The Tuxedo Auction
Bonus · published 2022-07-16 · archive #121

[0:00:00] Andrew: There's no shortcut for saving time, but saving money is simple. Just combine your car and home insurance with Bel Air Direct and save. Get a quote at belairdirect.com. So we currently have Topkin Maverick pair of framed challenge coins. I don't really know what a challenge coin is. I assume that they're for the purpose of challenging, but I don't know if there's a game like you drop a challenge coin and then do rock, paper, scissors or like a thumb war or game of tag. We're already moved on. Doesn't matter. I will never get an answer to that question. We're at lot 1,373. I believe that the tuxedo lot is 1,399. So we have a little bit to go, but these have a tendency of moving pretty quickly. This is the thing on display. Total Recall 2012 Federal Police Rapid Response Unit costume.
[0:01:01] Andrew: Who would? I mean, it's a cool suit, but is there anybody? I don't think I've ever heard anyone be a fan of Total Recall, the 2012 version. Like I've seen it. It's not the worst movie, but. Somebody must have a fandom for it, and I would love to meet that person because it's just so bland. Is this so average? It's like peak, top tier, mediocre Colin Farrell, and it's going for a lot. I don't understand. Also, the estimates don't. So when you do these auctions, at least on this website, they have an estimate, which is a minimum number and a higher end number. So this one is a minimum of 3,000 to a maximum of 5,000. They set a lower entry bid, but from what I've seen, you can only get the item if you hit their minimum estimate. So I'm curious how they set those. Is it based on some sort of market research or is it like what the person who's selling it is selling it? Because I don't think. I'm pretty sure this is just an auction house. I don't know how much of this they actually own.
[0:02:05] Andrew: And I'm pretty sure that they're just sort of like the middleman between people selling their collections. Be interesting to know how they acquire these pieces. That was fast. They just have nobody wanted the Colin Farrell. Total Recall. Melina Stunt Jacket from Total Recall 2012. Who the fuck is Melina? Jacket from Len Weissman. Len Weissman. What did he make? I think he did. Is he the Resident Evil guy? And he did Death Race, I want to say. This is moving fast. Chairs. The Fall Gravity Elevator Chairs. Still Total Recall 2012. They're really loading up with like the banger movies. We're going from Total Recall to the Tuxedo, it seems. So I've essentially, we have a cap on how much I can spend. Or we as a show can spend. It's not my money, thankfully. On the Tuxedo Tux.
[0:03:05] Andrew: And I've essentially hit the top bid that we can do. Because there is a 30% fee. It's like a charge that gets added to the auction. Whatever the bid is. So I think we have a cap. I've hit essentially the highest point I can place where I'm comfortable doing it. And I've been told strictly to not cross this cap. I have heard from other people on the show that like, ah, you know, if you go over, we could cover it ourselves in some way. They're not here. I'm not comfortable making that choice. I'm just going to stick with what I was told. I am, however, optimistic by the fact that, sadly, the Tuxedo lot is at the essential end of this auction. So most of the stuff is gone. But the thing that follows the Tuxedo is a baseball uniform from the baseball scene in Twilight. I don't remember what character it is. It's not Bella or Edward. It's one of the Cullens. Which I think they're the only ones that wear the suit. So anyway, if we miss out on the Tuxedo, I'm hoping to at least get that.
[0:04:08] Andrew: And if neither of those go through, I've been told I can spend as long as I hit the cap. As long as I'm below that number. So we might have to go into Friday to grab something on that day to surprise the guys with. Now, 1379. These can be tricky, too, because I don't know. Sometimes it's immediate. Sometimes it takes a while. Um, Trick is the current thing is Lot 1379 Trick 2019. Trick's Tom Neiman's hoodie and gloves. I don't think I know what Trick is. Is that the, um, it was like, no, that was called Trick or Treat. I don't know what Trick is. Tron, Lot 1380, 1982 set of 12, 12 Cautilus. Cautilus? Cautilus? Cautilus? Cautilus? And two image prints? It is unfortunate. You cannot, like, click the thing, so you can't zoom in. Ah, Tron Legacy.
