Surely Desmond found the duties that tied him the Apple-II Plus in
the Swan Station to be a drag, but "Lost" fans who fancied the old Apple
desktop, or would like to fulfill a hatch-reenactment fantasy of
hurriedly typing 4, 8, 16, 23 into the computer, now have a chance.
ABC Studios, along with Profiles in History, will be auctioning off
more than 1,000 props, costumes and set pieces from the popular series
that concluded this spring, following six years of alternately riveting
and frustrating viewers. The auction will run Aug. 21 and Aug. 22,
beginning at 1 p.m. each day. Bidders must register in advance, and
bids can be placed in person, via mail, phone, fax or live on the
Internet at the Profiles in History site.
The full description of the Apple-II is as follows:
This configuration is an Apple-II Plus
system running an Apple-III monitor, with a Disk II floppy drive, each
featuring DHARMA logo. This prop computer was used at the Swan station
and by Desmond, Locke and other cast members to enter "The Numbers"
every 108 minutes. It is the destruction of the Swan station
computer that prevented "The Numbers" from being entered, leading
Desmond to trigger the fail safe mechanism, causing the Swan station to
implode.
(Of trivial interest is a 1980s film, entitled "The Self," employed in
some psychology classes today, which features an Apple-III computer
monitor that is used to test the effect of positive
personalities. Incidentally, the numbers 4, 8, 16, and 23 appear
frequently in these tests.) The monitor currently exhibits the
DHARMA Tempest station logo, indicating its subsequent use in the
Season Four episode, "The Other Woman."
More of a Hurley fan? His winning Mega Lotto Jackpot ticket and red
Camaro, with the white racing stripes, will both be included in the
auction. So will the blue-and-white Dharma van and Dharma Jeep from
Season 5.
Still additional items include Mr. Eko’s scripture-inscribed “Jesus
Stick,” bits of Oceanic Flight 815 wreckage, Charlie’s DS ring, Daniel
Faraday’s journal — chock-a-block with penned time-travel notes — the
Swan station hatch door, Jin’s wedding band, a row of Oceanic Airlines
airplane seats, a Pearl Station printer with a “System Failure”
printout, Locke’s blood-stained Master Bowie knife, the nuclear bomb
core that was detonated in the Season 5 finale and Charlie’s acoustic
guitar.
At your next barbecue, you could possibly fill a cooler with Dharma
Initiative beer — or set out a number of other Dharma food items.
Desmond’s photo of himself with Penny will be folded into some lucky
bidder’s wallet. And, for perhaps a bit of decoration in a living room
or den, the auction will even offer two crates with six (presumably
empty) Virgin Mary statues.
“'Lost' is one of the most iconic TV shows ever created, and we are
working in conjunction with ABC to offer fans from around the world an
opportunity to own a memento of this amazing show,” Joe Maddalena,
president of Profiles in History, said in an Aug. 17 statement. “This
is a once in a lifetime auction event that will celebrate one of the
most beloved shows in television history."
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