{"id":8222,"date":"2008-12-08T22:18:03","date_gmt":"2008-12-09T06:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/?p=8222"},"modified":"2008-12-11T10:24:55","modified_gmt":"2008-12-11T18:24:55","slug":"abc-news-interviews-liveauctioneers-ceo-about-profiles-in-history-with-no-mention-of-profiles-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/08\/abc-news-interviews-liveauctioneers-ceo-about-profiles-in-history-with-no-mention-of-profiles-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC News Interviews LiveAuctioneers CEO About Profiles in History… With No Mention of Profiles in History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There is an interesting video of an ABC News interview with LiveAuctioneers<\/a> CEO Julian Ellison about this week’s Profiles in History<\/a> auction events (see Hollywood Auction 33<\/a> & Hollywood Auction 34<\/a>) – with absolutely no mention of Profiles in History whatsoever.<\/p>\n

The four and a half minute interview can be found at ABCnews.go.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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As is typical with mainstream media reports on the hobby, the focus appears to be on prices and values.<\/p>\n

If a non-hobbyist\/non-collector were to view this segment – which makes absolutely no mention of Profiles in History – one might assume that LiveAuctioneers is the auction house, rather than a “gateway linking bidders to traditional auction events broadcast in real-time via the Internet” (per the LiveAuctioneers website<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Also, Mr. Ellison’s answers to certain questions and ambiguous use of “we” could further make a non-collector assume his company has put this auction together.<\/p>\n

In reference to the Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom<\/em> fedora, Mr. Ellison was given an opportunity to talk about “who” the actual auction house is, but seemed to change the subject to provenance:<\/p>\n

ABC News:\u00a0 But who sets that initial estimate?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mr. Ellison:\u00a0 Well, first of all, provenance is very important.\u00a0 All of the items that we’re selling have great provenance.\u00a0 And, you might have a certificate from a studio.\u00a0 And then, obviously, these items have been purchased by collectors in the past.\u00a0 And so you’ve got auction records so you can see, you know, how much the item went for in the past.\u00a0 And then obviously, once you’ve got people bidding against each other, the prices just go up and up.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

ABC News:\u00a0 And you could say maybe there were two of them; I’m sure during the course of filming, there was more than one fedora?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mr. Ellison:\u00a0 Absolutely, but there’s only one which has this kind of provenance.\u00a0 It’s a very important piece indeed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I think it is interesting that Mr. Ellison would answer a question about who sets the estimates by emphasizing the provenance – and then fail to detail why the provenance is peerless with regards to this specific Indy fedora.<\/p>\n

In fact, the Indy fedora and Indy bullwhip have been the subject of debate among the Indiana Jones collectors and specialists of the Club Obi Wan forum on the IndyGear.com<\/a> website:<\/p>\n