Archive for the ‘Selling bad memories’ category

Kitchen Voodoo

August 22nd, 2009

Whether you have horrible, scarring childhood memories of a particular individual, have experienced a wrenching breakup or were simply fired by someone clearly dumber and/or less ethical than yourself, eBay seller “hellomygoodbuys” would like to give you a way to exorcise your homicidal tendencies.

The “Ex Knife Set” is a storage unit in which you can plunge five sharp utensils into a body that lives on your kitchen counter. The featureless form stands in a stunned posture and has highly visible entrance and exit wounds. One customer did suggest that the plastic item seemed like it would have been better as a ceramic piece, but they claimed to still be happy with the purchase. No one in the seller feedback made any claims as to its therapeutic benefits.

See one of the “Ex Knife Set” auctions. Or visit the seller’s store, where the set also comes in red, pink and other colors.

Judy Garland’s bedside pill box

December 27th, 2008

Judy GarlandSometime, usually well after the age when we first marveled at Dorothy’s bravery in the face of the Wicked Witch of the West in Oz, we find out that the actress behind the Kansas character had her own cast of real-life demons that eventually got the better of her.  After five marriages, three children and a lifetime of bitter battles with movie studio executives and her own substance addictions, Judy Garland died of a barbituate overdose at age 47 in 1969.

Now, a small pill box from the dresser of the London apartment where she passed (replete with a notarized letter from her late husband Mickey Deans vouching for its authenticity) is up for auction on eBay – a gruesome artifact of one of Hollywood’s most notoriously painful biographies.

The folklore attached to Garland’s passing is rich and colorful, including the rumor that a tornado blew through Kansas on the day she died. A public viewing of her body, clad in a silver lamé gown and protected by a sneeze guard, drew 21,000 fans.

It’s the subject of some debate, but urban lore suggests that a gathering in honor of Garland’s death was part of the setting of the Stonewall riots, which marked the beginning of the modern gay and lesbian rights movement. Whether or not “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” was playing on the jukebox when the police raided the bar is questionable, but the riots certainly did take place on the day of Garland’s funeral.

With a minimum offer of $3,895 and three days before closing, the auction has no bids so far.

Visit the auction for Judy Garland’s pill box.

Have yourself a creepy little Christmas

December 9th, 2008

‘Tis the season for some of the most evil movie props of all time to go up for auction.

Child star Harvey Stephens, who played little evil Damien Thorn in the original 1976 version of “The Omen,” has held onto the prop tricycle he rode into his on-screen mother (Lee Remick), causing her to fall over  a second-story banister. Four years ago, Stephens said he wouldn’t part with the piece of scary cinema history because he wanted to give it to his baby daughter,  but he began making public appearances with it earlier this year. The live auction will start with a $30,000 bid.

Hollywood dentist Henry R. Dwork wants to cash in on his little piece of film history – specifically, the molds he made for Linda Blair’s tongue extension and teeth, used in “The Exorcist.” If you were wondering, Dwork says he has also “assisted many of Hollywood’s biggest stars with all their necessary cosmetic dentistry, including: Robert DeNiro (for The Deer Hunter and The Untouchables), Sean Penn, Dustin Hoffman (for Marathon Man), John Belushi, Marlon Brando and Al Pacino (for the Godfather) and many more.” The doc is looking for $2,500 or best offer.

A seller by the name of “ectoplasm” has a number of props from the Hellraiser movies for sale, including one of the puzzle boxes used in the film, which apparently has some “secret” about it that will help the buyer verify that it’s legit. It also includes oversized corneal black contact lenses worn by “Pinhead” actor Doug Bradley, a resin bust of the creepy character, a hand-painted maquette of the “Pillar of Souls,” and a piece of prosthetic makeup that Bradley donned somewhere in between all of those shiny nails. With three days to go, the bidding currently stands at just under $1,400.

On the lighter side of soul suckage and cinematic carnage, the stop motion puppet used to portray Sigourney Weaver’s evil alter Hell hound ego in “Ghostbusters” is for sale. That live auction begins at $12K.

Visit the Original Linda Blair tongue and teeth molds from The Exorcist auction.

Visit the Hellraiser Pinhead bust and rare movie prop puzzle box.

Visit the Harvey Stephens Damien tricycle from The Omen auction.

Visit the Terror dog stop motion puppet from Ghostbusters auction.

If this helmet could talk…

November 30th, 2008

…what would it say?

Ebay seller 4zerothero says that the paratrooper helmet he is selling belonged to one of three uncles that fought in World War II. Because he knows little about it, he “lets the pictures do the talking.” At least one of the images has something to say.

Visit the WWII US Paratrooper helmet auction.

Need insomnia? Try my haunted pilowcase

October 13th, 2008

After several nights of lousy sleep and clear suspicion from her cat, chillypenguin737 began to suspect that her pillowcase must be haunted. After a few clinical trials, which included leaving the pillowcase in the closet, testing it on her husband and continually gauging her cat’s reaction, she determined that she was correct, and that the pillowcase must indeed be possessed.

Although there is no guarantee that the powder blue nuisance will retain the aforementioned haunting when it meets its new master, chillypenguin reassures the lucky bidder: “at least you’ll know that the pillowcase has a history.”

Visit the haunted pillowcase auction.

When life throws rocks at you, make a charitable donation

September 11th, 2008

Although “robjst” doesn’t say exactly how they met, he does make it clear that no sooner was he married to his “Russian wife” than she was unfaithful to him. He and his wife’s new lover sparred, and the man threw a rock through his apartment window. Now that “robjst” has a restraining order against the guy and his marriage annulled, he is selling the offending rock, which he says “symbolizes paybacks on anyone who has an affair with your spouse.”

Rather than seek compensation for is misery, “robjst” says he will give all proceeds of the auction to C.A.R.E., an educational service that provides affordable tutoring for low income kids in Las Vegas.

Visit the rock through my window auction.

Just pretend I’m your big sister…

September 4th, 2008

A young mom who was laid off when she was seven months pregnant is looking for a way to pay off her medical bills, so she’s decided to sell her pre-baby diary. “Well, it’s not just a bunch of emotions & nothing written in a book,” she promises. “It actually tells a story believe it or not!”

The story includes her feelings about her weight struggles, being young and living in a new city full of strangers, and the tale of her ex seeing her best friend. Sort of juicy, and at least more original and labor-intensive than the folks who put up empty mason jars filled with their “souls.”

Visit the Buy my diary auction.

Help her forget the night she can’t remember

September 3rd, 2008

The story is basically this: eBay seller “divorcedandlonely” went to the grand opening of the Playboy Club in Las Vegas and someone slipped a roofie into her drink. Thanks to security and a good girlfriend, she endured a horrible night of unconsciousness in a hospital, but made it home otherwise unscathed. Now she wants to sell the designer dress she wore that evening as a warning to all women that they should only drink bottled water in bars.

For some reason, she also felt compelled to relate other odd details of her evening that don’t seem like they contributed much to the making of the  “worse (sic) night” of her life. She reports what she and her girlfriend ate at the Palms Hotel for dinner, and that she drank water with Robin Leach of “Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous,” but the tale of the GHB dosingis genuinely harrowing. It makes you wonder whether its important to her to get rid of her designer dress, or simply get the story off of her chest.

Visit the “Dress Worn on Worse (sic) Night of My Life” auction.