The booth from the final scene of “The Sopranos” bought for $82,600. As Tony, Silvio or Paulie may possibly say, “Oof, Madone!”
That was the successful bid for the piece of Backyard Condition memorabilia from Holsten’s in Bloomfield, New Jersey, in an eBay auction that closed Monday.
The listing for the original booth where by Tony Soprano and his loved ones sat in the course of the closing minutes of the HBO show’s 2007 finale was to start with posted by the entrepreneurs of Holsten’s on Wednesday evening with a starting off rate of $3,000. In the booth’s 1st working day at auction, the value exceeded $50,000. It went on to obtain a complete of 238 bids from 49 bidders.
One blessed enthusiast now has a new put to sit down and take in some gabagool.
Mike Gavin
The booth contains both of those seats, the desk and the divider wall with the plaque that reads, “Reserved for the Sopranos Relatives.” It was exactly where Tony Soprano and his family members was seated in the series finale — spoiler inform — when the monitor abruptly slash to black, ambiguously leaving viewers to determine whether Tony was killed or not.
The booth at the old-fashioned ice cream parlor has remained a common spot and photograph op for supporters who traveled to sit in the extremely location where by just one of television’s most unforgettable and controversial moments was filmed.
Several waited in line Sunday to get just one ultimate seem at Tony’s iconic last seat.
Chris Carley, co-operator of Holsten’s, informed NBC on Thursday they made the decision to place it to auction when renovation was wanted simply because the eating space booths mounted at the eatery in the mid-1970s have been no for a longer period sturdy.
“It was not a selection we took evenly or wished to do, it was some thing we were being type of compelled into executing,” Carley stated.
The renovation commenced Monday, with the burgundy booth cushions and yellow Formica tabletop replaced with a almost similar reproduction, he provides.
“It really is actually not heading to appear any diverse,” Carley stated. “You’d have a difficult time acknowledging that we improved anything…I am sorry to see it go, but it is really just time.”
