Cameron Frye’s house from John Hughes 80s classic “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” is available for sale in Highland Park, Illinois for $2.3 million. The most memorable scenes in the house features the 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California. [Read more…]
Archives for 2009
Charity Auction: Auction Cause Offers Original Props from “Survivor Tocantins” on eBay
Auction Cause has a number of items up for auction on eBay from the CBS reality television program, Survivor Tocantins. 100% of the final sale price of each item will benefit The Serpentine Project. [Read more…]
Bonhams & Goodman in Australia Sell Incomplete Superman Costume for $21,000 at Auction
Bonhams & Goodman of Australia held a toy and memorabilia auction on Sunday which included a partial Superman costume attributed to the films of the 70s and 80s starring Christopher Reeve. This set realized a hammer price of $22,500 Australia Dollars, or about $27,000 including Buyer’s Premium (or about $17,500/$21,000 USD). [Read more…]
Christie’s “Pop Culture” Auction June 23, 2009 at Rockefeller Plaza, Catalog Available Online
Christie’s next “Pop Culture” auction (Sale 2179) will be held June 23rd at Rockefeller Plaze in New York. The catalog for this event can be viewed online. [Read more…]
“Costume Junkie” Returns “Super Hollywood” Superman Costume To Marketplace on eBay
One of the costumes archived in the very first of over 100 Superman costume-related articles, more than a year ago, was a “Super Hollywood” costume offered for sale on eBay by Edward Pugia (AKA “Costume Junkie”). This costume was again listed for sale via the “costumejunkie” account on eBay this weekend. [Read more…]
Shepperton Design Studios Expands Line of “Post Lawsuit” Unlicensed Replica Star Wars Props
Following legal battles in both the United States and the United Kingdom over the sale unlicensed Stormtrooper helmets – which resulted in both Andrew Ainsworth’s Shepperton Design Studios and George Lucas’ Lucasfilm Ltd. claiming victory – Ainsworth’s SDS today announced the sale of “E11 Blasters”, that boast “all the features of the most complicated blaster used in ANH“. [Read more…]
Bonhams June 2009 “Entertainment Memorabilia” Auction in Knightsbridge Catalog Available Online
Bonhams second of two Entertainment Memorabilia auctions next month will be held in Knightsbridge, UK on June 16, 2009. [Read more…]
Photos from The Prop Store of London, Los Angeles
In my visit to the Prop Store of London in Los Angeles last month, I did take the opportunity to take some photos of the facility and props and costumes on display in the offices and warehouse in Burbank. [Read more…]