Johnny Carson Desk…Sold for $35,000

Johnny Carson Desk…Sold for $35,000 (Click Images To Enlarge)

In October of 2005, this Carson desk sold at auction for $35,000. It was one of around five different desks used on the show and as mentioned on the photo was thought to have been on the set from 1974 till 1981. Here is the auction description…

“The top has a gold formica finish. The inside is carpeted in shag with a “hidden” slide-out tray on which Carson placed his ashtray so it would not be seen by the television audience once it became unfashionable to smoke on the air. This vertically grained rosewood finish desk is really not very large — approximately 60″ x 31″ x 21″

The two pencils shown here were also auctioned but I don’t know what they went for. These were specially made for the show and had erasers on both ends so Johnny could drum along with the band at his desk more easily.

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