GOOD-BYE TO GAIETY
SALE OF RELICS. FAMOUS THEATRE AUCTIONED. :l . | i By Air Mail.> LONDON. Sept. 30. . i London first.-night.ors who used lo J pay 12s 64 for Ibcir .Jails at the old I Gaiety Theatre could have had ISem I for about Is apiece this week. J Theatreland's most famous centre .' of musical comedy was being “sol-1 ’lup." Ils relics and treasures, moi- , I lowed by time and associations, were auctioned for a song. And for this i Gaiety swan-song fewer than a hun--1 dred people turned up. “Ted." for 25 years doorkeeper at the Gaiety, ticked off cac!’ item on the 1 catalogue as it was knocked down. Tod wasn't buying anything. "I've seen too much of it," he said, r.s a couple of fine mahogany doors went for ss. An elbow chair, used by King George V. ?■?.'’ the present King in the Royal box, wont for 255. Somebody took away the whole of the dress circle Wilton carpet for £l2. Bargains were fantastic. Three sound settees went for half-a-crown - tenpcnce each. The very footlights that lit the auctioneer on the stage were knocked down for £3—to be used fcr war-time concerts at Bart's Hospital.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 256, 30 October 1939, Page 2
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