Comments on: Wacko Jacko's wunderkammer for sale http://boingboing.net/2009/02/19/wacko-jackos-wunderk.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 21:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: BastardNamban http://boingboing.net/2009/02/19/wacko-jackos-wunderk.html#comment-415491 BastardNamban Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-415491 Wow, then he actually went out and bought it in one of those places? I thought he paid to have it made that way, someone as rich as him. I guess even the rich can be tastelessly frugal? Wow, then he actually went out and bought it in one of those places? I thought he paid to have it made that way, someone as rich as him.

I guess even the rich can be tastelessly frugal?

]]> By: Chris S http://boingboing.net/2009/02/19/wacko-jackos-wunderk.html#comment-417305 Chris S Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-417305 JayeRandom nailed it... "Here, on a plain pedestal of glass, rests an ornate bust, platinum and cloisonne, studded with lapis and pearl." ... "This thing's a ceremonial terminal, sort of." JayeRandom nailed it…

“Here, on a plain pedestal of glass, rests an ornate bust, platinum and cloisonne, studded with lapis and pearl.”

…

“This thing’s a ceremonial terminal, sort of.”

]]> By: caldrax http://boingboing.net/2009/02/19/wacko-jackos-wunderk.html#comment-415521 caldrax Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-415521 he was not at all frugal the same documentary was pointing out how he would just point at random things in places and have them bought, yet he was spiraling into horrible debt, if i recall it correctly (it was a barbara walters thing, or something like that, yes?) ... he was neither frugal nor actually rich, when it came to that, he thought he had an immense amount of money and he was hemorrhaging it without regard for what he was buying, the quality, the design, or anything besides whether he thought it was a neat toy in that instant. he was not at all frugal
the same documentary was pointing out how he would just point at random things in places and have them bought, yet he was spiraling into horrible debt, if i recall it correctly (it was a barbara walters thing, or something like that, yes?) … he was neither frugal nor actually rich, when it came to that, he thought he had an immense amount of money and he was hemorrhaging it without regard for what he was buying, the quality, the design, or anything besides whether he thought it was a neat toy in that instant.

]]> By: thehoundoflove http://boingboing.net/2009/02/19/wacko-jackos-wunderk.html#comment-415798 thehoundoflove Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-415798 Dang, only 15 comments on this one so far? I figured this would be a goldmine for sassy comments and MJ jokes... not to mention most of this stuff is beyond BADASS. The more I think about it, the more surreal this all seems. This dude was huge^∞. You can buy his glove, his Peter Pan book? That 'cultural icons with glasses and gloves' painting would be well worth 600 bucks to me. Heck, I paid about that much for a 'decent' guitar back in the day. Should have saved my money, just in case... Dammit, I think I am just now realizing that not only was MJ my childhood hero, but he might STILL be... Uh oh. Dang, only 15 comments on this one so far? I figured this would be a goldmine for sassy comments and MJ jokes… not to mention most of this stuff is beyond BADASS.

The more I think about it, the more surreal this all seems. This dude was huge^∞. You can buy his glove, his Peter Pan book? That ‘cultural icons with glasses and gloves’ painting would be well worth 600 bucks to me. Heck, I paid about that much for a ‘decent’ guitar back in the day. Should have saved my money, just in case…

Dammit, I think I am just now realizing that not only was MJ my childhood hero, but he might STILL be…

Uh oh.

]]> By: matt_w http://boingboing.net/2009/02/19/wacko-jackos-wunderk.html#comment-416142 matt_w Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-416142 that electric go kart thing is creepy as fuck son. that electric go kart thing is creepy as fuck son.

