UP AT 5:00. IMAGINE THAT ALL RIGHT. IMAGINE THAT. YES. WELL, A FAMOUS PAINTING AT THE NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART IS NOW HEADING TO AUCTION. THE PIECE OF ART HAS BEEN PART OF THE COLLECTION SINCE 1986. KMBC NINE’S ALAN SHOPE EXPLAINS. IT IS EXPECTED TO FETCH A PRETTY HIGH NUMBER. IF YOU’RE GOING TO KNOW ONE NAME OF IMPRESSIONIST, UM, IT’S PROBABLY GOING TO BE CLAUDE MONET. HIS WORK IS SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR AND EXPENSIVE ARTWORK IN HISTORY. I THINK THESE PAINTINGS ARE VISUALLY BEAUTIFUL. THEY TAKE US AWAY FROM THE HUSTLE BUSTLE IN MANY RESPECTS OF THE CITY’S LABETTE MONET PAINTING FROM 1888 IS HEADING TO AUCTION, AND ACCORDING TO THE SMITHSONIAN, COULD FETCH $25 MILLION. THE NELSON-ATKINS HAS HAD THE PAINTING ON DISPLAY SINCE 1986, EVEN THOUGH IT’S GOT THE SUBJECT MATTER THAT’S RECOGNIZABLE, IT WAS REALLY EXPERIMENTAL FOR MONET. THE PAINT IS JUST LOADED UP AND LUSCIOUS, AMY SAYS. IT’S BEEN A POPULAR ATTRACTION AT THE MUSEUM, AND IT’S TOUGH TO SEE IT GO. IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE WE NEVER OWNED IT COMPLETELY OUTRIGHT, AND SO WE KNEW THIS WAS A POSSIBILITY WITH THE DEPARTURE OF MILLET, LABETTE, NELSON-ATKINS SAYS THEY STILL HAVE FOUR MONETS LEFT, INCLUDING A BRAND NEW EXHIBIT THAT IS MONET IN CONVERSATION. HE WAS SUCH AN INFLUENTIAL ARTIST, BUT ALSO HE WAS INFLUENCED BY MANY OTHER THINGS. AND SO THE SERIES MONET AND CONVERSATION WILL BRING THESE THINGS TOGETHER, SHE ADDS. THEY’RE HOPING TO START AN ENDOWMENT WITH THE PROCEEDS FROM THE AUCTION. WE’VE ENJOYED IT FOR SO, SO MANY YEARS, AND WHILE WE’RE SAD TO SEE IT GO, IT REALLY IS GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO OTHER AREAS OF THE COLLECTION. IN KANSAS CITY, ALAN SHOPE, KMBC NINE NEWS AND ADD. THE PAINTING WILL GO O
Light-up dancefloor from ‘Saturday Night Fever’ expected to sell for $300,000
Updated: 5:00 PM CDT May 22, 2024
The legacy of “Saturday Night Fever” is stayin’ alive, as the dancefloor featured in the classic disco movie is set to fetch as much as $300,000 at auction next month.Video above: Art museum to auction off iconic Monet paintingWith its flashing colorful lights, the dancefloor provided the perfect backdrop for John Travolta’s character, Tony Manero, to flaunt his now-iconic groovy dance moves in his white shirt. Now, almost 50 years later, it is the star lot in the “Hollywood Legends” sale, to be held by Julien’s Auctions on June 12-15 in Los Angeles and online.The dancefloor measures more than 24 feet long and 16 feet wide (around 7 meters by 5 meters), and features 288 lightbulbs to create the flashing patterns, Julien’s Auctions said in its listing.It was made for the movie and fitted at the 2001 Odyssey Disco in Brooklyn, New York, where many of the scenes were set and filmed. After filming wrapped, the dancefloor stayed at the club until it closed down, when it was bought by an employee. His performance as Tony Manero – an Italian-American from Brooklyn who escapes the social tensions of his neighborhood by dancing at the local discotheque – earned Travolta an Oscar nomination and made him a household name. The movie and its catchy soundtrack by the Bee Gees, meanwhile, helped to repopularize disco around the world at a time when its dominance was waning.The soundtrack featured new Bee Gees hits like “Stayin’ Alive,” “Night Fever” and “You Should Be Dancing,” became the biggest-selling soundtrack of all time, won Album of the Year at the 21st Grammy Awards in 1979 and was added to the National Recording Registry in the Library of Congress in 2012, consolidating its cultural significance.Other lots for sale at the auction include one of the Ark of the Covenant props used in the first Indiana Jones movie, “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” It was used to test shots for the film with cut-out figures representing the actors next to it, and is expected to sell for up to $70,000, the auction house said in its listing.Meanwhile, Jeff Bridges’ bowling costume, which he wears in the final three scenes of “The Big Lebowski,” could sell for $200,000.
The legacy of “Saturday Night Fever” is stayin’ alive, as the dancefloor featured in the classic disco movie is set to fetch as much as $300,000 at auction next month.
Video above: Art museum to auction off iconic Monet painting
With its flashing colorful lights, the dancefloor provided the perfect backdrop for John Travolta’s character, Tony Manero, to flaunt his now-iconic groovy dance moves in his white shirt. Now, almost 50 years later, it is the star lot in the “Hollywood Legends” sale, to be held by Julien’s Auctions on June 12-15 in Los Angeles and online.
The dancefloor measures more than 24 feet long and 16 feet wide (around 7 meters by 5 meters), and features 288 lightbulbs to create the flashing patterns, Julien’s Auctions said in its listing.
It was made for the movie and fitted at the 2001 Odyssey Disco in Brooklyn, New York, where many of the scenes were set and filmed. After filming wrapped, the dancefloor stayed at the club until it closed down, when it was bought by an employee.
His performance as Tony Manero – an Italian-American from Brooklyn who escapes the social tensions of his neighborhood by dancing at the local discotheque – earned Travolta an Oscar nomination and made him a household name. The movie and its catchy soundtrack by the Bee Gees, meanwhile, helped to repopularize disco around the world at a time when its dominance was waning.
The soundtrack featured new Bee Gees hits like “Stayin’ Alive,” “Night Fever” and “You Should Be Dancing,” became the biggest-selling soundtrack of all time, won Album of the Year at the 21st Grammy Awards in 1979 and was added to the National Recording Registry in the Library of Congress in 2012, consolidating its cultural significance.
Other lots for sale at the auction include one of the Ark of the Covenant props used in the first Indiana Jones movie, “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” It was used to test shots for the film with cut-out figures representing the actors next to it, and is expected to sell for up to $70,000, the auction house said in its listing.
Meanwhile, Jeff Bridges’ bowling costume, which he wears in the final three scenes of “The Big Lebowski,” could sell for $200,000.
