Profiles in History today published details about their “Hollywood Auction 42” event, first announced via my interview with Joe Maddalena at San Diego Comic Con in July (see San Diego Comic Con Interview with Joe Maddalena, Profiles in History… ‘Variety Kids’ Charity Auction). The auction will be held November 6th at The Globe Theater at Universal Studios, and will benefit “Variety – The Children’s Charity of Southern California”.Per the Profiles in History website:
On Saturday, November 6th at 6pm PDT at The Globe Theatre at Universal Studios, Profiles in History will be having a special auction to benefit VARIETY-The Children’s Charity of Southern California. Various Studios have donated items from Tron, G.I. Joe, Twilight, Transformers 2, Coraline and The Chronicles of Narnia to this auction. In addition Profiles is joining forces with Michael J. Fox’s Team Fox to raise funds to aid in Parkinson’s research. Back to the Future creator Bob Gale has donated items from his personal collection to the auction.
The auction continues with some great items from SyFy’s Warehouse 13, Eureka and Caprica, as well as a wonderful offering of original props and set pieces from Stargate SG-1.
The auction concludes with an amazing offering of items including:
A hero K.I.T.T. car from Knight Rider, an original Golden Ticket from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), one the highest CGC graded unrestored copies of Superman Comics #1 known to exist, original 1943 Bob Kane “Batman” comic strip art, an animatronic ‘Daffy’ puppet from Gremlins 2, original Eyvind Earle art from Sleeping Beauty, original production animation cels from The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine, and a Star Wars poster signed by six principle cast members, to name just a few of the 152 items being sold.
A few weeks ago, The Original Prop Blog also published a notice about Profiles in History seeking Back to the Future-related material in support of this event and the 25th anniversary of the classic film franchise (see Profiles in History, SyFy’s Hollywood Treasure Seek Original Back to the Future Props to Support “We’re Going Back” Event).
Learn more about Variety – The Children’s Charity of Southern California at: www.VarietySoCal.org
Learn more about Team Fox for Parkinson’s Research at: www.TeamFox.org
Jason DeBord