This is part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2017. As usual, Prop Store had the most impressive exhibit for collectors of original TV and movie props and costumes. They updated the layout and look for their space this year and even though it was the same overall footprint, it felt much bigger. This year, the focus of their presentation was for their upcoming live auction in the Fall, though there was also some space dedicated to their current Spectral auction. [Read more…]
This is part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2017. Having just concluded their own D23 convention a week earlier in Anaheim, it is obvious that Disney favors their own event as it grows more and more each year. The main attractions at the Star Wars exhibitor area was similar to the prior year. [Read more…]
This is part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2017. Marvel continue to have one of the most disappointing exhibitor spaces (in the context of who they are and what Comic-Con should be). I ripped Marvel Entertainment pretty hard in sharing my thoughts on their exhibitor space in 2016, and 2017 is just more of the same. Marvel (“Disney-owned Marvel”?) has become a giant IP that puts all of its emphasis on its awesome movies and little else. [Read more…]
This is part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2017. As per tradition, the DC Comics space in Hall H featured costumes, this year from the upcoming Justice League film due out on November 17th
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This is part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2017. This year, Profiles in History was promoting their sale for “The Personal Property Auction of Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds”, scheduled for September 23rd. [Read more…]
This is part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2017. As always, Weta Workshop had spectacular costume pieces on display. This year it included Ghost in the Machine, Lord of the Rings, Power Rangers, Spectral, and Chappie. [Read more…]
This is part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2017. The new Batmobile from the upcoming Justice League film made its first public appearance at San Diego Comic-Con at the Mattel booth in the main exhibit hall. [Read more…]
The catalog for Julien’s Auctions latest events are now online for their Hollywood Legends 2017 featuring Property from the Estate of Patrick Swayze. The combined set of events includes 640 pieces of memorabilia. [Read more…]