Sconce Watch

Cher is headline news today (Yahoo!) after one day of auctioning is over. It was quite a hoot to be able to watch the auction online via ebay all day while I was working. A few items hit the estimated range, some never hit the estimated value (oak altar elements went for $1,600 instead of the estimated $2,000) but the majority of the items went far above the estimated values set by Juliens Auctions. Three cross wall sconces went for $1,000 and were estimated at only $500 max. Her first "hole fit" (a piece of Cher show history no doubt as so many more were to follow) went for $7,500. It was an extra $1,900 for the sagging lifeless blue and pink boa. Bob Mackie sketches went over $2,000 almost every time, up to $4,750 for the Half Breed sketch. The LeRoy Neiman pictured top went for $40,000, Sonny boots for $1,100, her high school yearbook for $2,200 and the Bentley $170,000. I chatted with friend a Ape Culture co-editor, Julie, over instant messenger while part of the auction was occurring. She sent me to the LeRoy Neiman website where many hyperbolic sentences were found about his fine reputation in America as well as many other celebrity and sports portraits to be chuckled over. Julie was interested in lot #369, a gothic revival style mahogany bed but then she decided she didn’t want to sleep in anything Elijah might have tied Heather Graham to.