A lot of people wanted a memento mori from the midnight movie maven.
In a bittersweet reminder that no matter how important it was to you, your kids are gonna have to get rid of most of your stuff when you’re gone, almost 450 items once belonging to late luminary David Lynch have gone under the hammer. Sold via Juliens Auctions both online and at a live event at the Peninsula Beverly Hills hotel in Los Angeles on June 18th, the David Lynch Collection netted a cool $4.25m US for the Eraserhead and Wild at Heart director’s estate.
Lynch, who passed away on January 16th at the age of 78, leaves behind an immortal screen legacy. And also a bunch of mementoes, memorabilia, artefacts, and other odds and ends.
Now, while my personal opinion on the disposition of Lynch’s stuff remains unchanged…
…I’m not without sympathy. It’s a tough gig, clearing out the parental effects. Realising my mother’s prized collection of salt and pepper shakers were bound for landfill really sucked the wind out of my sails, I’ll tell ya. Auction wasn’t really an option.
So, no harm, no foul there. Besides, it’s interesting to see what went and for how much, right? Can’t help being curious…
the most expensive item was a collection of screenplays from Lynch’s unrealised project, Ronnie Rocket, which fetched $195k. Scripts and screenplays attracted some bidders with deep pockets, over all; the four lots that went for the highest amount were all drafts of various works, including Ronnie Rocket, Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, and Twin Peaks. Then we get to Lynch’s personal director’s chair, which went for $91K.
Okay, it’s getting a bit morbid. do you want to know what went for the least? Why, it’s this EcoloBlue Atmospheric Water Generator, a gizmo for extracting water from the air’s humidity, still in its original packaging, which sold for $910.
Yeah man, they gotta get rid of everything. Consider decluttering.
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