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 original prop collectors.
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Story About Prop Masters on National Public Radio (NPR) Academy Awards Feature
National Public Radio (NPR) has broadcast a radio feature about the world of the prop master, talking with principals from History for Hire, ISS Props, and The Handprop Room and others. [Read more…]
Heritage Auction Galleries February 2011 “Signature Music & Entertainment Memorabilia Auction″ Catalog Available Online
The Heritage Auction Galleries has published on their latest online catalog and listings for their upcoming event, “Signature Music & Entertainment Memorabilia Auction – Auction #7031”, to be held February 18-19 at their Beverly Hills, California location. [Read more…]
ABC News Coverage of FIDM “19th Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design” Wardrobe Museum Exhibit
As reported last month, the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising is hosting their annual costume exhibit (see FIDM Hosts “19th Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design” Wardrobe Museum Exhibit”). Today, ABC news provided coverage of the exhibit in a television news broadcast, which can also be viewed on the web. [Read more…]
San Diego Comic Con International 2011 Membership Passes/Tickets/Badges Redux – To Go On Sale Tomorrow
Membership passes for San Diego Comic Con International 2011 will go on sale at 9:00 am Pacific Time tomorrow, February 5th. This follows earlier attempts to sell tickets to the popular event months ago. , which resulted in the official website crashing on November 1st and again with a second attempt on November 22nd. [Read more…]
Gnomon Workshop School of Visual Effect – “Master Classes 2011” Online February 11th – 25th
The Gnomon Workshop is hosting their third annual Master Class online event February 11th – 25th. Artists and lecturers will include Vitaly Bulgarov (Blizzard), Jeremy Engleman (Dreamworks), Neil Huxley (Digital Domain), artists from Weta Workshop (Scott, David and Paul), ILM (Grzegorz Jonkajtys), and more. [Read more…]
FIDM Hosts “19th Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design” Wardrobe Museum Exhibit
The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) will be presenting their “19th Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design” annual costume exhibit, featuring more than 100 original costumes from more than 20 films released in 2010, including pieces from Shutter Island designed by Sandy Powell, Alice in Wonderland by designer Colleen Atwood, and The Wolfman by designer Milena Canonero. Many wardrobe piece on display will be from Academy Award-nominated movies. [Read more…]
The Latest Tom Spina Designs Restoration & Custom Display Project – ALIEN Costume Elements
Tom Spina and Mike Thomas of Tom Spina Designs have worked their special restoration magic again, this time with some costume elements from the Ridley Scott sci-fi classic, ALIEN (1979). The arm and chest pieces were carefully restored and built onto a custom display. [Read more…]