Product Reviews Net » Memorabilia http://www.product-reviews.net Information on the latest gadgets, technology, news and product reviews Sat, 26 May 2012 11:39:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Michael Jackson Auction: Macau Sells 100 Items http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/10/12/michael-jackson-auction-macau-sells-100-items/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=michael-jackson-auction-macau-sells-100-items http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/10/12/michael-jackson-auction-macau-sells-100-items/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 09:13:02 +0000 Peter Chubb http://www.product-reviews.net/?p=110955 Over the past few days there have been two auctions for two of the best singer/songwriters in the business, who sadly are no longer with us. The first was for John Lennon, which we recently discussed, and the other was for Michael Jackson. More than 100 items were sold at Macau, China, fetching over one million dollars.

Two of the memorabilia items between them fetched $425,000; these were a black crystal-studded glove along with an arm brace and a basketball signed by The King of Pop and basketball legend Michael Jordan. These went for $180,000 and $245,000 respectively.

Bidders from around the world attended the auction, which does not surprise us considering continued interest in the late great pop star.

Yahoo News reports that the Macau auction was not all about Michael Jackson though, other items from Bruce Lee and Madonna were also auctioned off; in total there were 435 pieces of memorabilia sold.

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]]> http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/10/12/michael-jackson-auction-macau-sells-100-items/feed/ 0 John Lennon Fingerprints and Memorabilia At Auction http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/10/08/john-lennon-fingerprints-and-memorabilia-at-auction/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=john-lennon-fingerprints-and-memorabilia-at-auction http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/10/08/john-lennon-fingerprints-and-memorabilia-at-auction/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 11:42:29 +0000 Peter Chubb http://www.product-reviews.net/?p=110677 During a recent auction of John Lennon Memorabilia the FBI came in and confiscated a fingerprint card, which contained the singer/songwriters fingerprints. According to an article on Newser, it had been assumed that the item would have fetched more than $100,000 at auction.

It is not yet known why the FBI confiscated this item – we are certain that people have their own thoughts on that? We do know that the fingerprints were part of John Lennon’s application to become a U.S. citizen.

RTT News said that there were also other items up for grabs at the auction, such as early demos from Lady Gaga, handwritten lyrics from Paul McCartney and Bob Dylan. There was also Elvis Presley’s brown suede jacket, and many more.

We can be certain that the biggest item of the day would have been those fingerprints – would have been interesting to see how much they would have finally sold for? Tomorrow would have been John Lennon’s 70th birthday.

Do you collect John Lennon memorabilia?

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]]> http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/10/08/john-lennon-fingerprints-and-memorabilia-at-auction/feed/ 0 Lost Auction: Collector TV memorabilia http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/08/23/lost-auction-collector-tv-memorabilia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lost-auction-collector-tv-memorabilia http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/08/23/lost-auction-collector-tv-memorabilia/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:07:31 +0000 Peter Chubb http://www.product-reviews.net/?p=107094 When I finished watching the final episode of Lost I felt two things, empty and cheated. I hated the fact that I would not be seeing these characters again, and the fact that the ending was not what I had hoped. However, there seems to still be a lot of popularity for the show, which was evident at a recent Lost auction, where collector TV memorabilia was up for grabs.

According to Jen Chaney from The Washington Post there was a bidding frenzy over the weekend, with some fans spending $5,000 just for a pack of 12 Dharma Initiative beers. More surprisingly the Swan station door went for a staggering $16,000.

So let us take a look at a few other items and see how much they fetched for the Profiles in History auction. I have always known that a VW Camper van was worth a few dollars, but not as much as the Dharma Volkswagen van, $47,500.

Sticking with autos, Hurley’s Camaro went for $24,000, the Frozen Donkey Wheel that Linus turned achieved $25,000. One of the smallest items also went for a huge sum; the fail-safe key used by Desmond fetched $11,000. See how much some of the items that was sold over the weekend, let us know if you would have paid those prices for Lost memorabilia?

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