HOW WRONG-

[sparky310]

Posted: 11/11/03 at 10:49am

Can you believe someone in this day and age has the audacity to sell pictures of they took from the audience of a broadway show and sell them on ebay...farrah...on ebay..bobbi boland..ebay..i say we lynch the sucker

[Gothampc]

Posted: 11/11/03 at 10:55am

Are they "audience" pictures or are they publicity shots?

[DefyingGravity]

Posted: 11/11/03 at 10:57am

i dont think it's right when i go on ebay and see Playbills that the cast had signed for sale, and people get mad when we dont want to sign autographs for the "elders" Updated On: 11/11/03 at 10:57 AM

[PennyLou]

Posted: 11/11/03 at 11:18am

Yes, I hate people who do that because it's not right to use people like that. After a show I go and meet cast members and get autographs because I love the shows and Broadway. Then I come home and put them all in a scrapbook. Keeping them for memoires like thats is why people should get autographs not to make a dime off of someones name.

[BrdwyThtr]

Posted: 11/11/03 at 11:31am

The stuff I get, like autographs and such, is for my personal enjoyment and display at home. I would never sell them.

[sparky310]

Posted: 11/11/03 at 11:33am

go to ebay and trust me you can tell it was taken from the audience...it is shameful and ebay ought to be more careful

[Gothampc]

Posted: 11/11/03 at 11:39am

I went to Ebay and didn't see what you were talking about. Please provide a link.

Posted: 11/11/03 at 11:39am

If you take a look at the Amazon.com listing for the Bernadette Peters Gypsy recording, you'll notice one of the Used items listed for it (for $50, no less) is in actuality a bootleg.

[sparky310]

Posted: 11/11/03 at 11:43am

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3361603948&category=2365 or look for bobbi boland pics

[Gothampc]

Posted: 11/11/03 at 11:47am

Sparky, I saw that pic. It may not necessarily be taken by an audience member.

Posted: 11/11/03 at 12:00pm

Well the show is gone now anyway. What a shame shame shame

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 11/11/03 at 12:16pm

How about this scenario:

A young theatre/theater lover goes to see shows two, three, four times a week. Lives to see shows, and collect the memorabilia and autographs of all his/her favorite celebrities. This goes on for years. A short time after moving away from home, our young hero/heroine comes home from seeing MILLIE for the 60th time to find an eviction notice on their apartment door for non-payment of rent. (By the way this young’un has only seen RENT 47 ½ times…second acted it once.) What’s a fan to do? “How am I gonna pay my back rent?” it cries. Then a friend is overheard saying how awful it was for people to sell autographs and personal photos on e-bay, that yes, you can make a gob of money doing so, but is it right?

“Hmmm,” thinks our little friend, “A person has to have a roof over their heads, don’t they?” So…

Bernadette Peter’s Autograph on a GYPSY playbill: $55.00
Sutton Foster on a MILLIE playbill: $22.50
Rosie O’Donnell’s signature on a GREASE playbill: $00.35
Place to live: Priceless.

There is no place like home!

The End.


Maybe this should be posted on that PLOT thread.

[sparky310]

Posted: 11/11/03 at 12:18pm

well i dont think it was the stage manager or cast member? regardless its wrong

[skingdom]

Posted: 11/11/03 at 12:20pm

what a great idea!!!

[sparky310]

Posted: 11/11/03 at 12:24pm

sueleen..the story..if its true is sad..but not relevant..the attempt to sell on this site only proves my point..i hope whomever the story is about finds there way back to safe digs

[orion59]

Posted: 11/11/03 at 12:24pm

Thank you Sueleen. I was going to post something similar. Someone I know had quite a nice collection of show memoraabilia and had to sell much of it due to financial need.

I agree that the people who make their livings stalking celebs and getting autographs to sell should be tarred and feathered. However, you can't automatically assume that everyone selling on Ebay is that kind of person. If I ever need money and have no other way of gettoing it, I would sell my memorabilia, even though that would be a difficult thing to do.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 11/11/03 at 12:27pm

In the lower right hand corner of each of the pics is an insignia. Does anyone know what it is?

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 11/11/03 at 12:43pm

sueleen..the story..if its true is sad..but not relevant

Sparky, why is it not relevant? I agree that there are vultures out there that hound celebs for autopgaphs for their own financial gain, but you can not lump eveyone who sells personal belongings on e-bay into the same group. These are hard times for people and you can not judge too harshly unless you know all the details.

Updated On: 11/11/03 at 12:43 PM

[sparky310]

Posted: 11/11/03 at 1:00pm

not relevant..wrong is wrong..and what that person did was wrong and the story is not relevant to the issue at hand

[kec]

Posted: 11/11/03 at 4:52pm

According to the description, that photo was of her taking a bow, which likely means it was taken during the curtain call.

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 11/11/03 at 6:47pm

One could think of it as free publicity.