Thanks - what a lovely surprise! And I’m doubly thrilled because this is one of my most favorite posts. I’m so happy more people are getting to see it.
MONICAAAAAAA! Another g r e a t roundup. This brings back so many memories from my questionably-spent pop-culture obsessed youth! I think there is something important to be said about modern celebrity and how our culture assigns value to people and to objects in the fact that Biggie's crown has the highest estimate in the whole joint. I'm not caffeinated enough yet to formulate it, but I feel something there. Also, I am going to be thinking about "Rose gold flooded with ice is modern, so it could stand up to platinum with ice" for a very long time. Slick Rick knows what's up.
Aaaaah thank you! Yes, estimates are fascinating... As soon as celebrity is involved, it's impossible to predict. I'm very curious to see what kind of numbers these pieces bring in tomorrow.
I'm a little bit surprised you don't seem to be able to buy a copy of the catalog. I thought that was pretty standard, and it is like a cool artifact all on its own!
As soon as I saw Substack's "At Length" weekly roundup was about possessions, I knew one of your posts would be in it. :) https://on.substack.com/p/possessions-at-length-photographs Yay!
Thanks - what a lovely surprise! And I’m doubly thrilled because this is one of my most favorite posts. I’m so happy more people are getting to see it.
MONICAAAAAAA! Another g r e a t roundup. This brings back so many memories from my questionably-spent pop-culture obsessed youth! I think there is something important to be said about modern celebrity and how our culture assigns value to people and to objects in the fact that Biggie's crown has the highest estimate in the whole joint. I'm not caffeinated enough yet to formulate it, but I feel something there. Also, I am going to be thinking about "Rose gold flooded with ice is modern, so it could stand up to platinum with ice" for a very long time. Slick Rick knows what's up.
Oh and as a devout rose gold person, I was very pleased to read that... Always good to know you've got the Rick stamp of approval
Aaaaah thank you! Yes, estimates are fascinating... As soon as celebrity is involved, it's impossible to predict. I'm very curious to see what kind of numbers these pieces bring in tomorrow.
I'm a little bit surprised you don't seem to be able to buy a copy of the catalog. I thought that was pretty standard, and it is like a cool artifact all on its own!