This Saturday (December 15th) Garlic City Auctions will hold its American Western & Hollywood Auction. Included will be what are said to be two actual pieces of the iconic M*A*S*H signpost: the Seoul sign and the Tokyo sign. Barbara, who consigned the pieces, left the following comment at my Prop Spotlight: The Signpost page:
I used to work on the MASH set in Malibu around 74-76. I worked on various sets at Century Ranch during that period. One fall when they were striking the set the sign was dismantled and laying on the ground. My friend and I asked what they were going to do with it and was told we could take a few pieces if we wanted so we did. I got the Seoul and Tokyo ones and have sat on them all these years. I am now putting them up for auction and if anyone is interested send an email to garliccityauction.com. It was one of the best times of my life. I was very lucky.
Here are links to the specific auction pages: Seoul sign / Tokyo sign. The starting bid for each sign is $300.
(Note: I have no connection to this auction.)
Congrats to the person who bought the signs today. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did for all those years 🙂