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Now's Your Chance to Get a Piece of The Old Crillon Hotel in Paris
Way back when in 2011, HotelChatter recommended snapping up one of the €20 Hotel de Crillon keychains in the shape of the Tour Eiffel as a cute holiday gift for your hotel-loving friends (or perhaps, yourself.) But today, you can get an even bigger piece of the ritzy Parisian hotel--like the front desk.
The Crillon, which recently closed to begin a two-year long intensive renovation project, is selling off everything inside from the front desk to the bathrobes to the rugs, china, silver, mirrors, sofas, tables, patio furniture, planters, bar stools and a lot more. (All in all there are 3,500 pieces up for sale.)
It's all going down on April 18-22 inside the hotel. We peeped one of the catalogs here and saw a couple of lobby end tables going for €200-300. One of the front desks was estimated to sell for €800-1200. A smaller one was going for €400-600. Sofas inside some of the suites are going for €300-500. A twin bed from one of the guest rooms were going for €400, you know if you're interested in buying furniture that hundreds, maybe thousands, of people have sat and slept on. (We're not going to even mention the other things they've done.)
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The Hotel Barber Chair That Sold For $1,600
Not being accustomed to buying antique barber chairs, we can't say for sure whether $1,600 (about the cost of 50 haircuts) is actually a deal or not. But at an auction, which took place on Saturday at Balsams Grand Resort in New Hampshire, the century-and-a-half-old hotel certainly succeeded in cleaning itself out to make way for a major renovation project.
Set to re-open in mid-2013, the new Balsams first had to get rid of its ties to the past. Plates, towels, sheets, a ski lift—pretty much the entire contents of guest rooms and other public spaces—were put on the block. And the buyers didn't disappoint!
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Now You Can Take A Piece Of Hiro Ballroom Home With You
The time has come for the Maritime Hotel's Hiro Ballroom and Matsuri restaurant to close. After many years, many celebrity performances, and many penis festivals, the party has finally come to an end.
But that doesn't mean you can't still experience all the cool, Asian-inspired decor of the space long after it's gone. Eater reports that everything inside the ballroom and restaurant will be auctioned off starting next week. You like paper lanterns? You got 'em. You need a new Japanese bathroom sign? Now you know where to go. For all we know, they might even have some extra hot pots and sake barrels kicking around somewhere too.
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Have A Sleepover, Every Week For A Year, At Affinia Manhattan
Affinia lovers, get out your checkbooks. After debuting the new look last summer, Affinia Manhattan is now putting one of its pretty, flower-themed rooms up for auction. But rather than long weekend-ers or tourists, the deal is actually aimed at business travelers and commuters, who visit the city on a frequent basis.
Every Sunday night for a year, the auction winner can come home to a 1-bedroom suite inside the Affinia Manhattan. And every week, it will be exactly the same (you can even leave your stuff in the closets!).
Which is why, for a wide-eyed tourist hungry to see all the sights, this situation wouldn't be that ideal. But for tireless business travelers, who benefit from consistency and routine (and only really want a quiet place to play with their stuffed animals), this could be a match made in heaven. As long as you're willing to duke it out on the auction block, that is.
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Get That NEC Projector You've Been Looking For at The Howard's Cleanout Auction
Yes, folks, this NEC NP600SG projector could be yours.
Everything—and we do mean everything must go at London's Swissôtel The Howard, which is set to auction off its entire contents on October 25th and 26th. We're talking luxe bedroom furniture, kitchen equipment, and even miscellany from the housekeeping department (old push carts? Used feather dusters?): from lobby to top floor, all from the sister hotel to The Savoy has gotta move, move, move.
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The CFDA Auctions Off Fancy Hotel Stays and Shopping Sprees to Benefit Japan
We don't have words enough to describe the awesomeness of Japan. If you've never been, you must go, but perhaps wait a bit until all of this recent tragedy of the earthquake, tsunami and radiation leaking is resolved. Until then, Japan could really use your help, and those in the fashion industry have devised a creative way of getting you to potentially lay out the big bucks all for the benefit of Japan; they're hosting a giant auction with very personal, very unique experiences on offer, including many top-notch hotel stays.
Let's see what there is on offer:
· The Ralph Lauren experience in Paris worth $30,000, currently bidding at $8,251. It includes business class flights for two on American Airlines to Paris, 2 nights in a deluxe room at Hotel Le Bristol, a dinner for two at Ralph's, a 1,000 Euro shopping experience at the Ralph Lauren store on St. Germain, and 2 tickets to visit "The Art of Automobile: Masterpieces of the Ralph Lauren Collection."
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Old Chop Suey Space Inside Renaissance Times Square Open for New Years Eve, at a Hefty Cost
Bidder, get ready: Two Times Square, the restaurant on the third floor of the Renaissance New York Hotel Times Square which used to hold the ill-fated Chop Suey restaurant, is (supposedly) up for auction for a private New Year's Eve bash.
Marriott hopes there's still someone left in the world with two pennies to rub together who might pony up at least 150 grand for rights to the restaurant the night the ball drops.
The only problem is there might not be someone out there is this scary economy willing to drop that kinda money on a New Years Eve party. Crains New York quoted the hotel's general manager Thomas Foti:
"The timing is obviously not ideal. But we're thinking that someone from overseas might be interested."
The auction was to begin yesterday on eBay but so far, searches for New Year or Times Square don't turn up anything in the way of party rights.
If you're still going through with it, good luck with that, Marriott. Hope your back-up plan to sell $1,000-a-head dinners works out for you.
[Photo: NY Times]
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Nicky O: Dream Turned Nightmare Heads To Court Ordered Auction
Our friends at Luxist reminded us that something has to happen to the old Breakwater Inn on Ocean Drive, the property now known as the Curse of Nicky O. According to bankruptcy orders, a court ordered property auction will take place on November 19, 2007 at 10:00 AM at the Claude Pepper Federal Building.
Of course, there is hardly a doubt that this property will end up being a hotel at some point, so the big question is who will be at Claude Pepper on the 19th? A Pomeranc brother? Can't think of many other boutique or brand hoteliers that are not already in South Beach. So if you are a budding hotelier in Southern Florida here is your chance -- just be sure to bring your check book.
Oh, and as far as Nicky O's domain redirecting to the Royal Palm Resort, wouldn't read too much into that at this point.
See the Nicky O court papers here.
Related Stories:
· Nicky O coverage [HotelChatter]
· Nicky O Hotel a No-Go [TMZ]
