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THIS WAS A ‘SOUND’ PURCHASE IN 2005

Johnny Carson microphone sells for $50,787 - today > entertainment - today > entertainment > tv ...
Shure model SM33 ribbon microphone.

The microphone was saved from a trash bin by "The Tonight
Show" chief boom operator Stan Sweeney.

An anonymous bidder in 2005 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.

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