A once in a lifetime Hollywood memorabilia auction featuring Sid & Marty
Krofft Puppets and Costumes was held in Beverly Hills, CA on Sunday,
August 23rd, starting at 3pm. Hundreds of people were in attendance,
as well as some well known Krofft stars such as Sid and Marty Krofft (of
course), Billy Barty (Sparky), Billie Hayes (Witchiepoo), Philip Paley
(Cha-Ka), and Van Snowden (Tweeter). I attended the auction along with
Carrie Hall, Craig (CC007), and David Holifield and his wife. As promised,
we took some pictures, so here they are!!
The only item of "Bugaloos" interest was a "Sparky" costume head and
gloves (see picture, above). This was not the Sparky costume from the
TV series, even though it is listed in the Krofft Auction Catalog with
a date of "1970". I'm not sure whether it was a prototype, or possibly
used in one of the Krofft road shows.
The item is described as being 13" high, with an estimated auction value
of $600-$800. This was, of course, before Billy Barty himself was asked
to stand in as auctioneer for the "Sparky" costume piece. Billy Barty
put on a highly entertaining performance as auctioneer, eventually bringing
in a price of $1300 for the "Sparky" item, well over it's estimated value.
:-)
Now, of course, a picture of this would have been nice, but I would have
had to trample over a *lot* of people to get one. :-( Sooo ... someone
else managed to snap a photo of this, please send
Email. I'd love to
include it here on the page. Thanks!!
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