Blacksparrow Auctions has teamed up with Creature Features to “celebrate over five decades of the Apes franchise” with a live event offering “original costumes, props, prosthetic molds, posters, production & commercial artwork, action figures and autographs from the original 1968 Planet of the Apes to 2011’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes“. Proceeds of the auction will benefit Center for Great Apes. [Read more…]
ScreenUsed will be concluding their next live online auction on July 12th. The auction catalog is now available online via a PDF download via their official website and collectors can bid on iCollector. Featuring an assortment of original props, costumes, and other production material and memorabilia from film and television, this auction includes over 400 lots. Highlights include a bodysuit worn by Christopher Reeve in Superman III, Austin Powers’ trademark outfit and a Dr. Evil outfit, wardrobe pieces from many of the various Star Trek TV shows and films, and Yoda’s hand from The Empire Strikes Back. Per their tradition and unique to their events, ScreenUsed have lower starting prices than many competing auctions and no reserves. [Read more…]
RR Auction launched their next Hollywood Auction today, with online bidding concluding on June 26th. The catalog, now available online, includes photos, autographs, scripts, documents, posters and ephemera, as well as original props and costumes. [Read more…]
Prop Store will be launching their exclusive auction of material from Ron Howard’s Rush on Monday, July 23rd. The sale event, in partnership with Exclusive Media, will feature 250 lots of props, costumes, vehicles, and other items used during the production of the highly acclaimed 2013 film. [Read more…]
This is an update to the article published on Monday (see “Christie’s Withdraws “Prototype” Star Wars Stormtrooper Prop Helmet with Andrew Ainsworth Provenance from Upcoming Auction“). As mentioned in that prior article, unfortunately, no images were provided of the sides and back of the helmet. A friend in the UK previewed the upcoming Christie’s auction, and took photos of the “prototype” Storwtrooper prop helmet, which has since been withdrawn from their sale (#5446). These additional images are important, in that the single image provided in the online lot description/catalog only included one “straight on” style image which did not show whether the lower, back side of the helmet had the “ribbed” decoration (a detail that most other “prototypes” have shared). [Read more…]
Today Christie’s has withdrawn Lot 136 from their upcoming Sale #5446, a prop attributed to Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) and described as a “prototype Imperial Stormtrooper’s helmet“. There has been ongoing public debate and controversy over movie prop Stormtrooper helmets trading for sale in the marketplace for years, and some of this debate and discussion intersected the legal battles between Lucasfilm and Andrew Ainsworth. In the auction description, Andrew Ainsworth was named as the source of provenance for the prop withdrawn from the current Christie’s sale. [Read more…]
Following up on their official online auctions for Breaking Bad last year and Psych this year, newcomer ScreenBid will next be selling original props and costumes and other production material from Showtime Network’s cable series, Californication, starring David Duchovny as Hank Moody. The online-only auction begins June 26 and runs through July 2.
Renowned pop culture expect and collector James Comisar is featured in the latest issue of American Way magazine, in an article called “Magnificent Obsession” by Ken Wysocky. It provides an excellent overview into Mr. Comisar’s backgrounds and origins in collecting as well as his future objectives in establishing his Museum of Television. [Read more…]