A MASSIVE BRONZED FIBREGLASS MODEL OF A TYRANNOSAURUS REX
September 2, 2015 12:26 PM Subscribe
Christie's third annual Out of the Ordinary auction (PDF catalogue) will take place in London on September 10. If you've been in the market for screaming Japanese nut demons, a Victorian caiman dumbwaiter, or a spoon bench, now is your chance.
The 2013 lots.
The 2014 lots.
The 2013 lots.
The 2014 lots.
How much for the whole lot? (Asking for a friend.)
posted by xingcat at 12:36 PM on September 2, 2015
posted by xingcat at 12:36 PM on September 2, 2015
Which ones are cursed? asking for a friend.
posted by The Whelk at 12:38 PM on September 2, 2015 [6 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 12:38 PM on September 2, 2015 [6 favorites]
Trick question! They're all cursed.
posted by Kitteh at 12:42 PM on September 2, 2015 [8 favorites]
posted by Kitteh at 12:42 PM on September 2, 2015 [8 favorites]
All of them. Why do you think they're for sale?
posted by Etrigan at 12:43 PM on September 2, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Etrigan at 12:43 PM on September 2, 2015 [1 favorite]
someone go to this and start chuckling ominously when things are bought. Or just drmatically sigh and mumble "Finally, it's over."
posted by The Whelk at 12:44 PM on September 2, 2015 [7 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 12:44 PM on September 2, 2015 [7 favorites]
I'm certainly not going to pay $6000 for an uncursed caiman dumbwaiter. What kind of rube do you think I am?!
posted by Betelgeuse at 12:44 PM on September 2, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by Betelgeuse at 12:44 PM on September 2, 2015 [3 favorites]
Wow, it's like the dissolute-rich-person version of SkyMall.
posted by neroli at 12:46 PM on September 2, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by neroli at 12:46 PM on September 2, 2015 [5 favorites]
all these skulls and taxidermy is the FBI selling Hannibal's seized furnishings?
posted by The Whelk at 12:47 PM on September 2, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by The Whelk at 12:47 PM on September 2, 2015 [1 favorite]
A COLLECTION OF TWENTY ONE BRITISH NOVELTY
TOLE BISCUIT TINS
I like the very Englishness of this item. A+++, would mock-bid again.
posted by Kitteh at 12:54 PM on September 2, 2015
TOLE BISCUIT TINS
I like the very Englishness of this item. A+++, would mock-bid again.
posted by Kitteh at 12:54 PM on September 2, 2015
Dear Secret Quonsar,
posted by phunniemee at 12:58 PM on September 2, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by phunniemee at 12:58 PM on September 2, 2015 [2 favorites]
You know, when I read the phrase "screaming Japanese nut demons" my experience had primed me for something else entirely.
Not gonna lie, I was a tiny bit disappointed.
posted by louche mustachio at 1:03 PM on September 2, 2015 [5 favorites]
Not gonna lie, I was a tiny bit disappointed.
posted by louche mustachio at 1:03 PM on September 2, 2015 [5 favorites]
If you have not looked at the whole catalog, you must do so at once.
This collection appears to be from the Addams Family estate.
Yes I want all of it.
posted by louche mustachio at 1:08 PM on September 2, 2015 [2 favorites]
This collection appears to be from the Addams Family estate.
Yes I want all of it.
posted by louche mustachio at 1:08 PM on September 2, 2015 [2 favorites]
yeah some of the Addams Family stuff was very "Well if I don't take a vacation over the holidays then maybe.."
posted by The Whelk at 1:10 PM on September 2, 2015
posted by The Whelk at 1:10 PM on September 2, 2015
mother of god do i want that "pair of gilt-metal mounted bezoar stones"
posted by WidgetAlley at 1:13 PM on September 2, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by WidgetAlley at 1:13 PM on September 2, 2015 [2 favorites]
My plans to purchase several key items from this catalog have been thwarted by my wife "unless I won the lottery and forgot to tell her." I'm off to purchase many lotto tickets as a Plan B.
posted by Lame_username at 1:21 PM on September 2, 2015
posted by Lame_username at 1:21 PM on September 2, 2015
Paging David Sedaris...
