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Re: Heath's "director's chair" from the Brokeback set to be auctioned June 16 in LA
« Reply #10 on: June 04, 2008, 07:41:13 pm »
Hi,

Does anyone know what auction house this is, looks to be either Sotheby's or Christie's, but if someone knows could they please post here.

Thanks, Ted
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Re: Heath's "director's chair" from the Brokeback set to be auctioned June 16 in LA
« Reply #11 on: June 04, 2008, 07:59:13 pm »

Quote from: atz75 on June 04, 2008, 03:10:03 pm
What's the auction house?  I see the name of the specialist but not the name of the auction house.

Sorry, Amanda, I forgot to add the heading:



http://www.bonhams.com/us/

Just put in "Heath Ledger" in the Item Search window, and you'll get it right away.

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Re: Heath's "director's chair" from the Brokeback set to be auctioned June 16 in LA
« Reply #12 on: June 04, 2008, 09:36:54 pm »

Quote from: Elle on June 04, 2008, 04:08:00 pm
I bet he didn't sit in it much, if at all.

Poor, brilliant, fidgety Heath--I bet he didn't either!
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Re: Heath's "director's chair" from the Brokeback set to be auctioned June 16 in LA
« Reply #13 on: June 04, 2008, 10:25:35 pm »
Thanks for the info on the auction house.  Bonham's is a very reputatble firm, so I would give some creedence to the provenance.
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Re: Heath's "director's chair" from the Brokeback set to be auctioned June 16 in LA
« Reply #14 on: June 05, 2008, 12:40:28 am »
Quote from: jmmgallagher on June 04, 2008, 09:36:54 pm
Poor, brilliant, fidgety Heath--I bet he didn't either!


Exactly.  I was overly brief in my response, but that's just what I meant.  I wasn't doubting its provenance.  I just had a mind's eye kaleidoscope of the images of him sitting on the ground listening to his music player, walking with his arm around his new love's shoulders, hovering behind Ang learning, and taciturnly staying in character.
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Re: Heath's "director's chair" from the Brokeback set to be auctioned June 16 in
« Reply #15 on: June 05, 2008, 10:58:17 am »
Quote from: SunShadow on June 05, 2008, 10:49:21 am
If he spent 5 minutes sitting in that chair, good enough for me!



But it seems different from the one they're auctioning.  You can't see the green fabric by the hinges from a side view on the one he's sitting in, for one thing.
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« Reply #16 on: June 05, 2008, 11:01:15 am »
Quote from: Fran on June 05, 2008, 10:58:17 am



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I remember that pic now!  What an awesome shot!  Thanks for posting this Fran.

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Re: Heath's "director's chair" from the Brokeback set to be auctioned June 16 in LA
« Reply #17 on: June 05, 2008, 11:27:18 am »
To me they look different colors. And one has a gap where the hinges are. The other one does not. I think it's not the same chair as the one in the auction.
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Re: Heath's "director's chair" from the Brokeback set to be auctioned June 16 in LA
« Reply #18 on: June 05, 2008, 11:34:46 am »
Quote from: Shasta542 on June 05, 2008, 11:27:18 am
To me they look different colors. And one has a gap where the hinges are. The other one does not. I think it's not the same chair as the one in the auction.


That's one of the things I meant in my earlier post about wear-and-tear too.  The one in the auction picture looks very pristine to me... essentially it looks awfully clean to have been dragged all over Alberta and set up outside in the grass/ dirt, etc.

Maybe like wardrobe (multiple versions of the same costume)... there are multiple chairs provided?  I don't really know how all of that works on a film set. 




But, I love, love, love that photo from the set, it just makes me smile. :)


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Re: Heath's "director's chair" from the Brokeback set to be auctioned June 16 in LA
« Reply #19 on: June 05, 2008, 11:49:36 am »
Here's a photo of the woman we met in Cowley, Alberta, a very small town indeed (some of the scenes of Signal take place there).  When she saw the caravan of cowboy-hat-camera-toters, she came running out to show us what Ang had given her:



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