Premiere Props is hosting their “Live & Exclusive Holiday Movie Prop Auction” next month on December 12th, in Los Angeles. Auction service provider iCollector has begun to publish the catalog online, promoted as featuring over 500 original props and costumes from a variety of films. [Read more…]
Heritage Auction Galleries Lawsuit In The News; Claims of “Fake Bidder” N.P. Gresham, Auction Manipulation
Last month, there were a number of mainstream media outlets reporting on a lawsuit filed against Heritage Auction Galleries by a former employee who charges, among other things, that the auction house utilizes a fictitious bidder – “N.P. Gresham” – to participate in bidding in its own auction events. [Read more…]
iCollector Video Feature Shows Improvement With Latest Premiere Props Live Auction; “Hollywood Live Auctions”
I had an opportunity to tune into the latest iCollector original movie prop and costume live auction (see Premiere Props “Fangoria Presents A Horror Movie Prop And Costume Auction” Live Event October 24th) for a few minutes yesterday, and the streaming video feature appears to be much improved, as implemented by Premiere Props. [Read more…]
New Michael Jackson Related Legal Threat Against Julien’s Auctions… from David Gest
In the wake of the death of Michael Jackson last Thursday, and the coincidental (long-scheduled) “Summer Sale” of original entertainment memorabilia which took place in Las Vegas over the following two days, the sale of 21 lots of Jackson-related memorabilia with provenance identified as from “The Collection of David Gest” has prompted significant mainstream media coverage as well as a threat of lawsuit by Mr. Gest. [Read more…]
Julien’s Auctions Launches “Julien’s Live” Online Bidding Service
In support of their Summer Sale in Las Vegas June 26-27, Julien’s Auctions has today announced their “Julien’s Live” online bidding service. Julien’s Auctions has historically used the excellent Auction Network in support of their live auction events, so this marks a change of bringing online bidding in-house, as we have seen with other auction houses such as Heritage Auction Galleries and Christie’s. [Read more…]
Julien’s Auctions “The Collection of Michael Jackson” Sale Event Canceled; Items to Be Returned
Per reports from the Associated Press, both a spokesman for Michael Jackson and Julien’s Auctions have said today that – as part of a settlement agreement in the widely publicized dispute – Jackson will retain possession of the approximately 2,000 personal items [Read more…]
Julien’s Auctions Claims Victory in Court Hearing; Michael Jackson Denied Return of Personal Property
Per reports from the Associated Press, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brett Klein ruled in favor of Julien’s Auctions and denied Michael Jackson’s MJJ Productions efforts to have his personal property from Neverland Ranch returned. The memorabilia is scheduled to be sold at auction April 22-25 in Beverly Hills. [Read more…]
Julien’s Auctions Replaces Auction Network with Live Auctioneers for Michael Jackson Sale
As reported in previous articles – see Auction Events | Julien’s Auctions | Michael Jackson – Michael Jackson’s MJJ Productions filed a lawsuit against Julien’s Auctions for the return of personal property from the Neverland Ranch that was consigned to the auction house with a sale planned this month. These events appeared to have prompted long time auction partner Auction Network to withdraw as the online bidding service provider. In reviewing the JuliensAuctions.com and LiveAuctioneers.com websites today, it appears that Auction Network has been replaced with competitor Live Auctioneers. [Read more…]