Heritage Auctions June 20-23 Auction is unreal ! 1 1

[PhilipB2k17]

On 4/16/2024 at 12:43 PM, KirbyCollector said:

Funny how times change. In 1990 if you wanted to buy a piece of art for $250,000, you got into a suit and tie and traveled to an auction being held in a mansion located in NY, London or Paris where you were served champagne and treated with class. Now you bid online dressed in a t-shirt and shorts while toggling back and forth between cat videos and PornHub while drinking a Mountain Dew you bought at the Shop Rite. We've lost something as a society, I think.

This brings to mind the classic auction scene in "North by Northwest" where Cary Grant deliberately breaks protocol, questioning whether the item is fake, and then starts bidding super low, so taht security is called and he can escape. Meanwhile, a sophisticated society lady at the auction turns around and calls Grant a "genuine insufficiently_thoughtful_person."

[batman_fan]

I am going to post this because I know it won't end up in my collection but this piece really hits me.

The time was 1972 my 9yr old brother and an 8yr old me went to see this movie in Petersburg, IN.  The local theater was one block from my grandma's house.  We walk to see it.  The guy selling tickets gave us a real hard time about seeing it but let us in.  I was traumatized by the movie.  The Santa Claus story was the most disturbing.  I had nightmares for several days afterwards. Good times, good times. 

Edited April 23 by batman_fan

[cstojano]

Interesting set of images. The poster image is a real skull except for the left side of the mandible, which they must have painted in to complete. That means the cover painting was a still life of sorts from a real skull. Given all the controversy with such things recently it is interesting to consider that some skull somewhere is technically a movie prop.

[Captain ShipWreck]

On 4/22/2024 at 9:02 PM, batman_fan said:

I am going to post this because I know it won't end up in my collection but this piece really hits me.

Roger with it 

[batman_fan]

On 4/23/2024 at 8:40 AM, Captain ShipWreck said:

Roger with it 

Thanks for posting, piece looks amazing !