Jayne ,'The Message'
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I'm thinking that the cost of Anya's wedding dress is probably not that much different from some regular wedding dresses. (Currently, $1725.00+ - -includes veil and jewelry.)
Well, consider that the auction is geared toward wringing money out of people in a heightened emotional state who will go to extreme lengths to get an item of great sentimental value to them. Sounds very similar to the standard M.O. of bridal shops to me.
Woah, Matt. Good one!
From earlier: (I'm way behind scrolling)
Ita said: "People have been known to purchase region-free DVD players for Buffy's sake alone..."
This is the right bunch of geeks alright. I bought the S1 and S2 dvds from Australia before I had a dvd player, then went seeking a dvd player I could coerce to my region-free will. *grins*
Great letter that Claris forwarded. Oh, and the Shadowcaster thingy. That was something I thought of when talk of the auction and what things might be memorable. Hmm. Don't think I'll be blowing several months rent on it tho.
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Yeah, while I could probably technically afford to buy one of the second tier or lower items, there aren't any props from the show that I'd enjoy enough to blow that kind of cash on. Now if they come up with a working version of Anya's power center, we can talk.
It looks like most of the costumes they're selling are either (relatively) inexpensive off-the-rack stuff or things that were special-made for the show.
Anya's pajamas were off the rack, as was the wedding dress. The veil was handmade. The bridesmaid dresses were handmade.
Extremely informative and articulate article, Allyson. Congrats!
People have been known to purchase region-free DVD players for Buffy's sake alone...
raises hand
I would probably have considered blowing some ridiculous sum on Buffy stuff if the proceeds were for charity. There is no way I will fund FOX.
The item I would like (if, you know, I had actual money to blow on such stuff) would be the map of Sunnydale circa 1847. The current bid on it is $1,026.01. It shows that yes, Sunnydale is on the coast!
The coast of the desert?
Man that is some outlandish sums of money people are spending on stuff. I mean like you guys said...$8000.00 for a ring that you can buy a perfectly good copy of for $10. Do these people not feel the need to eat? Or have families? Hopefully these are people that won the lottery and felt the need to blow wads of cash at a time. I think then and only then would I bid on any of these things. Unless I knew that the money was going to the writers and Joss towards starting an entirely ME network on Cable funded by the fans. Which if any fan base could get up and running I think it would be us.
Is it strange that I felt more inclined to bid on the $1,999 set of all 45 Buffy action figures ever made over any of the 'Official' set memorabilia?
There's a well put together survey here on favorite seasons.