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Trying to Make Sense of Profiles in History’s “Hollywood Auction” Event Naming/Numbering Conventions

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Maybe most don’t pay enough attention to notice or care, but I’ve had an increasingly challenging time trying to make sense of the numbering convention employed by Profiles in History in naming their auction events.  It reminds me a little bit of Microsoft and how they name their gaming consoles (Xbox to Xbox 360 to Xbox One) or even their PC operating systems (Windows 95 to 98 to ME to 2000 to XP to Vista to 7 to 8 to 10)….  In the early days, it was pretty straight forward with Profiles, with their “Collector’s Ransom” (and later, “Hollywood Auction”) events going from 1 to 2 to 3, etc.  At some point, they started folding in non-Hollywood auctions (Animation, Historical Documents, Rare Books and Manuscripts) and special one off events into the same numbering sequence…  In any event, I’ve taken the time to try to make sense of it for my own records, and I thought I would share the results below in the event it would be helpful to others, or for others to suggest corrections…

It starts out reasonably enough, but starts coming off the rails circa 2012…  while there are some duplicates, variations on the same number, and guesses, the only number I could not account for at all was Auction 66, assuming that they doubled up 67 and 68 within one catalog with their latest sale.  This doesn’t take into account the “Autograph Catalog” auction events, which seem to have separate numbering…

