Someday soon, someone will be walking down the street proudly carrying a ludicrously capacious bag, bought for a ludicrously capacious price.
The voluminous Burberry tote is one of the most famous props used on 바카라,바카라 the famed HBO saga of the Roy family dynasty, and it sold at auction Saturday for USD 18,750.
But that bag, which became notorious when Matthew Macfadyen's Tom Wambsgans savagely ridiculed it, wasn't even the priciest item sold from the set of the addictive drama expected to also clean up at Monday's , on the heels of its wins.
No, that was a set of pink index cards containing Roman Roy's eulogy notes for his father's funeral 바카라 a speech he never gave. Beginning, 바카라My father Logan Roy was a great man,바카라 the four cards represent the tragic failure of Roman (Kieran Culkin) to meet the moment. They have a new life now with someone who paid USD 25,000 and hopefully will frame them nicely.
The online auction on behalf of HBO at Heritage Auctions in Dallas, ending Saturday, brought in a total of USD 627,825 for 236 lots. The results showed not only that people loved the show, says Heritage spokesperson Robert Wilonsky, but also that meaningful objects, and not the show's high-end 바카라stealth바카라 fashion, clicked most with bidders.
바카라At the end of the day, it was key moments of the show that resonated with fans,바카라 he says.
Props often take a back seat to costumes. After all, there's no award for 바카라best props바카라 at awards shows, like there is for costumes, notes 바카라Succession바카라 prop master Monica Jacobs, who joined the show after the pilot episode. But prop departments go to extreme lengths to secure just the right item 바카라 even if it only appears for a few seconds. Jacobs shared the origin stories of some of the show's most iconic props.
DRIED SCORPIONS IN THE OVEN
Why did Tom give wife Shiv Roy (Sarah Snook) a paperweight of a dried scorpion encased in resin? Who knows? It certainly illustrated the turbulence of their marriage 바카라 and also caused a few turbulent hours in Jacobs' kitchen at home.
바카라It turns out you can buy (dead) scorpions pretty easily,바카라 she says, 바카라but they're small. Getting them large enough was not easy.바카라
Once she had a bunch 바카라 duplicates are always needed 바카라 she had to soak them to loosen up the glue so that she could reposition them for maximum effect. She stabilized them with wire and slow-baked them for hours on low heat until they were dry enough to be encased. All for a brief appearance. And maybe a spot on someone's desk: a duplicate sold for a cool (and baked) USD 10,000.
MOURNFUL WORDS
Roman's sad, pink notecards with that eulogy never spoken were not the only scribbled words that went for a fortune. On the day Logan died on his private plane, Shiv was the one who spoke to the waiting press.
바카라You'll understand I won't be taking questions,바카라 she said, in part, 바카라but my brothers and I just want to say Logan Roy built a great American family company..."
The words were written in block letters in Snook's own handwriting. She did the first card and then, for duplicates, her writing was recreated. Likewise, Culkin's handwriting inspired his pink notecards, Jacobs says. As for Jeremy Strong, who played Kendall, he often preferred to write every copy himself. Shiv's speech card went for USD 17,500.
THAT ... BAG
Let's just say Bridget, the date of Cousin Greg (Nicholas Braun) at Logan's birthday party, made an unfortunate accessory choice. Tom, in his worst 바카라human-grease-stain바카라 way, imagined aloud what could be in the 바카라ludicrously capacious바카라 tote: 바카라Flat shoes for the subway? Her lunch pail? ... You could take it camping. You could slide it across the floor after a bank job.바카라
Jacobs explains that finding the perfect bag to match the script was a collaboration between the props and wardrobe departments.
바카라Everybody brought in a version,바카라 she says. 바카라We had to decide, how big IS this bag, actually?바카라 Also 바카라 it needed to be just the right level of high-end, 바카라not enough for the Roy world, but still higher end than I am," she quips. Ultimately, costume designer Michelle Matland 바카라had the vision,바카라 Jacobs says.
The winning bidder also got an embroidered Sandro dress.
MAKING THOSE MAGAZINES LOOK REAL
When the Roys appear on the cover of New York magazine, you might think it's just a matter of slapping together a few pages in the art studio. But no.
It begins with a real issue of the magazine, to get the weight and the size exactly right. Then, not just the cover but inner pages are created too, and carefully incorporated.
바카라It's a very delicate process바카라 to make the magazine look authentic, Jacobs says. 바카라We're very picky about how we do it.바카라
The cover sold for USD 10,000.
SOME OF THOSE SAUSAGES WERE REAL
Remember that horrific game, or hazing ritual, that Logan inflicted on his poor executives, forcing them to grunt like pigs and beg for sausages? Some sausages were real, as needed, and some fake. (A group of prop sausages went for USD 5,250.)
But mostly, food 바카라 at weddings, or other gatherings 바카라 was not only real but intricate, evocative of the locale, and fun to create, says Jacobs.
바카라Every cheese board has to be a little different than the last time we did a cheese board,바카라 she says. 바카라We got very creative.바카라
THE DRUGS, THOUGH? NOT REAL
Ever wonder what serves for cocaine on set? A set of vials containing a white powder went for USD 2,000. Jacobs and her colleagues had to use substance that looked real and was also 바카라 snortable.
In this case it was a naturally occurring sugar, inositol. At other times, lactose powder was used 바카라 바카라as long as the person could tolerate lactose.바카라
