Palm Beach Modern Auctions received a lot of press in the mainstream media in the past few weeks for their red jacket attributed to the classic James Dean film, Rebel Without A Cause. The $400,000-$600,000 pre-sale estimate would imply that the jacket must have been worn by the star during production of the film… Perhaps the provenance supplied by the auction house was unconvincing, since it failed to sell at auction. [Read more…]
Bonhams today sold a collection of movie props from the 1956 science fiction classic film “Forbidden Planet”, with “Robby the Robot” as the centerpiece”, for an astounding $5.375 million dollars (including buyer premium). Part of their “TCM Presents… Out of This World! auction” in New York, the auction house has declared it is a world record as “the most valuable movie prop ever sold at auction”. [Read more…]
Ewbanks in England will be holding their “Ray Harryhausen – The Personal Collection of Tony Dalton” auction. The catalog is now available online and you can check out the 140 lots from Tony Dalton, friend of Ray Harryhausen and his biographer. [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…]
Bidding is now open for Julien’s Exclusive Online Spring 2017 Entertainment Auction, with online only bidding concluding on April 9th. The sale features a mix of memorabilia from film, television, and rock and roll. [Read more…]
Prop Store have today launched another official online auction, this time for Showtime’s Dexter. This one features wardrobe, props, scripts and other production material from all eight seasons of the popular cable series. [Read more…]
Julien’s Auctions’ “The Marilyn Monroe Auction” will be held on November 17th, 18th, & 19th at the Downtown Women’s Center in Los Angeles. Included in the three-day auction is Marilyn Monroe Property From The Collection of David Gainsborough-Roberts, Marilyn Monroe Property From The Estate of Lee Strasberg and Déjà vu Property From The Life and Career of Marilyn Monroe. A public exhibition will be held at Julien’s Auctions from November 11th through to the end of the auction on November 19th. [Read more…]
U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson issued a temporary restraining ordering blocking Heritage Auctions from selling Whitney Houston’s 1986 Emmy Award for “Saving All My Love for You” at auction. Their “Entertainment & Music Memorabilia Signature Auction – Beverly Hills” took place on June 24th and 25th. In spite of the piece being pulled from auction and returned to the Houston family, the remaining lots of her personal property and memorabilia brought in approximately half a million dollars. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences had filed a lawsuit against Heritage Auctions to stop the sale of the Statue, which they contend is a loan to recipients and their families, not a gift that can be offered for sale to the highest bidder. [Read more…]