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I totally forgot to post this.. Came from a woman thats on an art list with me.

Hi,
I am a new member to the group and I did go the to Lisa Marie sale, so I am happy to report about it. I arrived about two hours in, and what I saw pretty much was the garage sale of a well-to-do Westside woman, with a few eccentric items thrown in. She was/is a model and there were lots of clothes, shoes and used make-up.
The sale was held at an Azusa storage facility, which she and Tim Burton apparently still own together, according to one of the people managing the sale.
Whatever was movie-related was long gone when I arrived, save for that chaise lounge from "Ed Wood," which was priced at $20,000. There were very good deals on giant crystal wine goblets and Egyptian cotton bed linens ($5 wine glasses, $20 bed sets), and ridiculous "garage sale" prices on clothing ($1200 dresses, $300 high heeled boots) and things like wooden boxes similar to those holding tubes of oil paints. The latter, because they contained Karl Lagerfeld seasonal clothing design catalogs, were $200 each.
Practically everyone waiting in the 45-minute line to get inside was wearing black, me included, although I swear I did not plan it that way. Must have been a subliminal tribute to Tim. I also was easily the only person over 35 when I first arrived.
The 45-minute wait was the best part of the sale. I got to listen to a woman screaming into a cell phone directly behind me, who apparently edits film for "SuperNanny." She spent an enormous amout of time fretting loudly with someone on the other end of the line about a family that she wasn't sure really should be allowed to appear on "SuperNanny" because the father had a truly impressive criminal record. I had to agree with her, having caught at least one episode of "SuperNanny." That family obviously needs more help than child-rearing advice from a firm British woman dressed in a loud purple suit.
The guy in line in front of me looked like Mic Mars of Motley Crue, whose looks always have absolutely fascinated me. I am sure I completely embarrassed myself because I simply could not take my eyes off of him, despite the equally fascinating distraction of the vocal "SuperNanny" film editor.
As far as what people were buying, those people in black had no interest in Karl Lagerfeld catalogs and pink thigh boots with 5-inch heels, so I would say that the majority of the people -- and I am grossly generalizing here -- who were there around 11am Friday either left with
1.) household items 2.) black velvet hangers (she had a million of them for $1 each)
or 3.) something leopard-patterned (they were really into animal prints)
Your Azusa reporter, "name withheld"