really work.
if elon could afford it would it still be a bad idea?
Of course. Common sense dictates that paying thousands or millions of dollars for $20 worth of silver is logical.
Spending anything over intrinsic value for a coin lacks common sense.
It isn't reasonable for any of us to comprehend the amount of money someone like Bill Gates or Elon Musk has. There are countless wealthy people in the World who would spend $40 million the way we pay a $200 speeding ticket.
I like the shoes and what they represent, I just don't have the disposable cash to afford them. I had noticed them at Heritage during my searches there but never imagined they'd sell for this much. Bravo!!
Some lucky pup just got a couple of new chew toys.
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@dhikewhitney Pretty ripe comments considering our hobby. SMH
"I'm the arbiter of common sense", should never be said or implied by any serious collector of anything, EVER.
I'm sure some of the shoe folks say, "He spent a million dollars on a quarter dollar? WHAT?!!!"
Live and let live. To each their own.
Congrat's to HA, the seller and the new owner. Crazy to me, but my $5.k AU half dollars are pretty crazy to some people too.
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
One pair is in the Smithsonian.
I’m reminded of a sign in an old friend’s cobbler shop. “ Time wounds all heels”.
As opposed to : “time heals all wounds”
Exactly, that’s why I buy the holder 😜
which hard rock cafe will see these?
For that amount they better be made with real rubies.