Van Loads of Fun With Weinbeeezy 6

Weinbeeezy went down to see the DHARMA van yesterday which was advertising the LOST Auction that is happening in just over a weeks time.

Here are the photo's that were tweeted by @TheRealWeinbeez

Driving You Crazy at Golden Apple Comics 26

This tweet appeared yesterday on the Golden Apple Comics twitter site.

This was then followed up by Jensen Karp who said "LOST fans - Outside 7018 Melrose Ave, Golden Apple Comics, 2morrow 12-4. Photo Opportunity, I promise."

A quick exchange in the comments revealed that the DHARMA van that is in the LOST Auction will be there.

Thanks to Maven and Weinbeeezy for the information.

Pakistan Flooding Appeal

It is a sad fact that in real life bad things happen. I'm sure you have read the recent reports of the floods in Pakistan. Well here is a chance to help just a little.

I have set up a page on the Just Giving website to take donations for this appeal.

If you have a little spare money please donate it would make a big difference to those in need.

Go to www.justgiving.com/lostargs to donate

To give you a little more incentive to donate a random 20 people who donate $10 or over will receive one of these very exclusive transfer printed LOSTARGs bags.

Also as if that wasn't enough incentive one of the 20 people will receive a sold out DamonCarltonandaPolarBear poster that has been kindly donated.

This isn't a push to get thousands of dollars but just a quick way to try and help people in need.

The closing date to be eligible to get a bag is 18th of August 2010, but you can continue to donate as long as you want.

As the site is a british one as a rough guide $10 = £6.25 at todays exchange rate.

LOST Auction Attendance Prices 27

Yesterday The Kharma Initiative told us that the update on the Profiles in History website was live.

If you were in the 100 club, i.e. the first 100 to pre-register and purchase a catalog, then you will not have to pay any more money to get in.

However if you are not in the 100 club, here are the details -

1. ALL bidders must be PRE-REGISTERED.

2. All bidders who wish to attend the auction and bid on the floor will need to purchase a ticket to the LOST Exhibit, IN ADDITION to purchasing an auction catalog and be issued a bidding paddle and get a seat on the auction floor.

3. The FIRST 100 pre-registered bidders who have purchased a catalog will receive one free admission, per person, to the Lost Exhibit. This is on a “FIRST COME FIRST SERVE” basis as tickets and catalogs are selling fast.

4. To purchase LOST exhibit tickets go to www.razorgator.com. There are limited amount of exhibit tickets available and we highly recommend that you do pre-register and pre-purchase in-order to guarantee access. Ticket purchase price is $42 per day or $65 for both days.

5. If you have not pre-registered and show up on auction day, you may still register to bid, but will be required to purchase a catalog and a LOST exhibit ticket, pending availability of tickets.

From a personal point of view it's a shame that this couldn't have been better done for the fans, in my personal opinion the exhibit should have been free and separate from the auction. I can understand limiting the numbers for the actual auction so real bidders are not caught up with lots of merely curious fans, but if this is for the fans, as has been mentioned at several marketing opportunities starting at SDCC last year, then there should have been some better planning and communication.

Talking of communication, we haven't heard directly from Profiles in History or ABC about any of this recently, all of this is fan investigation and power, so a big thanks again to you all.

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Some other information that may be useful - Megan received an email directly from someone at PIH, and this info is not on the website as far as I can tell, this is the relevant part of it -

".....There is one thing that I want to clear up, and that is there will not be any invoicing on auction day. Consequently, buyers will not be able to leave with their winning lots. The auction data will be raw and will need to be reconciled before we can invoice everyone. I apologize for any inconvenience, but we will work with you to find the most expedient and reasonable shipping options. While pickups are encouraged, that would have wait until at least the day after (Monday)......."

While we are clearing up some confusion today, head on over to ThePropBlog.Com and view This Article about clearing up some of the mysteries and inconsistencies in the props.

Danger and Tong Poster Auction for Pakistan DEC Appeal

A kind Lostie has decided to try and help the appeal for the people in Pakistan by putting two Damon Carlton and a Polar Bear posters up for auction on eBay.

