The cabin from the ultimate scene of “The Sopranos” offered for $82,600. As Tony, Silvio or Paulie would say: “Ugh, Madone!”
That was the successful bid for the Backyard State memorabilia piece from Holsten's in Bloomfield, New Jersey, in an eBay public sale that closed Monday.
The itemizing for the unique sales space the place Tony Soprano and his household sat through the ultimate minutes of the 2007 HBO present's finale was first posted by the house owners of Holsten's on Wednesday night time with an asking worth of $three,000. On the sales space's first day of public sale, the worth exceeded $50,000. It acquired a complete of 238 provides from 49 bidders.
One fortunate fan now has a brand new place to take a seat and eat gabagool.
The sales space consists of each seats, the desk, and the dividing wall with the plaque that claims “Reserved for the Soprano Household.” It was the place Tony Soprano and his household have been sitting within the sequence finale (spoiler alert) when the display abruptly went black, ambiguously leaving viewers to resolve whether or not Tony was killed or not.
The previous ice cream parlor stand stays a well-liked vacation spot and picture alternative for followers who traveled to take a seat in the identical spot the place one in all tv's most memorable and controversial moments was filmed.
Many queued on Sunday to catch a final glimpse of Tony's iconic final seat.
Chris Carley, co-owner of Holsten's, instructed NBC on Thursday that they determined to public sale it when it wanted renovation as a result of the eating room tables put in on the restaurant within the mid-1970s have been now not sturdy.
“It wasn't a alternative we made flippantly or that we wished to make, it was one thing we have been pressured to make,” Carley stated.
The renovation started Monday, changing the burgundy sales space cushions and yellow Formica desk with a virtually an identical duplicate, he provides.
“It received't actually look any completely different,” Carley stated. “You'd be hard-pressed to understand that we modified every thing… I'm sorry to see this go away, however it's about time.”