What’s sharp about it is that you’ll be poking around the “antiques” and then you’ll find something that’s very obviously a purpose-made prop, like a book that’s been painted shut, or a telegraph machine.

They’re having a big sale in a few weeks, apparently, and we’ll be there.

Lighten up woman.

I am #1 and can assure you that I am not and never have been in a similar business, and therefore I have absolutely no motive to my comments other than posting my opinion. Further, Sopranos was not my single experience and I certainly never mentioned Sopranos to you. So please don’t think you know something that you don’t.

I simply shopped at your place and said the prices should be a bit cheaper. I will probably shop there again as I do enjoy such places.

Best wishes and Happy New Year.

The clueless will be clueless. Some of of us can appreciate your mission. It is tiring to say the least to deal with sorting, cleaning, bookkeeping, organizing, pick ups or deliveries of objects. All the energy of all those different people. Oh yes….and there is the public as well……after organizing you still have to deal with the public. I’ve been in prop houses. Your place may offer that service but one gets the sense that things are turning over and the public gets a glimpse and an opportunity to buy some cool stuff.

It also means the profits do not go to a board of directors or share holders or a CEO’s bonus, but instead back in to the mission to expand, create scholarships, or sponsor other missions, etc.

Whoever asked if a junk yard or a used car lot is a not-for-profit – you are confusing the issue. They all monetize by REUSE, and could, technically be not-for-profit. In such a case, that junk yard or used car lot would fund homeless shelters or drug rehab centers and their operators would get paid a fixed salary and not benefit from a HUGE profit margin.

Film Biz Recycling was founded to give the entertainment industry an outlet for its massive amount of useful materials. The prop rentals and sales fund the mission to research, inform and reach out to the film community and help it address the triple bottom line: profit, people and planet.

We donate just about weekly to Goodwill and Hour Children (I gave them a personal check, too). Ask Sister Tesa next time you are there. I also send many, many productions to Build it Green! in Astoria to avoid tossing paint, lumber and the like. We donate anything animal related to Brooklyn Animal Resource Coalition, much to Materials for the Arts, I have sent truckloads to Housing Works the list goes on and on.

The stuff in here is great and always negotiable. We give loads of discounts to theatre groups, student films and folks who really LOVE it, but just don’t have the scratch.

Part of the mission IS to keep things from being thrown out, but the bigger picture is to get the industry to think sustainably and future-friendly. We hardly try to come off as a hero of some sort, if anything we understate the impact we have had.

Additionally #1, The Sopranos was a very unique case. Most TV commercials, TV pilots and films just wrapped do not have a huge following. Think about it, they have not aired yet, so there is no real draw for the masses. In the “good ol days” after the set sale they hired a dumpster and tossed it in. It was my job to coordinate that.

Do not let your single experience with an exceptional show convince you that that’s the way it is and you know how it goes. You just don’t.

Oh, and believe me, I’m not in it for the money, I make in a week what I used to make in a day. That’s an 80% pay cut and it took me half a year to even get to that. So, excuse the e-guffaw, #1, that you think it’s all for profit. It’s a deep seated desire to make my life’s work meaningful and positive and this is the best way I know how.

One more thing, #1. In know who you are. You shopped here and would not quit talking about The Sopranos. Since you are in a similar business, I would dig deep and examine the motivation of your comments. Accusing me of being dishonest and essentially green-washing is serious business from where I stand. Take a good look in the mirror next time you want to trash (with bed bugs) a competitor, if you can stand it. I think we should help one another in this day and age. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

For the rest of you guys Happy Happy 2010! Woot woot!

Although, the Sopranos production company did. They had more than 500 civilians show up for days to purchase props from their storage facility in LIC. It was well organized and very very cheap.

This place on 12th St. is making money selling used stuff, which is fine. I just wish they didn’t build it up to be something more than that.

If the shop exists merely to make a profit, then be honest and say so. It’s a turn-off to dress it up as some noble enterprise that is saving landfills from garbage.

Than said, I think the prices should be somewhat cheaper.

At the Soprano’s sale the idea was to get rid of the merchandise to remove it from storage. They realized that the next step was the dumpster, so they priced it accordingly.