Click the picture or here to go to the auction

Live Auctioneers Accepting Absentee Bids 74

In the comments andalone mentioned that the people handling the web based side of the LOST auction - LiveAuctioneers.com - have started to accept absentee bids for items in the auction.

Click here to go directly to the first page of the auction

See below for some more info on what you are actually bidding for below.

Another thing to note is that for all items there is a link to allow you to ask the auctioneer a question. It is basically an email link, but also gives you the URL of the item to include in the link so you talk about the exact item.

I would suggest that if you are unsure about any item you ask a question about its use on screen or if it was worn by the actor, etc.

This item already has 9 absentee bids on it !

Now for those new to auctions absentee bids are bids you place today for the maximum amount you would wish to spend on the item. You are not in a competitive situation with other bidders at this stage. The fact that 9 people have already bid for Jack's passport doesn't mean that anyone has outbid anyone else, it just means they have registered an interest.

The auctioneer will look at all of the absentee bids on the day of the sale and when the item is auctioned will bid up to your maximum bid against other absentee bids, and anyone actually in the room.

The advantage is that you don't have to be there so you won't be tempted to keep putting your paddle up to bid.

The disadvantage of course is that anyone in the room can make one more bid and purchase the item.

Also remember that any successful bid will have to pay a buyers premium of 20% of the sale price plus tax plus any shipping needed.

Prop Master Rob Kyker Videos 36

Firstly a reminder that tickets for the LOST auction exhibit go on sale today at 10:00am pacific time, that is 13:00 Eastern and 18:00 in the UK.

Justin mentions in the comments that if you are going to send your $500 bidders deposit in then you do not need a separate ticket to get in and see the exhibit.

So to while away the time until they go on sale Just Thinking gave us the links to the videos below which are of Rob Kyker explaining a bit more about the props of LOST from earlier this year.





There is also this video from IMDB.com, but I can't view it in the UK so click away and see if you can view it where you are.

New Man In Charge Clip

This video clip of the new mini DVD / Blu-Ray episode was released by Access Hollywood, so I thought I'd post it here just in case there is someone who hasn't seen it yet.

LOST Auction - More Details - Ticket Availability 26

The ABC.com website now has more details about the auction and also teases the fact that the venue will also be an exhibit, with sneal peak views of the extra season 6 material to be release on the DVD / BluRay sets.

If you want to go down to the auction / exhibition then the site says that tickets for the event will be available at razorgator.com on Thursday, August 5th at 10am Pacific.

Now for the science bit, several people have received their catalogs and browsed them online and in the comments Justin has told us that in the small print it says :-

• Buyers are required to put up a $500 "good faith deposit" in order to bid. This will be charged to a credit card and then refunded if you don't win anything. If you do win, they'll take the bid amount off the $500 and refund you the difference.


• There is a 20% Buyer's Premium added to the final bid of each item as well as sales tax

There has also been a bit of discussion in the comments about whether the items in the auction have been used on screen. Dan from The Prop Blog has been in touch to share some recent articles that may help you when deciding if you are going to bid for anything in the auction.

Click Here for a prop buyers 101 on the terminology used to descibe items, it includes a descripton of what the term "Hero" means in the catalog.

Now some articles that may scare some people off from the auction, however I think it is important that if someone is going to spend their hard earned money that they have as much information as possible. Read the information and let us know what you think.

Of course if anyone from Profiles in History is reading and they wish to talk to us and present an alternative view then we will be happy to listen.

Questions Surface

More Inconsistencies

Discrepancies Continue to Mount

The island is full of mysteries so is the profiles in history catalog

LOST Auction Catalog Now Available 76

Last night Lottery Ticket posted a link in the comments for the LOST auction catalog, which is now available on the Profiles In History Website

The Catalog will cost $55, however for that you get items arranged in season order and 300 pages of colour photographs, if you order one now it will be shipped at the end of July.

If you don't want to spend the money then there are 6 Adobe PDF files available if you want to browse the catalog on your own computer.

One small word of warning, the online order form is not a secure web site, so I would recommend you don't enter your credit card details directly into the form. There is a suggestion that you can send the credit card details separately to the email address given. Maven has done this already and reports no problems.

