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The Mark Simone Show

Mark Interviews James Comisar from Heritage Auctions

The Mark Simone Show

iHeartRadio and Mark Simone

News

4.3696 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Mark and James talked about auctioning off classic tv show memorabilia. James has the original desk Johnny Carson sat behind on the Tonight Show. He also has the entire Bar Set from Cheers. James told Mark Norman Lear gave him the set from All in the Family.

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0:00.0

Mr. New York, Mark Simone, on the voice of New York.

0:04.5

710, W-O-R.

0:08.0

Well, let's turn to the Golden Age of Television.

0:11.3

Now, James Commissar, I've heard about this guy.

0:13.2

He's the greatest collector of television stuff.

0:15.4

He has the set from the Tonight Show, the set from all in the family, Batman,

0:20.0

stuff from the Sopranos, Mad Men,

0:22.7

a thousand items. But they're going up for auction. There's going to be a big auction,

0:27.5

heritage auction, and it's going to take place June 2nd through the 4th. You go to H.A., like Heritage

0:33.4

auction, H.A.com, H.A.com slash commissar. And let's talk to him now. James Commissar, how you doing?

0:41.3

Hey, brother. How's it going over there? Very good. How does somebody get Johnny Carson's desk?

0:47.5

Do you just hang out outside and wait for them from being thrown it out at the end of this?

0:52.8

Well, the short answer is you ask him.

0:55.6

When I heard that the Tonight Show was going off the year, now this is in 1992, I started

1:02.3

writing letters and faxes and sending packages and they said, we can't deal with this.

1:08.6

It's too busy, too much press.

1:10.9

We'll get back to you.

1:12.1

And sure enough, after the show went off the year, someone from Mr. Carson's office called

1:17.1

and said, Mr. Carson's willing to talk about it.

1:20.6

And I said, okay, no problem.

1:21.7

Can I stop by the house?

1:22.8

Just joking.

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