Singin' in the Rain and childbirth were the two hardest things

October 7, 2017 8:00 PM

The Personal Property Auction of Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds is happening now. Day 1, Day 2, Day 3. Includes an incredible treasure trove of Golden Age Hollywood costumes, movie posters, and memorabilia.

For example: Princess Leia Venus de Milo Statue, Elizabeth Taylor purple caftan, movie posters of Young Frankenstein, Barbarella, King Kong, lobby cards for Singing in the Rain, Universal newsreel 35mm camera

posted by hampanda (19 comments total)

I miss them so much.
posted by Hermione Granger at 8:49 PM on October 7, 2017 [14 favorites]

I just love that Carrie Fisher owned a copy of the novelization of Return of the Jedi.
posted by SisterHavana at 8:52 PM on October 7, 2017 [5 favorites]

Also, we had these Burger King glasses back in the day too!
posted by SisterHavana at 9:01 PM on October 7, 2017 [3 favorites]

I have to say that I want to buy all Carrie's crazy lamps... and that carpet under her dining table. If only I had a large estate which needed material things.
posted by phytage at 9:29 PM on October 7, 2017 [5 favorites]

Wow, there is some truly incredible stuff in there. Thanks for posting.
posted by Mavri at 9:35 PM on October 7, 2017 [1 favorite]

$250 seems a little steep for the severed heads and hands of Laurel & Hardy; if they were the real ones, maybe, but...
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 10:20 PM on October 7, 2017 [5 favorites]

The various lots of unpublished photographs are interesting.
posted by fairmettle at 11:22 PM on October 7, 2017 [1 favorite]

Her original, hand-annotated script for Empire is starting at $30k:

https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/carrie-fisher-princess-leia-personal-hand-annot-E0543A0B51
posted by disillusioned at 12:13 AM on October 8, 2017 [2 favorites]

A lot of it seems like estate / garage sale junk, but from a really fancy neighborhood. If you didn't know who it belonged to.
posted by Bee'sWing at 4:55 AM on October 8, 2017 [3 favorites]

Interesting find: Lot 481: One of the first Apple II computers - serial # A2S1-0082.

Used to inventory the collection, among other things.
posted by ZeusHumms at 5:41 AM on October 8, 2017 [3 favorites]

If I had the money I would decorate like Carrie Fisher.
posted by jenfullmoon at 10:03 AM on October 8, 2017 [2 favorites]

I dunno, I don't think I could feel right paying someone to dust all those rococo statuary side tables on a weekly basis.

Maybe those were Debbie's.
posted by rhizome at 10:15 AM on October 8, 2017

Oh my god, Carrie Fisher had her own Princess Leia lego minifig. I mean, of course she did because how awesome is it to have your own lego minifig? It's just so endearing to see it listed among all the (amazing) Art Deco lamps and Hollywood kitsch.
posted by loquacious at 10:26 AM on October 8, 2017 [1 favorite]

Carrie also had her very own Princess Leia sex doll.
posted by elsietheeel at 10:37 AM on October 8, 2017 [1 favorite]

I love that there's fan art. Meaning Carrie got it at some con or something, and kept it, maybe even displayed it, even though it is pretty clearly awful, and now it's being sold to someone, maybe even THAT fan, because of the added value that Carrie looked at, or had it in a closet, or whatever. Celebrity value add is weird, no?

That said, the auction, outside of photos and Hollywood ephemera, looks like any estate sale in a well off neighborhood, for the deceased of a certain age. Some of the things, which I collect, like cast iron banks, are considerably over valued, especially since the auction house is doing none of the delivery coordination.

I miss the Fischer women, and wish this were an auction of the estate of someone I disliked instead. Like maybe something in gold toilet fixtures.
posted by SecretAgentSockpuppet at 11:55 AM on October 8, 2017 [3 favorites]

So that's what happened to Jedediah Leland's typewriter from Citizen Kane.
posted by jonp72 at 5:37 PM on October 8, 2017 [3 favorites]

SisterHavana: "Also, we had these Burger King glasses back in the day too!"

OMG YES
posted by Chrysostom at 9:59 PM on October 8, 2017

My personal series of reactions:
"Oh, interesting."
"Why did she own all this industrial studio equipment?"
"Holy smokes, they owned a HELL OF A LOT of stuff."
posted by LastOfHisKind at 7:30 AM on October 9, 2017

I love that there's fan art. Meaning Carrie got it at some con or something, and kept it

Or that a fan mailed it to her. In one of the Trek documentaries, Denise Crosby talks about and shows some of the random stuff that people have sent her. renault_shocked.jpg: lots of pictures of Tasha Yar naked.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 7:44 AM on October 9, 2017