[0:05:08] Andrew: Black Guard's light cycle baton? Is that how they activated the light cycle things? Or is that like a baton? They'd... It's the description. Black Guard's light cycle baton from Joseph Kaczynski's sci-fi action sequel, Tron Legacy. Directorial program clue, Jeff Bridges and his team of elite warriors used their baton, oh, they did, to deploy light cycles as they battled fellow programs on the game grid. I wonder if that is a challenge coin scenario. Dropping your light cycle for the Maverick, whatever, that sequel, Top Gun Maverick. I think that's what the second one is called. Oh, this is something that I wish was later on in the fucking thing. I would love to have this. Lot, 1382, Tropic Thunder, 2008, Alpha Chino's, Brandon T. Jackson, booty sweat energy drink. What a fantastic, stupid prop to have. Um, Tropic Thunder opened with all these fake commercials and Brandon T. Jackson plays like this rapper turned actor in the movie.
[0:06:12] Andrew: And booty sweat is like the fake energy drink that he promoted. Having a real can or like the can from the thing in universe item. I think that's so cool. Those are the collectibles I enjoy as far as movie stuff goes. It's just so stupid. There's like four or five. So now it's another one. The Bustin' Up are another Alpha Chino's great product. Pop a Cap and Hunger Energy Bar Chocolate Cocoa Butter Flavor. Fantastic. I'm so mad that this stuff isn't because it is. It's below the range by quite a bit. Like we definitely got one of these. And what a fucking cool thing to have. Next one is the Cody's Danny McBride's Tropic Thunder book. I don't think there's any images of what the inside looks like. I'm trying to remember. I haven't seen the movie since it came out. But I think Nick Nolte's character in it. Nolte wrote a book about his experience in the war.
[0:07:12] Andrew: And that's what they're in movie movie called Tropic Thunder is based off of. I'm assuming it's that. Now we have Tropic Thunder Kirk Lazarus's Stunt Shotgun. Weapons don't really do anything for me as far as props go. It's currently it's expected to go for 2,500 at most, but it is above that at 2,750.
[0:07:32] Unidentified: Uh, Stunt Ithaca 30. Okay, we've moved on. Once again, Tropic Thunder.
[0:07:44] Andrew: Twigman figure award and lip bomb. I don't. I don't remember that.
[0:07:49] Unidentified: I also don't remember Ben Stiller's character being called Tug Speedman.
[0:07:55] Andrew: Um, Twigman figure award and lip bomb from Stiller's action comedy Tropic Thunder. Speedman used his chapstick before mistakenly killing a panda he believed was a fiercer creature. Later, he received the bowl and red cloth containing a wooden Oscar statue from his adopted son.
[0:08:11] Unidentified: Now we got Simple Jack on VHS, uh, filming, dragging. I wonder what is on, if it comes with a tape or not. If it does, what is on that tape? We're getting close, though. We're only like 12 away from the Tuxedo lot. Oh, boy. Okay.
[0:08:43] Andrew: Uh, the lot consists of a color printed cardboard Simple Jack VHS cover affixed with an Oshie VHS video sticker. Ah, changed. Oh! Oh, you can get his best actor, Oscar. I wonder, I assume, the word has made it, that's surprising, I thought it would be plastic. The word has made a metal designed to resemble a man holding an olive branch plated with, uh, gold and mounted to a black enameled base. The gold color plaque affixed to the base is blank and the enamel is flaking from production use, exposing the metal underneath.
[0:09:19] Unidentified: Could have bought a fake Oscar. Oh, we're only 10 away. Best actor envelope?
[0:09:30] Andrew: I guess it's from when he won the award, is the current thing that's up. I wonder how much Tropic Thunder holds up. At the time, I remember thinking it was very funny, but I haven't seen it in, oh, God, 14 years?
[0:09:43] Unidentified: Okay, we've moved away from Tropic Thunder. We're now on Troy. A movie that I wanted to like, but it sucked. 2004. I just don't know what you'd do with a shield.
[0:09:59] Andrew: Like, I guess. I don't know. What's it made out of? SFX Arrow Strike, Mere Midian Shield from Wolfgang Peterson's mythical epic, Troy. Uh, buh, buh, buh, buh. It's fiberglass. The fiberglass shield is painted black, and we have swapped to more storyboards that I cannot make. Uh, make out what is happening. Oh, it says the, the, the, the Menelos and Paris dual sequence Menelos, Menelos, Ashbury hand-drawn pencil storyboards.