New Man In Charge Photo 12

Yes I know this photo has been doing the rounds for a few days, but today I received an email from the ABC marketing company directly with a high quality version so I thought I'd share.

Below is a first look photo from the original, brand new 12-minute LOST chapter called “New Man In Charge" which offers a look at what Hurley (Jorge Garcia) and Ben (Michael Emerson) do as the new Island overseers.


This bonus feature will be available on BOTH LOST: THE COMPLETE SIXTH SEASON and LOST: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION which debuts on Blu-ray & DVD on August 24, 2010.

Photo Credit: ABC, Inc.

The Island Isn't Done With You Yet 34

Well is this a real rabbit hole or a fake one ?

Dark UFO posted on the Spolier TV forums about an email that had been received. Click here to go to that forum post.

Looking distinctly ARGy I set about looking at this. The attached flash file takes the user to a small puzzle. The puzzle is a build the circuit type of thing where you put all the connectors in the right place.

When you do this you then have to enter the correct frequency, which is fine if you understand French numbers. Then finally you get directed to Click here to show the circuit puzzle solution and the location. theislandisntdonewithyouyet.com. When you get there there is a memory puzzle. You have to enter letter pairs and find the matching symbols.

Match all the symbols within the time and you then get to a video message.

The video message is a little odd, i.e. it does not look like an official DHARMA message, but it does ask you to enter a 2 digit code so you can enter your email address and get updates. The video mentions the 15th of August and a period of 2 weeks after that, which would take it up to the release date of the final season and complete collection DVD / Blu Ray disc sets.

The Other LOST Auction - Reminder

In the comments JPL reminded me that the other way to buy LOST props still has items for sale.

There are items like this DHARMA shipping label for $0.99 or the Richard Alpert Duffle bag for $1,999.99.





You can see our original post about this prop sale by clicking here.

Click for the eBay store

Click for the Flickr site

LOST Auction Update 32

As has been reported by many LOST news outlets over the last few days there has been some additional information released about the LOST Auction.

One non LOST related source is the Original Prop Blog pictured to the left. They also have an interview with Profiles in History that are the people running the auction.

The essential details from the press release are that the auction will be "LIVE FROM BARKER HANGAR IN SANTA MONICA, CA AUGUST 21 AND 22, 2010"

Also for the non US citizen interested in this auction "Worldwide bidding begins at 1pm PST both days. Bids can be placed in person, via mail, phone, fax or live on the Internet......"

The Real Not Penny's Boat 135

Ever since the original DamonCarltonandaPolarBear.com campaign, and especially after the fake poster on the right appeared, fans have been asking for a poster based around this seminal moment in the show's history. So this poster from The Little Friends of Printmaking is a clever way of giving us two aspects to this scene. The original scene is flashed back to in the scene from season six which starts Desmond's awakening to the reality of the sideways life.

The images in this post were kindly sent in by JPL and MEL.

To add even more interest to this image the words on Charlies hand glow in the dark.




There are also a few surprises in the print not visible from the small preview we saw on the DCaaPB website. This is the most obvious one, that JPL, told us about, but I am told there are others.


The two signatures pictures below highlight that cameras can be very misleading when it comes to colours as they look completely different. But I am assured that the darker blue of the two is the more accurate for this part of the poster.

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As soon as Blogger resolve the issue I'll update this message.

Returning to The Black Rock 54

This is the poster I've been most looking forward to arriving (hurry up !), mainly so I can see the detail that the small representation on the DamonCarltonandaPolarBear.com website could never do justice to.

The close up pictures below from mistersh0w and The Kharma Initiative do a good job in showing this detail but I have been told it is even better in person.

Also if you did not manage to pick this up when it first went up for sale then there will be a chance to win one, go to RamHatter.com for more details.


The new poster has a couple of things in comon with the first poster Daniel Danger created for LOST in that they both have captions and a figure walking towards the main subject of the poster. On the left is the Black Rock poster and on the right is the Jacobs Cabin poster.





As with the other print there is a caption and as Mr Danger has said he personally calls his prints by this caption rather than the name given on the DCaaPB website.


Finally a picture from Ray of his picture framed with some other familiar pieces.