(Oh, and Item 77 for me, please!)
posted by Paul Slade at 1:31 PM on September 2, 2015
(Oh, and Item 77 for me, please!)
posted by Paul Slade at 1:31 PM on September 2, 2015
God, I always think I would be such a good ridiculously rich person, then I look at stuff like this and I realize I KNOW I would. It's not so much that I want these things, but I that I ache for them.
AN ELECTRO MECHANICAL SLICK CHICK PINBALL MACHINE
A NORTH AMERICAN MUTOSCOPE REEL MACHINE, ‘WHAT THE BUTLER MISSED’
AN EXCEPTIONALLY WELL-PRESERVED PLESIOSAUR SKULL ENGLAND
A LACQUERED FIBREGLASS SCULPTURE ENTITLED ‘ROCKING MACHINE’ (aka the giant dick statue from A Clockwork Orange)
A VICTORIAN BRASS AND STEEL WORKING MECHANICAL MODEL OF A WESTERN COUNTRY CANAL DREDGER
posted by MCMikeNamara at 2:04 PM on September 2, 2015 [2 favorites]
AN ELECTRO MECHANICAL SLICK CHICK PINBALL MACHINE
A NORTH AMERICAN MUTOSCOPE REEL MACHINE, ‘WHAT THE BUTLER MISSED’
AN EXCEPTIONALLY WELL-PRESERVED PLESIOSAUR SKULL ENGLAND
A LACQUERED FIBREGLASS SCULPTURE ENTITLED ‘ROCKING MACHINE’ (aka the giant dick statue from A Clockwork Orange)
A VICTORIAN BRASS AND STEEL WORKING MECHANICAL MODEL OF A WESTERN COUNTRY CANAL DREDGER
posted by MCMikeNamara at 2:04 PM on September 2, 2015 [2 favorites]
Can they guarantee that my bottle imp will sell for less than I bought it for?
posted by Nerd of the North at 2:13 PM on September 2, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by Nerd of the North at 2:13 PM on September 2, 2015 [2 favorites]
Ahem!
ETHAN HUNT'S (TOM CRUISE) C.I.A. SUSPENSION SUIT FROM MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE
posted by bgrebs at 2:51 PM on September 2, 2015 [1 favorite]
ETHAN HUNT'S (TOM CRUISE) C.I.A. SUSPENSION SUIT FROM MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE
posted by bgrebs at 2:51 PM on September 2, 2015 [1 favorite]
The C.I.A. suspends him in every movie, big whoop.
posted by Iris Gambol at 4:10 PM on September 2, 2015
posted by Iris Gambol at 4:10 PM on September 2, 2015
A MASSIVE BRONZED FIBREGLASS MODEL OF A TYRANNOSAURUS REX
Anyone seen Cliev?
posted by pompomtom at 5:15 PM on September 2, 2015
Anyone seen Cliev?
posted by pompomtom at 5:15 PM on September 2, 2015
I too want all the things. I've started clearing space for the unicorn, even as we speak.
posted by Peecabu at 6:06 PM on September 2, 2015
posted by Peecabu at 6:06 PM on September 2, 2015
Just give me the two headed lamb and no one gets hurt
posted by The Whelk at 8:33 PM on September 2, 2015
posted by The Whelk at 8:33 PM on September 2, 2015
I feel like Roger Bannister's 4:00 mile shoes should be in a museum somewhere.
posted by imabanana at 10:24 PM on September 2, 2015
posted by imabanana at 10:24 PM on September 2, 2015
idea: acquire AN ENGLISH WAXWORK AND FIBREGLASS FIGURE OF SIGMUND FREUD, attach voice box, hire Viggo Mortensen to record "You're a motherfucker." in his Freud accent into said voice box. Sneak in and put the figure in my rival's bedroom.
posted by numaner at 5:08 AM on September 3, 2015
posted by numaner at 5:08 AM on September 3, 2015
I hereby quit any claim I had to being numaner's rival.
posted by Etrigan at 5:41 AM on September 3, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Etrigan at 5:41 AM on September 3, 2015 [1 favorite]
The giant, fancy Spanish Blue Silk Mantle of the Order of Carlos III (item 119) is listed as 'THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN' just in case we thought it was some common peasant's gilt-embroidered robe, and that is delightful.
