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Company Profile |
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Comedian Marc Weingarten, to service collectors of Thoroughbred Racing Memorabilia formed Spectacular Bids. All of the objects available for purchase are authentic items of racing history. Weingarten has unique associations with racetrack personnel nationwide, the merchandise is acquired directly from those individuals employed to care for the horses. The horseshoes, for instance, are purchased directly from the farrier. When he removes the shoes from the horse, he records the horses name and race and tags them immediately for Spectacular Bids. The saddlecloths are purchased in a similar manner, from the grooms, trainers, assistant trainers and exercise riders. In other words, if Weingarten were approached by a guy with a stack of losing tickets claiming to own one of Secretariat's Kentucky Derby shoes, it would not show up on this website. What does show up are pieces of history that fans of horse racing can now collect, with the assurance that the item purchased is as described. A little bit of history preserved for the lovers of the sport, at prices intended to guarantee an investment that will appreciate. And if you feel the need to negotiate, have at it. |
Marc Weingarten, alias marcfunny@msn.com, is a comedian/producer/writer and of course, a thoroughbred enthusiast who is still living with his second ex-wife. Says Weingarten: "I've married for love. I've married for friendship. If I ever do it again, it'll be to use the carpool lane." As
a comic, Weingarten has toured the country performing in clubs and major
venues including the Comedy Store, Improv, Catch A Rising Star in Las
Vegas, Gusman Center for the Perfoming Arts in Miami, and the Pasadena
Civic Auditorium. He has opened for Count Basie and His Orchestra, Buddy
Rich, Mort Sahl, The Little River Band, Michael McDonald of the Doobie
Brothers, and emceed shows starring Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, David
Letterman, George Carlin and
Jay Leno. He was featured on Bob Eucker's Wacky World of Sports on NBC,
was a staff writer on Into The Night on ABC, and created and produced
the Rick Dees Comedy Concerts and wildly successful Sooperbowl of
Comedy.
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So how and why did Marc form Spectacular Bids? As Weingarten tells it: "the formation of Spectacular Bids." began with the acquisition of The Deputy's Santa Anita Derby saddlecloth, Spectacularbids was founded for three reasons. 1. The love of the industry. 2. The ability to supply collectors with authentic and historic race worn collectibles. 3. Marc has child support payments to make.
Oh yes one final thing, that is Mark on the right with two other jockeys
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