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Wedding for Sale

Aired January 20, 2003 - 08:50   ET

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BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Now, you can own a big fat piece of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding." Collector Stavros Boloven bought the wedding gown from the film and other memorabilia for his mother, but he is willing now to sell it all. The asking price, the price tag, $1.5 million, and Stavros Boloven and his mother, Ellie (ph), now with us live today from Dearborn Heights, Michigan.
Nice to see the both of you. Good morning to you on this Monday.

STAVROS BOLOVEN, COLLECTOR: Good morning, bill.

HEMMER: I want to take a look at the wedding dress worn in the movie by the film's star. How much are you asking for it right now?

BOLOVEN: We are going the whole collection, bill, the wedding dress, the two sun dresses, the memory box, the whole collection, the set for $1.5 million.

HEMMER: $1.5 million, nothing less, is that right?

BOLOVEN: Nothing less. All or nothing, because that is what it's worth to us.

HEMMER: Got it. Tell us why it's worth something to you. Why did you go online, find it and buy it?

BOLOVEN: Well, because when we went there, my mom loved it, she laughed so hard at this movie, we had to have a piece of it. And when I seen it on the air, on the Yahoo! auction site, I just had to have parts of it, and I ended up with nine pieces from the movie.

HEMMER: Wow. There is a reason why your mom has not been smiling lately. Tell us about that in your family.

BOLOVEN: Well, you know, my dad passed away when I was six months in the womb, and she had four children to raise on her own, so she was always working, working, working, hardly any time to enjoy herself.

So now that we are all older and all working, and we got a little bit of money, we can give a little bit of it back to her, and hopefully, if we sell this for what we are asking, we can go on a couple of trips here and there and pay her back in a roundabout way.

HEMMER: Hey, Stavros, why not hold onto it then if it makes your mom so happy? BOLOVEN: A guy -- for $1.5 million, I think we are going to be sitting on it for quite a while. So either way, I'm sure the $1.5 million will make her happy, or if we have got it here, we will keep her happy. Either way we in.

HEMMER: I know you mom does not speak much English. What has she told you about this whole project?

BOLOVEN: Well, you know, she doesn't like the limelight too much and, you know, she thinks I'm a little nuts for buying it all. But it gives her something to do and something to talk about when we go out.

HEMMER: Does she have anything to say to us today?

ELLIE (ph) BOLOVEN, MOTHER: No. No.

HEMMER: We tried.

BOLOVEN: Not really.

HEMMER: Hey, listen, how much interest have you drafted so far? You said earlier it might take you a while to sell it. Tell us about the interest you've taken.

BOLOVEN: Well, we've gotten a few calls here and there, nothing serious. But I hope after, you know, this airs, you know, the Trumps, or the Merv Griffins will give us a call or try to buy it for their casino, or, you know, the Plaza Hotel, or maybe somebody has a good location and want to draw a lot of attention to it.

HEMMER: Stavros, how much did you -- what's your mom saying?

BOLOVEN: She says I talk too much.

HEMMER: That's why we call it an interview.

BOLOVEN: Yes, I know.

HEMMER: "The L.A. Times" says you spent about four grand for all of it. Is that accurate?

BOLOVEN: Somewhere around there. They said that was how much they got off the whole auction site, you know. But I spent somewhere in that vicinity. I refer to it as like buying Microsoft stock when it first came out, and now what it's worth.

HEMMER: We all examined that day-to-day, given the stock market today.

Hey, good luck to you. And thanks for sharing, and keep your mom smiling, all right?

BOLOVEN: I sure will. Thanks for your time.

HEMMER: You got it. Stavros and Ellie (ph) Boloven. They're hoping to make a mint off this thing, $1.5 million is the asking price. For all of the Greeks across the country today, here is your chance.

Thanks, guys, Dearborn, Michigan, live this morning.

BOLOVEN: Thank you.

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Aired January 20, 2003 - 08:50   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Now, you can own a big fat piece of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding." Collector Stavros Boloven bought the wedding gown from the film and other memorabilia for his mother, but he is willing now to sell it all. The asking price, the price tag, $1.5 million, and Stavros Boloven and his mother, Ellie (ph), now with us live today from Dearborn Heights, Michigan.
Nice to see the both of you. Good morning to you on this Monday.

STAVROS BOLOVEN, COLLECTOR: Good morning, bill.

HEMMER: I want to take a look at the wedding dress worn in the movie by the film's star. How much are you asking for it right now?

BOLOVEN: We are going the whole collection, bill, the wedding dress, the two sun dresses, the memory box, the whole collection, the set for $1.5 million.

HEMMER: $1.5 million, nothing less, is that right?

BOLOVEN: Nothing less. All or nothing, because that is what it's worth to us.

HEMMER: Got it. Tell us why it's worth something to you. Why did you go online, find it and buy it?

BOLOVEN: Well, because when we went there, my mom loved it, she laughed so hard at this movie, we had to have a piece of it. And when I seen it on the air, on the Yahoo! auction site, I just had to have parts of it, and I ended up with nine pieces from the movie.

HEMMER: Wow. There is a reason why your mom has not been smiling lately. Tell us about that in your family.

BOLOVEN: Well, you know, my dad passed away when I was six months in the womb, and she had four children to raise on her own, so she was always working, working, working, hardly any time to enjoy herself.

So now that we are all older and all working, and we got a little bit of money, we can give a little bit of it back to her, and hopefully, if we sell this for what we are asking, we can go on a couple of trips here and there and pay her back in a roundabout way.

HEMMER: Hey, Stavros, why not hold onto it then if it makes your mom so happy? BOLOVEN: A guy -- for $1.5 million, I think we are going to be sitting on it for quite a while. So either way, I'm sure the $1.5 million will make her happy, or if we have got it here, we will keep her happy. Either way we in.

HEMMER: I know you mom does not speak much English. What has she told you about this whole project?

BOLOVEN: Well, you know, she doesn't like the limelight too much and, you know, she thinks I'm a little nuts for buying it all. But it gives her something to do and something to talk about when we go out.

HEMMER: Does she have anything to say to us today?

ELLIE (ph) BOLOVEN, MOTHER: No. No.

HEMMER: We tried.

BOLOVEN: Not really.

HEMMER: Hey, listen, how much interest have you drafted so far? You said earlier it might take you a while to sell it. Tell us about the interest you've taken.

BOLOVEN: Well, we've gotten a few calls here and there, nothing serious. But I hope after, you know, this airs, you know, the Trumps, or the Merv Griffins will give us a call or try to buy it for their casino, or, you know, the Plaza Hotel, or maybe somebody has a good location and want to draw a lot of attention to it.

HEMMER: Stavros, how much did you -- what's your mom saying?

BOLOVEN: She says I talk too much.

HEMMER: That's why we call it an interview.

BOLOVEN: Yes, I know.

HEMMER: "The L.A. Times" says you spent about four grand for all of it. Is that accurate?

BOLOVEN: Somewhere around there. They said that was how much they got off the whole auction site, you know. But I spent somewhere in that vicinity. I refer to it as like buying Microsoft stock when it first came out, and now what it's worth.

HEMMER: We all examined that day-to-day, given the stock market today.

Hey, good luck to you. And thanks for sharing, and keep your mom smiling, all right?

BOLOVEN: I sure will. Thanks for your time.

HEMMER: You got it. Stavros and Ellie (ph) Boloven. They're hoping to make a mint off this thing, $1.5 million is the asking price. For all of the Greeks across the country today, here is your chance.

Thanks, guys, Dearborn, Michigan, live this morning.

BOLOVEN: Thank you.

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