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04-23-2005, 04:08 PM
DALLAS Apr 22, 2005 — An anonymous bidder Friday snatched a piece of TV history, offering $50,787 for the microphone that sat prominently on the desk of late-night king Johnny Carson until the 1980s. The offer was about twice that expected at auction.
The label on the 10-pound Shure model SM33 ribbon microphone bluntly declares: "Johnny's Mic… Not Ed's… Not Fred's" a reference to announcer Ed McMahon and producer Fred DeCordova.
"That's an unbelievable price, that's a fabulous price," said Heritage Galleries auctioneer John Petty. "A mic like this has never come to auction before. We were thinking 'Gee, what would a Carson fan pay for this?'"
More Here (http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=695927)
The label on the 10-pound Shure model SM33 ribbon microphone bluntly declares: "Johnny's Mic… Not Ed's… Not Fred's" a reference to announcer Ed McMahon and producer Fred DeCordova.
"That's an unbelievable price, that's a fabulous price," said Heritage Galleries auctioneer John Petty. "A mic like this has never come to auction before. We were thinking 'Gee, what would a Carson fan pay for this?'"
More Here (http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=695927)