Via James Jones
Here’s the auction…
Here’s the scoop:
Well, it just so happens this stapler has a very interesting story:
During the production of the movie Office Space, production designer Edward T. McAvoy needed a bright “fire engine� red Swingline stapler for a plotline that ran throughout the movie. McAvoy called up Swingline and asked if they made such a stapler. They unfortunately did not. McAvoy then asked: “Well, do you mind if I use your logo on the side of a stapler I’m going to paint red?�. Swingline didn’t mind. So McAvoy took 4 staplers down to a local auto-body shop and told them to make them perfectly painted, just like you’d paint a car.� Their handy work can be seen changing hands throughout the movie.
The Swingline in the movie was custom-painted by a prop designer. When fans found out they couldn’t buy one from the manufacturer, they simply made their own, creating a thriving market on eBay for Swinglines spray-painted red.
There’s 16 for sale at the moment I write this… must be good business!
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