Day: March 3, 2024

The New Jersey diner that was featured in the final episode of “The Sopranos” is now auctioning off the iconic booth that was used in the last scene. 

Holsten’s, an ice cream parlor in Bloomfield, New Jersey, announced that it was selling the booth on Wednesday.

“The time has come,” the business wrote in an Instagram post. “All good things sometimes need an upgrade.”

“The famous Sporanos [sic] booth is getting a much needed face-lift.”

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The business encouraged its followers to check out its eBay listing and take “this once in a lifetime chance to personally own ‘the booth.'” As of Sunday evening, the eBay posting has 232 bids and the price is now up to $82,000.

According to Holsten’s, the business is selling off the booth because its integrity is “compromised.” Holsten’s says the booths are over 60 years old and can no longer be repaired.

“Obviously, we do not want to do this, however it has come to a point where they are structurally not safe anymore as a whole and we need to think about the safety of our patrons first,” the ice cream parlor said.

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“Customer safety is a priority for us and should be for our patrons as well.”

The final scene of the hit HBO show was controversial when it premiered in 2007 because of its ambiguity – Tony Soprano’s fate was not revealed.

Since then, Holsten’s has been a pilgrimage site for fans of “The Sopranos” – many of whom try to snag the seat where James Gandolfini sat. 

The decision to auction off the historic furniture was met with hostility from Holsten’s Instagram followers.

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“Not a fan of this idea,” one Instagram user wrote.

“That is such a bad idea! Keep it as it is. It should be preserved,” another user chimed in.

However, a minority of social media users understood where the business was coming from.

“Imagine if a company could make a logical, necessary business decision and not get jumped all over by keyboard warriors,” a commentator wrote.

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Hopeless romantics and Jane Austen fans now have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own a garment from the BBC’s 1995 “Pride and Prejudice” miniseries.

Not just any garment, but the garment – Colin Firth’s infamous wet shirt from the miniseries’ lake scene.

Kerry Taylor Auctions, a British auction house, is auctioning off the piece of clothing on Tuesday. The proceeds will go to a charity that helps children and young people have access to “creative activities, visual and performance arts,” according to the business.

Other pieces of Mr. Darcy’s outfit are included in the lot, including his waistcoat and breeches.

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According to the auction house’s website, the Regency-inspired piece features “pleated gathers to sleeve tops, deep collar, buttoned neck opening together with a muslin cravat.”

The other pieces that are included are Darcy’s fall front breeches, a velvet waistcoat and a gray wool tailcoat. 

To top it off, the winning bidder will take home a signed photograph of Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy.

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In the infamous lake scene, Mr. Darcy has an awkward encounter with Elizabeth Bennet after swimming in a lake.

“In the scene Mr Darcy is spied emerging from a lake having taken a cooling swim on a hot summer’s day,” designer Dinah Collin explained in a statement on Kerry Taylor Auctions’ website.

According to Collin, producers wanted to avoid nudity and came up with the idea of Darcy wearing a white shirt instead.

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“Because on screen male nudity was not permitted… the idea of the ‘wet shirt’ was born. Our way round this was for Colin Firth to be filmed ¾ length wearing just the Irish linen shirt (copied from an antique original) which clung to the body.”

“The scene caused something of a sensation at the time and transformed Colin Firth from a respected classical actor to something of a sex symbol overnight!”

The lot is predicted to fetch anywhere from £7,000 to £10,000. In U.S. dollars, the estimate is $8,800 to $12,600.

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Elon Musk’s Tesla on Friday raised prices on certain Model Y vehicles sold in the U.S. market by $1,000, according to the company’s website.

The electric vehicle maker raised the price of its Model Y rear-wheel drive and long-range vehicles to $43,990 and $48,990, respectively. Prices of the Model Y Performance variant and other models of the car remained unchanged as of Friday, according to the website.

In February, Tesla temporarily cut prices of some of its Model Y cars in the U.S. until Feb. 29, nearly a month after it cut prices in Europe and China.

“This is the essential quandary of manufacturing: factories need continuous production for efficiency, but consumer demand is seasonal,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk said last month when responding to a post from Tesla on X, formerly Twitter, that indicated prices would go up in March.

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Car buyers in the U.S. have opted for hybrids over EVs in the past few months due to higher ownership costs and some EV models losing their eligibility for federal tax credits over battery sourcing requirements included in the Inflation Reduction Act.

In January, Tesla warned of “notably lower” sales growth this year as it focuses on the production of its next-generation electric vehicle, which is code-named “Redwood.”

Tesla’s latest price hike may help the company’s margins, which were strained over the last year as the company and other EV-makers engaged in a price war that impacted its profitability in a bid to preserve market share.

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The company is bracing for competition from a growing number of cheap EVs, such as those made by China’s BYD, which surpassed Tesla as the world’s leading EV maker in the final quarter of 2023. BYD has begun selling vehicles in Europe and is eyeing a potential entry into the U.S. market.

Tesla shares are down over 18% in 2024 so far and are up a little more than 4.5% over the past year.

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Reuters contributed to this report.

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