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Premiere Props Sells Aries 1B Trans-Lunar Space Shuttle from “2001: A Space Odyssey” to AMPAS for $344,000

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Premiere Props, known in this art market as a company that holds a lot of low end auctions with great frequency, actually sold a piece this weekend for $344,000 (including fees) to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in their Hollywood Extravaganza XVII sale.  The piece was a model of the Aries 1B Trans-Lunar Space Shuttle from Stanley Kubrick’s science fiction classic, 2001: A Space Odyssey.  An interesting development for a number of reasons…  1) Premiere Props usually does not sell high end (six figure) material, 2) AMPAS has already gone public about being the buyer, and 3) who were the underbidders? [Read more…]

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Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences “Crew Call 2011: Celebrating the Crafts” Exhibit Feature Works of The Society of Motion Picture Still Photographers

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences are holding a special exhibit called, “Crew Call 2011: Celebrating the Crafts”, which features in studio and on set photos taken by members of The Society of Motion Picture Still Photographers.  The exhibition will be held September 9th – December 18th at The Academy Grand Lobby Gallery in Beverly Hills. [Read more…]