posted by pseudonymph at 6:18 AM on September 3, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by pseudonymph at 6:18 AM on September 3, 2015 [4 favorites]
I'm gonna buy it and justify it to my dude on the grounds that I am rebelling against the patriarchy AND the monarchy AND class structures ALL AT ONCE.
posted by pseudonymph at 6:24 AM on September 3, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by pseudonymph at 6:24 AM on September 3, 2015 [1 favorite]
And i'll do this by swooping around the house like a giant, shiny blue bat and ambushing him at the end of the hall.
posted by pseudonymph at 6:25 AM on September 3, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by pseudonymph at 6:25 AM on September 3, 2015 [1 favorite]
oh wow their pinball estimates are STUPID.
Buckaroo (1965), their estimate of $13k-$19k. Actual book price? $2450.
Universe (1959), their estimate of $7900-$13k. Actual book price? $1200.
Slick Chick (1963), their estimate of $9400-$16k. Actual book price? $1525.
You could get a high-end restore of any of these for $4k, and none of them look in pristine like-new condition.
posted by Theta States at 11:27 AM on September 3, 2015
Buckaroo (1965), their estimate of $13k-$19k. Actual book price? $2450.
Universe (1959), their estimate of $7900-$13k. Actual book price? $1200.
Slick Chick (1963), their estimate of $9400-$16k. Actual book price? $1525.
You could get a high-end restore of any of these for $4k, and none of them look in pristine like-new condition.
posted by Theta States at 11:27 AM on September 3, 2015
Like do people not do research?
From the past pinball sales:
Captain Fantastic sold for over $16k. book price $1450
Wizard sold for almost $10k (and the game sucks, yeesh) book price $1500
Olympics sold for almost $9k, book price $700.
posted by Theta States at 11:33 AM on September 3, 2015
From the past pinball sales:
Captain Fantastic sold for over $16k. book price $1450
Wizard sold for almost $10k (and the game sucks, yeesh) book price $1500
Olympics sold for almost $9k, book price $700.
posted by Theta States at 11:33 AM on September 3, 2015
And from the 2014 sales:
Mata Hari sold for a ridiculous $24k. book price $2200
Rolling Stones (1980) sold for $18.5k, book price $2825.
I feel kind of sorry for the rich idiots that spent this kind of money on these games. They could have gone to any major pinball board, put an ask for a top-level condition of each of these games at double the book price, and saved oodles of money,
posted by Theta States at 11:39 AM on September 3, 2015
Mata Hari sold for a ridiculous $24k. book price $2200
Rolling Stones (1980) sold for $18.5k, book price $2825.
I feel kind of sorry for the rich idiots that spent this kind of money on these games. They could have gone to any major pinball board, put an ask for a top-level condition of each of these games at double the book price, and saved oodles of money,
posted by Theta States at 11:39 AM on September 3, 2015
I wouldn't feel too sorry for them. Surely the whole point of being ridiculously rich is that you can just buy stuff in the most convenient and pampered way possible without having to give a damn that you could have got it much cheaper elsewhere.
I'm assuming the viewing is both free and open to the general public, so I think I might drop along to Christies next week so I can see some of this stuff in the flesh.
posted by Paul Slade at 1:01 PM on September 3, 2015
I'm assuming the viewing is both free and open to the general public, so I think I might drop along to Christies next week so I can see some of this stuff in the flesh.
posted by Paul Slade at 1:01 PM on September 3, 2015
They have two if the best Mark Stoddart hippo tables. And I really, really, really need a Mark Stoddart hippo table.
Like, I could probably get a note from my doctor at this point.
posted by palmcorder_yajna at 7:16 PM on September 3, 2015
Like, I could probably get a note from my doctor at this point.
posted by palmcorder_yajna at 7:16 PM on September 3, 2015
« Older College Football Returns, Notre Dame Still Sucks | If every state had an official word, what would it... Newer »
This thread has been archived and is closed to new comments
posted by julen at 12:34 PM on September 2, 2015 [1 favorite]