Profiles in History has long held exhibitor space at Comic Con in San Diego as a way to build awareness of their brand and promote their regularly scheduled auctions. This year, they are promoting their two television and movie prop and costume auctions for July – The Dreier Collection, Part 1 and Hollywood Auction 49. [Read more…]
Profiles in History’s Summer auction catalog, “Treasure from the Vaults” (or Hollywood Auction 49) – coinciding with the ‘Drier Collection, Part 1’ and ‘Animation Auction’ sales the days prior – is now available in print as well as online, via their official site. This portion of their larger auction is scheduled for July 30th to 31st at their Calabasas Hills facility.
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Profiles in History’s ‘Drier Collection, Part 1’ auction catalog is now available in print as well as online, via their official site. This auction is scheduled for July 28th at their Calabasas Hills facility. [Read more…]
Swann Galleries will be holding a two-part auction of the “Property from the Estate of Fillmaker Gary Winick” and “19th and 20th Century Photographs and Photobooks” on April 4th in New York. Gary Winick, a director and producer, tragically died after a struggle with brain cancer and complications that followed. He passed at the age of 49 about a year ago. [Read more…]
The Profiles in History ‘Icons of Hollywood Auction’ catalog does away with the traditional “Hollywood Auction” numbering format (which ended with 44?), and is now available as a free PDF download on their official site, with hardcopies available for purchase as well. Their next auction will be held December 15-16 at The Paley Center in Beverly Hills. [Read more…]
The catalog for the Profiles in History’s “Debbie Reynolds The Auction Part II” – is now available in both printed and PDF format, as well as online via iCollector. The auction event will be held December 3rd at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills. [Read more…]
Yesterday, Profiles in History held it’s sale event liquidating the Debbie Reynolds collection, and the hobby and media at large are reeling at the prices realized at auction. Held at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, the auction featured an incredible assortment of original wardrobe memorabilia from classic Hollywood. Highlights include the famous “subway” dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch, which sold for more than $5.6 million (with fees), “test” ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz fetched $627,3000, Dorthy’s “test dress” sold for $1,119,300, and a bowler hat worn by Charlie Chaplin realized $135,300. [Read more…]
The catalog for the Profiles in History ‘Hollywood Auction 45’ – the highly anticipated “Debbie Reynolds, The Auction” – is now available. The auction event will be held June 18th at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills. [Read more…]