Word: memorabilia
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...during his 1929 and 1930 seasons with the Yankees. Ruth's shirt was just one of 991 items that were offered during a two-day sale of gloves, bats, * rings, boxing trunks and a 1950s N.H.L. Zamboni ice-smoothing machine conducted by Leland's, a premier auctioneer of sports memorabilia. The event grossed about $2 million and was one of the largest auctions of its kind ever held...
...success of the sale came as no surprise, for sports collectibles are breaking records, often commanding prices double and triple their catalog estimates. Such is the money to be made that Sotheby's and Christie's, the world's toniest auction houses, are now selling sports memorabilia, although this attracts a clientele that mixes poorly with the typical Givenchy-clad Sotheby's or Christie's customer; the slovenly, middle-aged male attendees at the Leland's sale wore team caps and shouted out their bids...
...with an Oriental rug, remain largely as he left them. Some visitors last week may have come fresh from seeing a Channel 4 TV documentary put together by Peter Swales, another persistent critic of Freud, titled Bad Ideas of the 20th Century: Freudism. If so, their interest in Freud memorabilia seemed undiminished. Michael Molnar, the Museum's research director and an editor of Freud's diaries, acknowledges that psychoanalysis is being challenged by new drug treatments and advances in genetic research. "But," he argues, "Freud is in better shape than Marx...
What accounts for the western's resurgence? Industry watchers point to a general revival of interest in Western clothing and memorabilia, the boom in country music and the appeal of a rural life-style at a time when urban problems seem more oppressive than ever. The old-fashioned moral values of the frontier also seem especially inviting today. "In westerns," says CBS Entertainment chief Jeff Sagansky, "the bad guys are bad not because they were abused kids or temporarily insane. They are bad, and they meet their end. There's a catharsis the audience is allowed to feel that they...
...went to a birthday party at her house andthe whole thing was full of band memorabilia,"said Drill Master Adam H. Kissel '94. "She lovedthe band and we loved...