Wand-diculous!
July 26, 2007No, it’s not a new Harry Potter spell learned at Hogwarts, but it is something I saw related to Harry Potter. Now I like Harry Potter… I don’t love it like some people do. Also, while I may be a pack-rat to some extent, I’m not a true “collector” of anything in particular. But…
Yesterday, I was having dinner with my boss in Orlando FL - where were having a Linux seminar this morning. We went to Downtown Disney and ate at Bongo’s - a cuban place there. Good food, BTW. After dinner we walked around a bit and went into a store which had a lot of collectible items — mostly autographed movie poster, a baseball bat signed by Lou Gherig (I think), a neat photo of the Capitol Building in Washington DC which has been signed by the last 12 US Presidents over a 30+ year span, and much more. One of the things in the store was an original Harry Potter wand prop that was used in the actual filming of the movie. It was mounted in a nice frame with a large picture of Harry in a spell-casting pose.
How much would you be willing to pay for that collectible wand?? (It looked to be made of plastic, by the way)… Okay, if you were Harry Potter’s biggest fan, how much would you be willing to pay then?
What number did you come up with? $1000, $5000?? maybe much less?
Well, you can take that movie prop home for a mere $35,000! What a bargain! Honestly, I can’t recall if it was $29,995 or $39,995… but does it really matter??
