The upcoming Christie’s Pop Culture auction (Sale 21633) is set for June 25th at Rockefeller Center in New York as part of their “Popular Culture” category (see article). This sale features a Superman costume component attributed to use by Christopher Reeve in Superman III. [Read more…]
Christie’s and Sotheby’s made news recently with announcements about raising their Buyer’s Premiums (the amount the winning bidder pays on top of the hammer price of an item at auction).
Per AntiquesAndTheHearts.com, Sotheby’s made the first announcement, characterizing the changes as follows: [Read more…]
The upcoming Bonhams June 18, 2008 “Entertainment Memorabilia” auction held at Knightsbridge (see article) features a Superman costume attributed to use by Christopher Reeve in the fourth installment of the film series, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.
The Bonhams site features Flash technology so that interested parties can zoom in on the supplied photo for more detail; while time consuming, it is possible to then piece together a larger, higher resolution photo using Photoshop, which I have done to take a closer look at this costume.
It is part of Sale 15801, Lot 108: LINK [Read more…]
Bonhams next Entertainment Memorabilia auction will be held in Los Angeles on June 16, 2008 (as reported last week) with a second auction in Knightsbridge just a few days later on June 18, 2008.
The catalog can be viewed at Bonhams.com: Sale 15801 [Read more…]
Here is the latest updated list of upcoming original prop auction events. Please contact me if you are aware of any coming events of interest to original prop collectors. [Read more…]
The upcoming Bonhams auction (see “Bonhams: Entertainment Memorabilia Auction – Los Angeles, June 16, 2008“) offers a book of original prints of Christopher Reeve as Superman in the 1978 film (see Sale 16091, Lot 3146).
With Bonhams’ Flash-based photo viewer, one is able to zoom and piece together high resolution photos, and the photo provided in the auction shows a great amount of detail in the costume, in spite of its lack of color: [Read more…]
Bonhams next Entertainment Memorabilia auction will be held in Los Angeles on June 16, 2008.
The catalog can be viewed at Bonhams.com: Sale 16091 [Read more…]
There is an article on Condé Nast Portfolio written by Cathleen MacCarthy, “Reality’s Bites“, which discusses the “topping out” of baby boomer memorabilia and the rise of high end collectibles that are a draw for Generation X, including skateboarding, videogames, and ’90s rock.
The article cites many examples from different fields reflecting the birth of the market of pop culture rising from Beatles and Rolling Stones memorabilia in the early 80s, compared with interest today in Nirvana and Guns ‘N Roses. [Read more…]