Avast Ye Hearties: HBO Is Auctioning Off ‘Our Flag Means Death' Booty
With the Our Flag Means Death banner lowered for good, that means the next step in saying good-bye is here: an auction encompassing props and costumes featured on the show. Superfans, here's your chance to snag a memento from a show that was probably too good for this world, but we were lucky enough to get 18 episodes anyway.
Here are nine memorable Our Flag Means Death lots—just a small sampling!—from Heritage Auctions' upcoming 'HBO Mash-Up Showcase Auction,' which also features items from other concluded HBO series (Curb Your Enthusiasm and Barry lovers, take note).
Top row, from left: Rhys Darby 'Stede Bonnet' telescope and spyglass from season one; Vico Ortiz 'Jim' action daggers and throwing knives from season one, episode one, 'Pilot,' and season two, episode two, 'Impossible Birds;' Con O'Neill 'Izzy Hands' ensemble from season one, episode two, 'A Damned Man.'
Middle row, from left: Rhys Darby 'Stede Bonnet' gentleman pirate ensemble from season one, episode three, 'A Gentleman Pirate;' 'Our Flag Means Death' black flag from the opening title sequence; Taika Waititi 'Blackbeard' battle mode ensemble from season two, episode one, 'Impossible Birds.'
Bottom row, from left: Taika Waititi 'Blackbeard' wanted posters including hand-drawn maps on teverse by Rhys Darby 'Stede Bonnet' from season two, episode one: 'Impossible Birds; Rhys Darby 'Stede Bonnet' merman ensemble from season two, episode 3: 'The Innkeeper;' Rhys Darby 'Stede Bonnet' original parchment letter (not pictured: the bottle it comes tucked into) from season two, episode eight, 'Man On Fire.'
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