BLOOMFIELD, N.J. — UPDATE: A mystery buyer eventually paid $82,000 to win the booth at auction.
New Jersey's most famous diner booth is up for auction.
The booth at Holsten's Ice Cream, Chocolate & Restaurant in Bloomfield was made famous - from the onion rings to the jukebox - in the final episode of "The Sopranos."
The restaurant's co-owner, Chris Carley, said the auction isn't by choice, but it was time to make renovations and the booth has become structurally compromised.
"They have been repaired many tims and this furniture is over 60 years old," a post on Instagram read. "Obviously, we do not want to do this, however it has come to a point where they are structurally not safe anymore as a whole and we need to think about the safety of our patrons first."
Holsten's put the booth up for auction on ebay Thursday and it quickly took off. By early Sunday morning, more than 200 bids had been placed, driving the price of the piece of TV history over $72,000.
"When it first went up, it was $4,400," said Sopranos superfan Jon McNiece. "My wife said, 'Don't even think about it.'"
In addition to the booth, the auction includes the table and side wall, with a plaque that reads "This Booth Reserved For The Soprano Family." The jukebox, which was an HBO prop that main character Tony Soprano used to play Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" before the scene -and the series - abruptly came to an end is not included.
The auction ends Monday, March 4 at 10:02 p.m. EST and the winning bidder will have to pick it up from Holsten's.
The series finale of "The Sopranos" originally aired June 10, 2007 after six seasons. The final scene continues to be one of the most memorable and controversial scenes in television history.