]]> By: robulus http://boingboing.net/2009/02/19/wacko-jackos-wunderk.html#comment-416176 robulus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-416176 Ooh ooh ooh! Robots of Death, Doctor Who, 1975! http://www.scifimoviepage.com/dvd/drwho3.jpg Ooh ooh ooh! Robots of Death, Doctor Who, 1975!

http://www.scifimoviepage.com/dvd/drwho3.jpg

]]> By: saint_al http://boingboing.net/2009/02/19/wacko-jackos-wunderk.html#comment-415925 saint_al Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-415925 Anyone catch the fact that Jacko is offering autographed/numbered copies of the Julien's 5-catalog box set for $500 each? Seems like a better and more telling morbid curio than some crappy figurine. http://www.juliensauctions.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=58 Quite a bit like the movie "Citizen Kane" and the Xanadu estate... only if Charles Foster Kane didn't die but just lost it all anyway. Anyone catch the fact that Jacko is offering autographed/numbered copies of the Julien’s 5-catalog box set for $500 each? Seems like a better and more telling morbid curio than some crappy figurine.

http://www.juliensauctions.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=58

Quite a bit like the movie “Citizen Kane” and the Xanadu estate… only if Charles Foster Kane didn’t die but just lost it all anyway.

]]> By: Matt Volatile http://boingboing.net/2009/02/19/wacko-jackos-wunderk.html#comment-415426 Matt Volatile Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-415426 Wow. Some of his furniture is INCREDIBLE - and with a hugely low reserve! Who'd want a new sofa when you can bid on Michael Jackson's gorgeous ornate carved parlor suite (Item 223) at an estimate of $800!! Or an Ikea umbrella stand when you can bid on MJ's quirky brass one?! I'm sure the things like the glove will sell, but it's the furniture where the bargains are to be had. If I had a pad in LA, I'd be down to that auction with my credit card burning a hole in my pocket. Wow. Some of his furniture is INCREDIBLE – and with a hugely low reserve! Who’d want a new sofa when you can bid on Michael Jackson’s gorgeous ornate carved parlor suite (Item 223) at an estimate of $800!! Or an Ikea umbrella stand when you can bid on MJ’s quirky brass one?!

I’m sure the things like the glove will sell, but it’s the furniture where the bargains are to be had. If I had a pad in LA, I’d be down to that auction with my credit card burning a hole in my pocket.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2009/02/19/wacko-jackos-wunderk.html#comment-415430 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-415430 The removable nose on the robot is a nice touch of realism, but that hair doesn't look very flammable. The removable nose on the robot is a nice touch of realism, but that hair doesn’t look very flammable.

]]> By: Sijay http://boingboing.net/2009/02/19/wacko-jackos-wunderk.html#comment-415436 Sijay Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-415436 Reminds me of Dot Matrix from Spaceballs. Reminds me of Dot Matrix from Spaceballs.

]]> By: blueelm http://boingboing.net/2009/02/19/wacko-jackos-wunderk.html#comment-415441 blueelm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-415441 Holy crud. Some of that stuff is great. Holy crud. Some of that stuff is great.

]]> By: Alex_M http://boingboing.net/2009/02/19/wacko-jackos-wunderk.html#comment-415443 Alex_M Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-415443 $50-$100 for a first edition "Peter Pan"? Sounds a bit low, even if the condition is slightly worn. (Those early 20th century clothbounds don't age well) Seems to me it'd be worth more than that on provenance alone. Although I'm guessing Wacko Jacko isn't the type to have an ex-libris. Or even read much. $50-$100 for a first edition “Peter Pan”? Sounds a bit low, even if the condition is slightly worn. (Those early 20th century clothbounds don’t age well)

Seems to me it’d be worth more than that on provenance alone. Although I’m guessing Wacko Jacko isn’t the type to have an ex-libris. Or even read much.

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2009/02/19/wacko-jackos-wunderk.html#comment-415448 David Pescovitz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-415448 I thought the prices overall seemed surprisingly low too! Maybe the auction house does that to get people bidding and caught up in a frenzy. I thought the prices overall seemed surprisingly low too! Maybe the auction house does that to get people bidding and caught up in a frenzy.

]]> By: bbonyx http://boingboing.net/2009/02/19/wacko-jackos-wunderk.html#comment-415451 bbonyx Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-415451 Mordred. /Who'll be the reference prize winner to come on down?!?!? Mordred.