[0:10:35] Unidentified: Kind of looks like Eric Bana a little bit, but I don't think, I think he plays Hector in the movie. I believe it was his name. Um, another movie I haven't seen since probably 2005 or 6.
[0:10:51] Andrew: More storyboards. I wonder if you feel, if you buy one in the storyboard lots, like, whoever buys that, do they feel compelled to buy this? Or is it like, I fucking love, this one is the arrival of Achilles. Like, is someone like, I fucking love that scene. It's my favorite scene in the movie, and they're all in on it. Or is it just like, you're getting a collection. How many of these people are buying because they care about it? And how much of this is thinking that they can resell this later? I'd love to know how many items have gone through this store multiple times, but just different owners. Like, what is the most sold movie prop in history would be fascinating. True Blood. We're now moving back to lesser things. I've never seen True Blood. I guess I shouldn't say that, but I feel like the consensus I hear is that it's not great. Or maybe it started out really good, and then it kind of lost its way. I haven't seen it, but. Bill Compton, Steve Moyer's Moon Goddess Emporium Assault Costume. That's a lot of words. Moon Goddess Emporium Assault Costume.
[0:11:52] Andrew: It looks fucked up. Somebody paid a lot of money for a fucked up thing. Oh, that has fake blood on it. That's great. Louisiana Anti-Vampire Task Force jacket. How do you join the Louisiana Anti-Vampire Task Force? Is that like a Facebook ad? Are you on Craigslist and you kind of join it as a joke, and then you learn they're really... Are vampires established in the True Blood world? Or is it like a secret thing?
[0:12:20] Unidentified: I don't think I'll ever watch True Blood, so I'll never know the answer to that.
[0:12:23] Andrew: Um, ah, Tara Thornton's Routina Wesley's Death Costume. I feel like that has to be something specific and not just a random spoiler. Although maybe I guess they could label it as the thing she died in, but that would be weird. True Blood Bottle. This feels like something that was made for Comic-Con. Uh, bu-bu-bu-bu-bu-bu. This bottle is labeled 100% True Blood with blood type AB negative. I guess it was just used on set. It wasn't... That feels like a fucking... You're getting a loot crate. We're so close to the tuxedo. I just realized. We're coming right up on it. We're two away. We're two away. I'm gonna turn on this guy's audio.
[0:13:09] Unidentified: When it gets to the tuxedo lot, we'll see what happens. Oh, boy. Okay.
[0:13:19] Andrew: One away at this point. 1398 Tucker, the man in his dream. I've never fucking heard of Tucker, the man in his dream. A set of four hand-drawn John Belt Tucker Sedan illustrations with PR. Current bid is below what the minimum is that they're hoping for. We're about to close. We're about to be on the tuxedo. We're about to be on the tuxedo. I'm putting the audio on because...
[0:13:43] Unidentified: Because we're going to the tuxedo. We're at the tuxedo. Current bid. We are the highest bidder right now. Current bid, $2,000.
[0:14:00] Andrew: The guy, the auctioneer wants to wear the tuxedo. It's $2,000. We're at the top bid. No interest so far. Holy shit. Nobody bid. Nobody bid. Nobody bid. Just hold off. Hold off. Nobody bid. It's about to close. We're about to get it. We're about to get it. Come on. Hold. Hold. Hold. Hold. Hold. Sell. Get it. Sold. We got it. We got the tuxedo. From the tuxedo. Holy shit. That means we can't get the Twilight baseball costume. But who cares? We fucking got the tuxedo. Holy shit.
[0:14:34] Unidentified: Wow. Oh. Oh. The fucking.
[0:14:41] Andrew: We never would have got the Twilight thing anyway. It's already up to $4,000. It just fucking flew. People love the baseball scene in Twilight. We got the. Oh my God. So I was told that I could spend to the cap. I still have some cap space. It might be tricky. That was shipping and everything. That might be. We might be as close as we could get to it. Because that was actually more with the. The percentage. I guess my math is off. Wow. We got it. Holy fuck. This is exciting. Now I'm going to have to go through this process. I can't wait to share with the guys. I don't know how this will exist. The thing that I just recorded. If it will come out. The way it will. I don't. I have no idea. But if you're listening to this. I guess. Thank you. And I'm going to stop. Bye.
