This is a follow-up to the two prior articles (first, second) noting the exhibition of original props and costumes on display at The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra performance of Howard Shore’s score for the Lord of the Rings films this past weekend. [Read more…]
Back in April 2007, I published an article titled “Screen-Match Examples“, which presented photos of props which “match” stills from movie and television featuring that same original prop or wardrobe piece. Given that this is a popular topic in the hobby, I thought I would develop this into a series of articles feautring additional examples. This update presents a match from the film, Rush Hour. [Read more…]
Red Baron Antiques will be holding their final auction on September 27th and 28th in Atlanta, GA. The “End of an Era” auction will be comprised of antiques, but one original movie prop included in the sale will be what is claimed to be one of the 80″ studio prop submarines from 20,0000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954). [Read more…]
Premiere Props is holding a live auction in El Segundo on October 11, 2008 – “Fangoria’s Horror Movie Prop Auction”. Full details can be found at the PremiereProps.com website: [Read more…]
Below is a photo preview of some of the Lord of the Rings original props and wardrobe on display tonight and tomorrow night at the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra event (as announced yesterday): [Read more…]
The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra will be performing Howard Shore’s score for the Lord of the Rings films on September 19th and 20th. This event is sold out. However, a private collector will have on display a number of original props from the Trilogy. [Read more…]
UPDATE: A “Version 2.1” edition of this article has been published on 12/05/08, which includes the original article below with additional information. The new, updated version of this article is recommended:
The following is an updated version of an article published August 12, 2008 – eBay’s “stonark” (AKA “Corner Collectibles”) – this will be considered a “2.0” version of the same article. No content of the original article has been edited, but additional research, documents, findings, and questions have been included and designated as such.
As a follow-up last month’s audio interview with Propworx CEO, Alec Peters, he has since announced the date and location of the first live auction, along with other details. Per the official BattleStarProps.com website: [Read more…]