/Who’ll be the reference prize winner to come on down?!?!?

]]> By: JayeRandom http://boingboing.net/2009/02/19/wacko-jackos-wunderk.html#comment-415707 JayeRandom Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-415707 "The Villa Straylight," said a jeweled thing on the pedestal, in a voice like music, "is a body grown in upon itself, a Gothic folly. Each space in Straylight is in some way secret, this endless series of chambers linked by passages, by stairwells vaulted like intestines, where the eye is trapped in narrow curves, carried past ornate screens, empty alcoves..." "Essay of 3Jane's," the Finn said, producing his Partagas. "Wrote that when she was twelve. Semiotics course." “The Villa Straylight,” said a jeweled thing on the pedestal, in a voice like music, “is a body grown in upon itself, a Gothic folly. Each space in Straylight is in some way secret, this endless series of chambers linked by passages, by stairwells vaulted like intestines, where the eye is trapped in narrow curves, carried past ornate screens, empty alcoves…”

“Essay of 3Jane’s,” the Finn said, producing his Partagas. “Wrote that when she was twelve. Semiotics course.”

]]> By: Boba Fett Diop http://boingboing.net/2009/02/19/wacko-jackos-wunderk.html#comment-415459 Boba Fett Diop Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-415459 Knowing some of Jacko's proclivities, that "slightly worn" edition of Peter Pan may have a few pages stuck together. Knowing some of Jacko’s proclivities, that “slightly worn” edition of Peter Pan may have a few pages stuck together.

]]> By: BastardNamban http://boingboing.net/2009/02/19/wacko-jackos-wunderk.html#comment-415472 BastardNamban Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-415472 Is it just me, or did looking through all the furniture and "art" leave you feeling like you wandered into a pack-rat grandparent's summer house, full of old and gaudy knick-knacks and tasteless accents? A bit of it is really nice stuff- I spotted a beautiful rolltop desk in there, but the mounted modern cheap fantasy cutlery? The kind of stuff you buy off of the TV at 3 am? Come on. I'm really suprized at Jacko's taste. A lot of it it trying to be Baroque, but stuff people in Baroque times would rech at. Its like he tried hard to be really, really tasteless. I'll take that desk, though. Is it just me, or did looking through all the furniture and “art” leave you feeling like you wandered into a pack-rat grandparent’s summer house, full of old and gaudy knick-knacks and tasteless accents?

A bit of it is really nice stuff- I spotted a beautiful rolltop desk in there, but the mounted modern cheap fantasy cutlery? The kind of stuff you buy off of the TV at 3 am? Come on. I’m really suprized at Jacko’s taste. A lot of it it trying to be Baroque, but stuff people in Baroque times would rech at. Its like he tried hard to be really, really tasteless. I’ll take that desk, though.

]]> By: PrettyBoyTim http://boingboing.net/2009/02/19/wacko-jackos-wunderk.html#comment-415477 PrettyBoyTim Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-415477 I remember thinking that head from moonwalker was soooo cool. I also though it was CGI... *ahem* I remember thinking that head from moonwalker was soooo cool.

I also though it was CGI… *ahem*

]]> By: FoetusNail http://boingboing.net/2009/02/19/wacko-jackos-wunderk.html#comment-415478 FoetusNail Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-415478 He must be financially screwed to be selling now. He must be financially screwed to be selling now.

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2009/02/19/wacko-jackos-wunderk.html#comment-415480 David Pescovitz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-415480 BASTARDNAMBAN@9, Totally. I remember that documentary from a few years ago that showed Jacko in Vegas buying an insane amount of gaudy faux-"Baroque" furniture at one of those antique repro shops. BASTARDNAMBAN@9, Totally. I remember that documentary from a few years ago that showed Jacko in Vegas buying an insane amount of gaudy faux-”Baroque” furniture at one of those antique repro shops.

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