these days, i get frustrated with having to spend $0.42 to send a letter. stamp prices just keep climbing. but $93,000?? apparently this stamp was not meant to be licked and slapped on an envelope.
at an auction in germany this past tuesday, the above stamp sold to the highest bidder for $93,000. the stamp itself was quite rare, as only five copies of it are known to exist since its production in 2001. the stamp features hepburn in her most iconic role in ’breakfast at tiffany’s’.
apparently hepburn’s son, sean ferrer, put a halt to the distribution of the stamps as he was not fond of the cigarette and what it represented. as hepburn died of colon cancer in 1993, her son felt it inappropriate to promote a picture of her smoking. after the auction in which both buyer & seller were anonymous, ferrer said he hoped the money gained from the sell would go to help fund cancer research.
what do you do when your whole life’s on camera? well, poking a little fun at yourself couldn’t hurt. the old make ‘em laugh with you & not at you. so when jennifer aniston accepted the crystal award at the women in film awards this past friday night, that’s exactly what she did. gots to give her props, too, because her speech was pretty darn funny.
