The Tschotchkes of Arthur Laurents
The Tschotchkes of Arthur Laurents
#1The Tschotchkes of Arthur Laurents
Posted: 5/15/12 at 1:52pm
...are being auctioned on June 2nd.
517 items, some starting at $20, including this "Nick & Nora" paperweight.
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/11519957_nick-and-nora-crystal-paperweight
'The Way He Was': Estate of Arthur Laurents Will Be Auctioned
#2The Tschotchkes of Arthur Laurents
Posted: 5/15/12 at 2:15pmI'm not sure I want to own one of his horcruxes.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
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Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/12
#4The Tschotchkes of Arthur Laurents
Posted: 5/15/12 at 2:29pmKad, you just won the whole year with that comment. The whole year. I decided.
#6The Tschotchkes of Arthur Laurents
Posted: 5/15/12 at 2:54pm
I too salute you, Kad.
He certainly had an impressive collection.
Three questions:
• Were/are paperweights really fashionable or "in" collectibles? I don't really get it. They seem like a waste, but I remember that when worked at a stationery store they sold fancy paperweights, so are they just decorative things for rich people? Frankly, I'd rather have the $200-$400 in a bundle instead of a paperweight!
• Did Laurents needlepoint or was he very close to someone who did? There are several samplers in the collection and several little needlepoints representing characters/shows (a red heard saying "Tony + Maria," for example) and it seemed like an interesting but off-the-beaten-path sort of hobby or interest.
• Where is the money from the sales going?
bobs3
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/12
#7The Tschotchkes of Arthur Laurents
Posted: 5/15/12 at 3:30pm
I use my dead iPod 3 as a paperweight and it works just fine. (Horcruxes, I am still laughing.)
Updated On: 5/15/12 at 03:30 PM
#8The Tschotchkes of Arthur Laurents
Posted: 5/15/12 at 8:07pm
If the needlepoints are from shows he did with Stephen Sondheim, they might have been done by Sondheim's mother. Sondheim once had some logo-themed couch pillows she made. Evidently, she did that kind of thing. Of course, we're talking forty years ago.
Well-well-well-what-do-you-think-of-that-I-have-nothing-here-to-pay-my-train-fare-with-only-large-bills-fives-and-sevens....
Updated On: 5/15/12 at 08:07 PM
#9The Tschotchkes of Arthur Laurents
Posted: 5/15/12 at 8:14pm
Somebody got the good stuff, and left the masses with this junk.
Why did he have so many earrings?
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#10The Tschotchkes of Arthur Laurents
Posted: 5/15/12 at 8:21pmNo doubt rememberances of the ears he tore them off of.
Well-well-well-what-do-you-think-of-that-I-have-nothing-here-to-pay-my-train-fare-with-only-large-bills-fives-and-sevens....
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#11The Tschotchkes of Arthur Laurents
Posted: 5/15/12 at 10:06pmPaperweights are a writer's favorite weapon.
#12The Tschotchkes of Arthur Laurents
Posted: 5/15/12 at 10:11pmI rather like paperweights, but he has/had way too many.
bobs3
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/12
#13The Tschotchkes of Arthur Laurents
Posted: 5/15/12 at 10:54pmLong before there was a Voldemort there was an Arthur Laurents.
#14The Tschotchkes of Arthur Laurents
Posted: 5/15/12 at 11:12pmBut would Voldemort have collected Steuben, Lalique and Balinese Rosewood?
#15The Tschotchkes of Arthur Laurents
Posted: 5/15/12 at 11:14pmI don't know, can they be used for wands?
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#16The Tschotchkes of Arthur Laurents
Posted: 5/15/12 at 11:32pm
It seems to me that paperweights are not uncommon as producer gifts. I've seen them at Flea Market and actually have a Tale of Two Cities one
And the Horcruxes comment made me laugh :)
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