The parlor sales space the place Tony Soprano sat down along with his household within the ultimate 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 traditional tune “Do not Cease 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 reduce 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 perceive that we do not need to do that. However the integrity of the cubicles at the moment are compromised. They’ve been repaired many occasions and this furnishings is over 60 years outdated. Clearly, we don’t need to do that, nevertheless it has come to a degree the place they’re structurally not secure anymore as an entire and we want to consider the security 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 significantly doubt they paid with an envelope full of money.
