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Calendar of Live Auction Events: TV and Movie Props & Costumes, Hollywood Entertainment, Music, & Pop Culture Memorabilia

Below is the latest updated calendar for 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. Please also note that I update changes/additions to the calendar until the next update, in order to maintain as up to date as possible.  As a side note (it has been a while since I’ve published a calendar update), the COVID-19 circumstances has shut down much of the industry.  This level of inactivity is really unprecedented since I started following the marketplace with the Original Prop Blog.  [Read more…]

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The 13th Annual Original Prop Blog “Year in Review” for 2019 (Personal/Professional Update)

I have had an ongoing tradition of publishing an annual review of my personal observations and opinions with regards to the business of buying, collecting, selling, and preserving original pop culture artifacts used in film and television productions (see 2007 Year in Review, 2008 Year in Review, 2009 Year in Review, 2010 Year in Review, 2011 Year in Review, 2012 Year in Review, 2013 Year in Review, 2014 Year in Review, 2015 Year in Review, 2016 Year in Review, 2017 Year in Review, 2018 Year in Review). This will be the first year since launching the Original Prop Blog that I won’t be publishing such a review. [Read more…]

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Calendar of Live Auction Events: TV and Movie Props & Costumes, Hollywood Entertainment, Music, & Pop Culture Memorabilia

Below is the latest updated calendar for 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. Please also note that I update changes/additions to the calendar until the next update, in order to maintain as up to date as possible. [Read more…]

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San Diego Comic-Con 2019: Marvel Entertainment Part 4 / Avengers: Endgame Costume Exhibit (Sunday)

This is part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2019. Marvel is centrally located in the Exhibit Hall as per usual, and they’re updated the props and costumes on display daily.� This feature covers Sunday. The photos further below are as the exhibit appeared on Sunday, which featured costumes from Avengers: Endgame.� Prop Store also had a display case in the center of the exhibitor space with one of the costumes from their upcoming Marvel Television Live Auction. [Read more…]

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San Diego Comic-Con 2019: Godzilla Movie Props / Godzilla Toho Co., LTD & Bandai America

This is part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2019. Toho Co., LTD and Bandai America had one of my favorite displays this year at the exhibitor space, which was dedicated to celebrating 65 years of Godzilla.  On exhibit was original props and costume parts from various Godzilla films over the years. [Read more…]

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San Diego Comic-Con 2019: Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!

This is part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2019. 2019 is the first year that Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! exhibited pieces from the collection in the main exhibit hall.  On display was the lightsaber prop purchased from Profiles in History and attributed to use by Luke Skywalker in The Empire Strikes Back, the Han Solo blaster from Return of the Jedi purchased from Julien’s Auctions, and a Hoverboard from Back To The Future Part II and a bullwhip from Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.  In that I cataloged the Han Solo blaster for Julien’s, I noticed that it appears to have since been damaged (and as you’ll note in the photos, the handle of the blaster is held in place by some gum-like material in this display. [Read more…]

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San Diego Comic-Con 2019: Marvel Entertainment Part 3 / A-Force Costume Exhibit (Saturday)

This is part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2019. Marvel is centrally located in the Exhibit Hall as per usual, and they’re updated the props and costumes on display daily.  This feature covers Saturday. The photos further below are as the exhibit appeared on Saturday, which featured costumes from Avengers: Endgame.  Prop Store also had a display case in the center of the exhibitor space with one of the costumes from their upcoming Marvel Television Live Auction. [Read more…]

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San Diego Comic-Con 2019: Warner Bros | DC Comics | Batman

This is part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2019. This is the first year that there was not separate exhibit space for both Warner Bros and DC Comics.  In 2019, DC Comics has been folded into the Warner Bros exhibit.  This now mirrors Marvel, which has one exhibit space as Marvel Entertainment.  I would say that this is reflective of the current state of the comic book business, which I suspect is heavily subsidized by films (at least in the case of Marvel) and other programming, as well as licensing and merchandising.  Sadly, while comic books used to be the primary business for Marvel and DC when I was growing up, it’s now likely to continue to shrink and may eventually go away altogether.  In any event, the Warner Bros booth had some original costumes from Batman films on display (with more on display at the Comic-Con Museum (which is off site, so I did not attend) [Read more…]