Sorry for the off-topic, but the coat on auction is the coat Shawna sold a couple years back. I'm afraid it's not either of the 2 coats Nathan wore during Firefly.
I met the gentleman who owns both the screen worn coats at a big event when all the known surviving Firefly props and costumes were on display here in the UK.
We got into great lengths about the original coats, seeing as how they were right there infront of us
and out of the 3 coats made for production, 2 were worn by Nathan (which he owns both of) and the 3rd was made for stunt use. Which he decided not to purchase when offered it by her when he purchased the others.
One coat worn by Nathan was used for the first episode before he gets shot and the promotional photo's etc and has no damage, the other coat was the one he wore during the rest of the series, which has a real hole and stitching on the arm, various scuffs and marks and what have you, the stunt coat was made for the stunt use and saw very little screen time due to the series being cut short before it got much use, and had the bullet damage as detailing instead of actual damage.
He let me get some great shots & measurements of the hero coats which had 'Mal Hero' and a couple of other things written in black marker under the J.Logan tags inside.
A little while later Shawna listed that last remaining coat for sale as the original screen worn one of a kind coat (much to the dismay of everyone who knew better)
It sold for quite a large amount due to these claims and probably will again.
It's a real shame and very saddening that this has now been upgraded by word of mouth to something it isn't.
J. Logan even started stamping the buckles with his company name to stop it happening again incase someone tried it with his replicas he'd just started offering. The first 10 or so he did were perfect in every way, original patterns and so on, I believe this is also the reason he made changes to the pattern slightly.
It's hard enough to keep track of the screen used items from such films and television shows without people believing they have something they dont.
Shawna's word is good enough for most people though, so maybe none of this matters, just thought I'd share my knowledge. Ah well
...here endeth the lesson!
Sorry for the derail, now back to your regularly schedualed topic!
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