The parlor sales space the place Tony Soprano sat down along with his household within the remaining scene from “The Sopranos” simply offered at public sale … and somebody shelled out 5 figures.
Tony’s sales space was a vacationer attraction for years at Holsten’s ice cream parlor in Broomfield, NJ … however the store wants a renovation and the parlor sales space needed to go … to the very best bidder.
Holsten’s put the well-known furnishings — sales space, desk, divider and a customized plaque reserving seats for the Sopranos household — on eBay final week with a $3,000 opening bid … and an all-out bidding battle ensued.
When the mud settled Monday, the public sale closed and the sales space had offered for $82,600 … greater than sufficient to cowl prices for Holsten’s upcoming renovations for brand spanking new flooring and cubicles.
Not included for the $82K … the jukebox Tony drops 1 / 4 in to play Journey’s basic tune “Don’t Stop Believin'” as he orders onion rings and waits for his spouse, son and daughter to affix him within the sales space.
The jukebox was added by the movie crew … and after the present, Holsten included a plaque studying, “THIS BOOTH RESERVED FOR THE SOPRANO FAMILY.”
Because the finale and it is open-ended lower to black, Holsten’s has been a vacation spot for ‘Sopranos’ followers making the pilgrimage to Tony’s final identified location … however put on and tear over time pressured the ice cream parlor to unload the piece of TV historical past.
As Holsten’s defined … “Please understand that we don’t want to do this. But the integrity of the booths are now compromised. They have been repaired many times and this furniture is over 60 years old. 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 says it is getting a much-needed facelift, however issues will look the identical as they did when the Sopranos got here via.
No phrase who purchased the sales space … however we critically doubt they paid with an envelope filled with money.
