BC/EFA Broadway Flea Market and Grand Auction 2014 — Page 8

Will post a full report later, but what an AMAZING and WONDERFUL day!!!!!!! Can't wait to hear how much money was made!

Seemed less congested this year (although still very busy). Didn't see as many costumes/props. I left with...

An Inherit the Wind monkey ($5)
A Holler If Ya Hear Me water bottle ($5)
An iPod hand-held phone attachment ($4)
A copy of Better Nate Than Ever ($10)
An Anything Goes frond fan (free)

Always a fun event!

Besides my lobster, I got:

Revival cast recording of A Chorus Line
Kinky Boots CD sampler
Program books from Shrek and Kinky Boots
Cat on A Hot Tin Roof playbill signed by Ashley Judd
Earrings owned by Tyne Daly

Cups:
Cabaret
Kinky Boots
Aladdin
General theater marquees

2013 Easter Bonnet poster signed by the whole cast and the actual DVD of the competition. They started selling that as a set for $25 around 5.

And other various small items.

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I was there today. It remains one of my favorite events of the year, even if this year wasn't quite as fruitful for me as in years past. I overslept so I didn't get there till amost noon, but I still fount plenty to be excited for.

My favorite things are likely the IF/Then opening night gifts, but also the Hands on a Hard Body Candy dish. The Leap of Faith Flask is very cool as well. I always go twice, once in the morning and one more time late afternoon for the deals.

My partner and I were dancing around getting the N from Finians Rainbow, but the price remained too high and I am not sure if anyone else dealt with it but the climate change parade was AWFUL. To top that off, there was a Mexico Independence day Parade on Madison so getting to the East side was simply a nightmare. The thought of carrying a very heavy neon letter through times square just seemed unbearable.

I really wanted that Joan Rivers Documentary poster that was signed at the Grand Auction but I am sure it went for quite a bit.

Updated On: 9/21/14 at 11:19 PM

I heard that by taking photos with the Newsies cast member alone (at $10 a pop) they raised $6,000. Many kudos.

Updated On: 9/22/14 at 12:58 AM

I had a great day today, though my hands, shoulders and back did not. I always set a limit for myself to either force myself to make it last or spend it all and leave earlier, well my limit lasted me all day, and I spent 100 dollars less than in I have in previous years (though thus being my third consecutive time that was to be expected.). I got the following.... About 70 cast recordings, almost all of which were a buck; highlights include falsettoland, follies 2011, Debbie does Dallas, the life concept album, ragtime, 2011 porgy and Bess, Priscilla Australian cast, and violet ocr, not Broadway, I kinda can't be bothered to spend more than a dollar on CDs cuz when I buy them on the normal at thrifts, etc they are usually a dollar, and wirse was I found a table bout halfway thru the day as they pulled out a bunch if cast recordings and said they were all a dollar, I bought every one they had, but then hearing 5 dollars elsewhere, it jaded me, though I was looking for violet, Aladdin and beautiful OBCRs, I saw violet, then I didn't see it again all day...? I got about 80 playbills including; phantom opening night, obc merrily we roll along, gypsy with merman, obc lea Miz, obc evita, opening night Shenandoah, out of town do I hear a waltz, obc the act, obc pacific overtures, obc fiddler, Tyne daly gypsy which I had her sign, chorus line obc, obc purlie, obc seesaw, got a few window cards towards the end of the day like bullets, casa Valentina, Godot/nml, etc... But my best gets were the out of print spring awakening coffee table book which I got for 40, the Memphis DVD signed by chad, montego, and David Bryan and joe dipietro for 10, Chicago original cast souvenir program, the recent Fosse bio for 7, jersey boys walk like a manopoky for 30, and a pippin prop of Charlemagne's head signed by john Rubinstein for 10 with some if the paper pippin jumps through thrown in.... Also got a cabaret music sheet signed by Michelle Williams for 5. I also noticed, as an earlier poster here did, a lack of props, or for me at least cheap ones.... Two years I stumbled upon a signed one man two guvnors used trash lid for 5 dollars, signed by the whole cast!!!! It really was a right place, right time thing, they had like 3 and they were gone in about that many seconds. Lol. Also where was the usually raffle wheel, that was always popular...? Overall, it was a great day, had lots of fun, spent lots of money for a good cause, and bettered my theatre collection. Can't wait for next year, already. (Talk about, run on sentence, jeez)

Updated On: 9/22/14 at 01:17 AM

Those If/Then ceramic coffee cups... Jealous. (But what the heck is the box thing?)

Did anyone catch how much the Cripple of Inishmaan stuff went for at auction?

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Dave1606-I remember seeing the Hands on Hardbody plate. I wasn't interested in it because I haven't seen or know much about the show. But glad it found a home.

Did anyone do the autograph line or photo booth? Seeing in photos on here that Tony Danza was a last minute surprise.

I'm not sure about it being less congested versus previous years. There were a few tables on my first round that I skipped because I couldn't even get close.

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Yesterday and last year were more congested, in my opinion, than the previous years. It's almost outgrown the space- I couldn't even get to several of the tables, and I got there at 10.

Oh, results are up. Cool!

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BCEFAs-28th-Annual-Broadway-Flea-Market-Grand-Auction-Raises-713986-20140922

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I looked everywhere and could not find a big fish script anywhere!

I believe Dancers over 40 table was doing 2 for $1. I think Cinderella had theirs at $1 a piece. $5 seemed to be the going price for the Tony Playbills at most tables rhat had them. Can't recall the others.

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