As a follow-up to my prior articles on the topic of the new Autograph Anti-Fraud Legislation (California Assembly Bill AB 1570) , Michael Hiltzik of the Los Angeles Times has published his own piece highlighting issues with the law and real world impacts on California businesses, independent bookstores in particular. It is a great read and illustrates the disconnect between lawmakers and businesses in California, regardless of the pro-consumer intentions of the legislation. [Read more…]
Back in January, I wrote about Mark Hamill & Assemblywoman Ling Ling Chang’s efforts to pass autograph anti-fraud legislation in California in the form of Assembly Bill AB 1570. California Governor Jerry Brown signed this into law last month. While I applauded the intention and efforts behind the proposed law back in January, I outlined a series of issues with it. Apparently, I am not alone with my concerns, as Brian Doherty’s piece on Reason.com also lists some problems with this new law as written. [Read more…]
The print and online catalogs are now available, and online bidding is now live for Prop Store’s third annual Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction. It will be held at the Odeon BFI IMAX in Waterloo, London on September 27th. The live event features more than 579 lots of props, costumes and other film and television memorabilia. There will be a free two week long exhibition at the London ODEON BFI IMAX from September 14th through the 27th. [Read more…]
Below is the latest updated calendar for upcoming original movie and television prop, wardrobe, and memorabilia auction events. Please contact me if you are aware of any coming events of interest to collectors. Please also note that I update changes/additions to the calendar until the next update, in order to maintain as up to date as possible. [Read more…]
This is part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2016. As in past years, this is a photo journal showcasing photographs of the exhibit hall, around the convention center and the Gaslamp District, and some of the cosplay participants. [Read more…]
This is part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2016. In past years, I have taken thousands of photos of cosplayers and shared them online. This year I thought I would do something completely different, and take photos of other people taking photos of cosplayers… [Read more…]
This is part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2016. Disney had scheduled their Star Wars Celebration convention event to be held in London the week leading up to SDCC, but they still put together an impressive collection of original costumes together for exhibit at San Diego Comic Con at their official booth. This year, it was all costumes from the upcoming Rogue One, which is due in theaters in December. [Read more…]
This is part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2016. As has been tradition in recent years, DC had a number of original production costumes from upcoming super hero movies on display in hard cases. Featured this year were costumes from the soon to be released Suicide Squad as well as next year’s Wonder Woman. Also in celebration of Wonder Woman’s 75th anniversary was a costume from the 70s television series starring Lynda Carter. This “Part 2” article includes photographs of the Wonder Woman costumes. See the “Part 1” article for images of the Suicide Squad costumes. [Read more…]