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Streisand Fans Trade "Barbrabilia"
And, she might have added, on magazine covers, record sleeves, lobby posters, mugs, t-shirts, postcards, key rings, wall clocks, stamps--all preserved by doting fans, and displayed in over-abundance this weekend at the Memorabilia Show of Barbra Streisand Collectibles.
The tennis court and a couple of suites of the Le Parc Hotel in West Hollywood are a veritable Barbra bazaar of haggling fans from as far away as Britain. On Friday morning, the first day of the show, one amateur collector (a Hollywood publicist who didn't want his name revealed) had already been offered $5,000 for all his memorabilia, but couldn't decide whether he should let the whole lot go at once or sell it piecemeal. He'd seen a TV movie about the making of Funny Girl when he was l3, subsequently saw the movie then bought his first Streisand poster for $3. If it wasn't so tattered he figured it might now go for $40, instead of the $20 he expects now.
Stamp broker Israel Bick was selling the only stamps of Streisand, issued by St. Vincent in l993, for $8. Down in the "Hello Gorgeous!!" suite a l969 copy of Life magazine with a "Hello, Dolly! Streisand cover was going for $35. The original price was 40 cents. At the booth of Tony Andrich, who publishes the collectors guide Barbrabilia, a lobby card, showing Streisand in the same ornate Hello, Dolly! costume, was marked $100.
The gathering, hosted by Ken Joachim, creator of the "Hello, Gorgeous!!" museum dedicated to Barbra in San Francisco, has drawn participants from as far away as Britain. Many of them appear to be middle-aged effete men, but the organizers hasten to say that they expect a broader demographic as the weekend.
And its not just Barbrabilia that draw them. Other events include a lecture by filmmaker Glenn Jordan, who directed Streisand's first Broadway show Another Evening With Harry Stoones, (it opened and closed in one night), a silent auction to benefit the "Hello, Gorgeous!!" museum, music and comedy performances by a trio of "Streisand Illusionists" and a field trip to the Malibu estate, once her home, which Streisand has donated to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy.
No one seemed concerned that the real person wasn't part of the occasion. "I respect that she's a very private person," said Jimmy Bangley, emcee for the musical tribute. "I know her films and I know her music, that's enough for me!"
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