"Garondo Marondo" wrote in message
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> On Sep 17, 4:33 am, "Jim Beaver" wrote:
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>> > "Jim Beaver" wrote in message
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>> >> I've collected autographs since I was four or fif. I've had
>> >> my
>> >> co-stars sign scripts ever since I started getting work. I've got all
>> >> kinds of memorabilia that was important to me, stuff I would have
>> >> rushed
>> >> to save in case of fire before anything else.
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>> >> And now, in my late fifties, with a child whose welfare is important
>> >> to
>> >> me, I find myself thinking about selling that stuff. Because I can't
>> >> take it with me. Because in a few years it won't mean as much (anyone
>> >> looking for a Lya de Putti autograph?). Because there's a half-way
>> >> decent chance it'll get thrown out when whoever gets stuck with the
>> >> job
>> >> of cleaning out my house after I'm gone gets done with that job.
>> >> Because
>> >> I'd rather my daughter benefit from the sale. Because there's
>> >> probably
>> >> someone younger than me who would appreciate it for a while, just as I
>> >> did. Because owning "stuff" isn't as important to me anymore.
>> >> Mostly,
>> >> because it might benefit my family.
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>> >> Sorry, I can't join in bashing someone, especially someone quite a bit
>> >> older than me, who feels the same way.
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>> >> Jim Beaver
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>> > Jim, if there's any Deadwood stuff in the pile, is the bidding open?
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>> Not much Deadwood stuff. We really never had scripts. They emailed
>> pages
>> to us the night before. Of course that means I could probably print out
>> scripts from those emails from now till the cows come home, so.....
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>> Didn't get any souvenirs, really. They wouldn't even let me keep
>> Ellsworth's hat, the only thing I really wanted. They'd have let me buy
>> it,
>> I think, for about $900.
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> Has Ellsworth's dog gotten any acting arts since the show went off the
> air? He/She was always good!
Rehab.
Jim Beaver
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