  • Auction 01: October 8, 1995 – Hollywood: A Collector’s Ransom
  • Auction 02: June 1-2, 1996 – Hollywood: A Collector’s Ransom II
  • Auction 03: May 18, 1997 – Hollywood: A Collector’s Ransom 3
  • Auction 04: Feb 28 – Mar 1, 1998 – Hollywood: A Collector’s Ransom 4
  • Auction 05: December 12, 1998 – Hollywood: A Collector’s Ransom 5
  • Auction 06: June 26, 1999 – Hollywood: A Collector’s Ransom 6
  • Auction 07: March 12, 2000 – Hollywood: A Collector’s Ransom 7
  • Auction 08: December 11, 2000 – Hollywood: A Collector’s Ransom 8
  • Auction 09: July 28, 2001 – Hollywood Auction 9
  • Auction 10: December 12, 2001 – Star Trek Auction 10
  • Auction 11: April 10, 2002 – Hollywood Auction 11
  • Auction 12: June 12, 2002 – Hollywood Auciton 12: “The Bob Justman Star Trek Auction”
  • Auction 13: December 17, 2002 – Hollywood Auction 13
  • Auction 14: April 26, 2003 – Hollywood Auction 14: “The Ultimate Sci-Fi Auction”
  • Auction 15: May 17, 2003 – The Amazing Comic Book Art Auction (Auction 15)
  • Auction 16: July 31, 2003 – Hollywood Auction 16
  • Auction 17: December 12, 2003 – Hollywood Auction 17
  • Auction 18: March 31, 2004 – Hollywood Auction 18
  • Auction 19: July 30, 2004 – Hollywood Auction 19
  • Auction 20: December 10, 2004 – Hollywood Auction 20
  • Auction 21: April 1, 2005 – Hollywood Auction 21
  • Auction 22: July 29, 2005 – Hollywood Auction 22
  • Auction 23: December 16, 2005 – Hollywood Auction 23
  • Auction 24: March 31, 2006 – Hollywood Auction 24
  • Auction 25: July 28, 2006 – Hollywood Auction 25
  • Auction 26: December 14, 2006 – Hollywood Auction 26
  • Auction 27: April 5, 2007 – Hollywood Auction 27
  • Auction 28: August 2-3, 2007 – Hollywood Auction 28
  • Auction 29: November 7-8, 2007 – Hollywood Auction 29: “Hollywood Glamour Photography”
  • Auction 30: December 13-14, 2007 – Hollywood Auction 30
  • Auction 31: March 27-28, 2008 – Hollywood Auction 31
  • Auction 32: Jul 31-Aug 1, 2008 – Hollywood Auction 32
  • Auction 33: December 11, 2008 – Hollywood Auction 33
  • Auction 34: December 12-14, 2008 – Hollywood Auction 34: “Collector’s Bookstore”
  • Auction 35: May 1, 2009 – Hollywood Auction 35: “Historic Hollywood Wax Museum Auction”
  • Auction 36: Apr 30-May 1, 2009 – Hollywood Auction 36: “The Forrest J Ackerman Estate”
  • Auction 37: October 8-9, 2009 – Hollywood Auction 37
  • Auction 38: December 16, 2009 – Hollywood Auction 38
  • Auction 38: December 16, 2009 – The Pat McInally Collection of Children’s Literature (Auction 38) [Official Archive Results Notes “Auction 38”]
  • Auction 39: March 26-27, 2010 – Hollywood Auction 39: “Michael H Epstein & Scott E Schwimer Glamour Photography Auction”
  • Auction 40: June 10-12, 2010 – Hollywood Auction 40
  • Auction 41: August 21-22, 2010 – LOST: The Official Show Auction (Auction 41)
  • Auction 42: November 6, 2010 – Hollywood Auction 42
  • Auction 43: December 17-18, 2010 – Hollywood Auction 43
  • Auction 44: March 14-15, 2011 – Hollywood Auction 44
  • Auction 45: June 18, 2011 – Debbie Reynolds The Auction (Auction 45)
  • Auction 46: December 3, 2011 – Debbie Reynolds The Auction Part II (Auction 46) [“Hollywood Auction 46” in official results]
  • Auction 47: December 15-16, 2011 – Icons of Hollywood Auction (Auction 47?)
  • Auction 47: December 17, 2011 – Icons of Animation (Auction 47A) [“47A” on spine of printed catalog]
  • Auction 48: April 14, 2012 – Captain America: The First Avenger Auction (Auction 48) [Official Archive Results Notes “Auction-48” in PDF File Name]
  • Auction 49: July 30-31, 2012 – Hollywood Auction 49
  • Auction 50: July 28, 2012 – The Dreier Collection Part I (Auction 50?)
  • Auction 51: July 29, 2012 – Animation Auction (Auction 51) [Official Archive Results Notes “Auction-52” in PDF File Name]
  • Auction 52: November 15, 2012 – Historical Document Auction 52 [Official Archive Results Lists as “Auction 52H”]
  • Auction 52: December 1, 2012 – Marvel Comics Animation Auction 52
  • Auction 53: December 15-16, 2012 – Drama, Action, Romance: Hollywood Auction 53
  • Auction 54: December 18, 2012 – The Property of a Distinguished American Private Collector Part I / Historical Document Auction 54
  • Auction      : February 22, 2013 – Paranorman: Auction to Benefit Variety The Children’s Charity of Southern California (Auction N/A)
  • Auction      : March 29, 2013 – Focus Features: Auction to Benefit Variety The Children’s Charity of Southern California (Auction N/A)
  • Auction 54: May 30, 2013 – The Property of a Distinguished American Private Collector: Auction Part II – 54B
  • Auction 55: July 10, 2013 – Rare Books & Manuscripts Auction 55
  • Auction 56: July 28-29, 2013 – Hollywood Auction 56: “Featuring The Sound of Music”
  • Auction 56: July 30, 2013 – The Dreier Collection Part II, Auction 56B: “Featuring The Lucille Ball Collection from the Estate of Elois Jenssen”
  • Auction 57: July 27, 2013 – Property from the Estate of Milton H. Greene (Auction 57) [Official Archive Results Lists as “Auction 57”]
  • Auction 58: July 31, 2013 – Animation Auction 58
  • Auction 59: December 18, 2013 – Rock ‘N’ Roll Auction 59
  • Auction 60: December 20, 2013 – Animation Auction 60
  • Auction 61: December 19, 2013 – The Property of a Distinguished American Private Collector Auction Part III (Auction 61)
  • Auction 62: December 21, 2013 – Hollywood Auction 62
  • Auction 63: June 13, 2014 – Historical Document Auction 63
  • Auction 64: May 17-18, 2014 – Debbie Reynolds The Auction Finale (Auction 64) [Official Archive Results Lists as “Auction 64”]
  • Auction 54: July 11, 2014 – The Property of a Distinguished American Private Collector Part IV (Auction 54D) [Official Archive Results Lists as “Auction 54D” (even though Part III was named “Auction 61”)]
  • Auction 65: October 18-19, 2014 – Hollywood Auction 65
  • Auction 66:
  • Auction 67, 68: October 20, 2014 – The Expendables Auction (Auction 67 & Auction 68) [Official Archives Results Lists as “Nu Image / Millennium Auction 67”; The Printed Catalog Header Lists as “Hollywood Auction 68”]

Jason DeBord