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…]
Julien’s Auctions has today announced their next events, a pairing of two sales – “Hollywood & Marilyn Monroe” and “Sports & Rock ‘n Roll”, both under the “Icons and Idols” banner and each two-day sales, with the former scheduled for December 1st and 2nd and the latter for December 3rd and 4th. Both live auction events will be at their Beverly Hills facility.
Below is the latest updated list of 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.
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Christie’s next “Pop Culture: Film and Entertainment” auction (Sale 6214) will be held November 23rd at South Kensington, London. The catalog for this event can now be viewed online. One of this year’s most talked about lots will likely be the Stormtrooper costume (sans helmet), described as “a collection of Stormtrooper costume components, with elements made for both of the first two films of the original [Star Wars] trilogy.” [Read more…]
Yesterday, Julien’s Auctions announced their next event, “The Collection of Bette Midler”, which will be held in Beverly Hills on Saturday, November 12th. The sale of her personal property will include costumes, art, jewelry and more, and will benefit The New York Restoration Project. [Read more…]
Fellow hobbyist Alex Tutusaus has this week launched a new service for television and movie prop collectors called “PROPbay”. The online service and website was created to offer collectors an opportunity to share photos and information about pieces in their collection, as well as interact with one another to discuss trading, buying, and selling such material. The site is dedicated to original production material (not replicas). [Read more…]
Profiles in History have announced a special “Shoemania” charity auction which will benefit The Arts of Central Florida. Presented in conjunction with Planet Hollywood and DSW Shoe Warehouse, the auction will include autographed shoes donated by a variety of celebrities. The auction is slated to be held at the Designer Shoe Warehouse at The Milllenia Center in Orlando Florida on November 9th. [Read more…]
Burley Auction Group is holding an auction on October 22nd in Round Mountain, Texas to liquidate inventory from Moody Anderson and Terry Boothe’s “Texas Traders” movie prop warehouse. Auction partner AuctionZip boasts material from True Grit, Office Space, Dazed and Confused, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, other films. In fact, it is claimed that “Moody has supplied props to nearly every movie filmed in Texas over the past 30 years“, though real details about auction items and lots are sparse at this time. [Read more…]