Sold!

The greatest thing about New York City is the ability to do so many thing here that would be impossible to do elsewhere. Yesterday I did one of my favorite things to do in the city - I went to an auction preview. This one took me to Christie's for a music memorabilia auction. But to my very pleasant surprise, there was also a preview for a Bob Mackie auction as well.

In the music section, they were showing lots of stuff from the Beatles, Bob Dylan, the Doors, The Who, Joni Mitchell, Ella FItzgerald and Buddy Holly among others. There were a couple of items that were a little more exciting than the rest: a pair of Bob Dylan's black sunglasses, the necklace Jimi Hendrix wore in the famous picture of him getting the guitar on fire, a silver box for Christmas 1980 from John Lennon & Yoko Ono and a pair of Roy Orbison's sunglasses. The only item I questioned as a piece of music memorabilia was a book report Britany Spears wrote in the 5th grade about White Fang. Even sadder was the estimated selling price of $500-700.

In the Bob Mackie preview, there were beautiful gowns, costumes and sketches he made for the Carol Burnett show and the Sonny & Cher show among others. There were also some Elton John stage outfits for sale as well. It was so wonderful to see dresses and headwear up close and see all the attention to detail. They are true pieces of art. It was such a treat to see this.

And the cost of seeing all these hallmarks of pop culture: free. Doesn't get much better than that.

Quote of the Day:
"Any life, no matter how long or how complex it might be, is made up of a single moment - the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is." -Jorge Luis Borges