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Christopher Lee’s Dracula Cape Find: Consigned with Heritage?

I came across what appears to be a press release included in a discussion on the Classic Horror Film Board, in the topic “Jack Pierce Scrapbook pages“. I have not been able to find the release anywhere else on the web to verify it, including a search of the official press releases found at HA.com.

Interestingly, if accurate and if not retracted, it would seem the Christopher Lee Dracula cape claimed to have recently been discovered by Angels as reported by the BBC just a few weeks ago (see article, BBC News: “Lee’s Dracula Cape Found in Store”) has been consigned with Heritage Auction Galleries for an event in April: [Read more…]

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CBS The Early Show – Star Wars: License to Thrill

There is a video segment available on the CBS website from their feature, “Star Wars: License to Thrill”, from their “The Early Show” program. The video features an interview with Steve Sansweet, Director of Content Management for LucasFilm, and probably the most famous collector of Star Wars merchandise and memorabilia. [Read more…]

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Research & Dialogue About Importing Firearms to the UK: Update

This is an update to the prior article (Research & Dialogue About Importing Firearms to the UK), which raised issues and questions related to the implementation of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 in the UK and the affect of this legislation on prop collectors and dealers. [Read more…]

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‘It’s A Wrap!’ Customer Service Complaints Reach New High – Update

As reported in late September, hobbyists spanning several online discussion forums (primarily The Movie Prop Forum and the Star Trek Props, Costumes & Auctions Forum) have been outspoken about a variety of customer service complaints with It’s a Wrap and their handling of the official CBS ~ Paramount Television Star Trek auctions.

There have since been a series of additional developments, as noted on the Star Trek Prop, Costume & Auction Blog. [Read more…]

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Stembridge Auction Report, Part 12: Al Pacino Pistol from Heat

As was the case with the Point of No Return pistols (see Auction Report, Part 7),when I was originally researching the Stembridge Collection catalog for Little John’s Stembridge Collection Auction, one of the few pieces on my “short list”, which I considered secondary to my two top wants (the T2 and True Lies pistols) was one of the pair of Heat sidearm pistols offered, which were attributed to use by Al Pacino in the Michael Mann film. [Read more…]