As someone who once purchased the Criterion Collection edition of The Rock, it's hard for me to complain about how people spend their disposable (and geeky) income, but: Man. Bids flew fast and furious at this weekend's infamous Lost auction, and some -- like the $15,000 spent on the pilot script signed by J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof -- seemed reasonable. Others, though... well, let's just say perhaps a bit of buyer's remorse is happening at this very moment. Ahead, the five biggest overbids from the Lost auction.
Suggested bid: $1,000-$1,500
Purchase price: $27,500
Are you kidding? Faraday's journal is nice -- and leather-bound! -- but unless it literally explains time travel, the purchaser could have just bought a Moleskine notebook and stalked Jeremy Davies until he signed it.
Suggested bid: $100-$200
Purchase price: $850
On so many levels, no. Just so you're clear: There is a person who woke up this morning owning a pair of Josh Holloway's boxer shorts for the low price of $850. Priority reevaluations are in order.
Suggested bid: $400-$600
Purchase price: $4,750
Dogen was barely a character during the final season of Lost, so why wouldn't someone bid $4,750 for a prop no one even remembers? By comparison, Claire's squirrel baby went for $2,750.
Suggested bid: $400-$600
Purchase price: $8,500
The suicide note reads as follows: "Jack, I wish you had believed in me. JL." For the non-math majors out there, that means the winning bidder spent roughly $944 per word. This is the Alex Rodriguez of letters.
Suggested bid: $200-$300
Purchase price: $1,700
That we never got to see Radzinsky's comeuppance -- he shot himself off-screen sometime after the Incident and before Desmond arrived -- is one of the biggest missed opportunities ever on Lost. Quite simply, he was the worst. But, hey, great Halloween costume?
[Bids via Dark UFO]