Author Topic: Heath's "director's chair" from the Brokeback set to be auctioned June 16 in LA  (Read 11311 times)

Offline Aloysius J. Gleek

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Lot No: 3136W

A Heath Ledger director's chair from "Brokeback Mountain"
Paramount, 2005.

A taller-than-average one with the black canvas backrest having the star's name on the back and the "Brokeback Mountain" logo on the front, both in white lettering. Included is a 'certificate of authenticity' from Paramount Pictures and Focus Features indicating that Ledger used this chair during the film's production.

48 x 23 x 15in

Estimate: $1,000 - 1,500

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Sale 16091 - Entertainment Memorabilia including Animation Art, 16 Jun 2008
7601 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles


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« Last Edit: June 04, 2008, 08:08:01 pm by jmmgallagher »
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hm. only $1500?

seems low...

Offline loneleeb3

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Oh I would love that!
Too bad I'm poor. :-\
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I hope someone who really loves Heath gets it (in every sense of the word), not just a speculator.

 :-\
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What an amazing sounding object.  Yep, I hope it falls into the hands of a Brokie who will love it.  Or... I hope it "stays in the family"... so to speak.

What's the auction house?  I see the name of the specialist but not the name of the auction house.

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I hope someone who really loves Heath gets it (in every sense of the word), not just a speculator.

 :-\

Agreed!
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hm. only $1500?

seems low...

Auction estimates can often be way off.  Get a few BWMs (brokies with money) going and the sky's the limit!

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I think Matilda shoud get it.
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I bet he didn't sit in it much, if at all.

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I bet he didn't sit in it much, if at all.

Elle, I think it's a good idea to be somewhat skeptical about this kind of sale.  As exciting as the notion is initially... it's definitely a good idea to do some homework about this chair before anyone thinks about investing money in it.  That's one reason why I asked about the auction house... if it's a well known national or international auction house that can be a very helpful sign.  If it's somewhat unknown, I might continue to be skeptical.  Also, as counter-intuitive as it might seem... certificates of authenticity are not usually considered very useful documents.  Essentially, anyone could fake a certificate of authenticity.  It's not a substitute for finding out as much as possible about where the object came from... or, for example are there pictures of Heath actually sitting in this chair somewhere out there, etc.  Or, if inspected in person, would an observer immediately notice that it doesn't have enough really evidence of daily usage or wear-and-tear to be credible, etc.

Anyway, it may be a great bit of Brokie memorabilia or it may not.  But, in any auction situation, it's best to be cautious.

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