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Julien’s Auctions ‘Icons and Idols’ Movie Prop Guns Supplemental: James Bond 007’s Walther PPK from “Licence to Kill”, Al Pacino’s Colt from Michael Mann’s “Heat”, Pam Grier’s .38 Detective Special from Quentin Tarantino’s “Jackie Brown” and More

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Since I have been publishing the Original Prop Blog for about six and a half years as a free resource to the public, I thought I would add one article (about of about 1,645 to date) to make note of and promote a few of my own auction consignments in the upcoming Julien’s Auctions “Icons and Idols” sale taking place in Beverly Hills on November 8th, 9th, and 10th.  Items from my personal collection included in this sale include six movie prop pistols: a Walther PPK used by Timothy Dalton as James Bond in Licence To Kill, a Colt pistol used by Al Pacino in Michael Mann’s Heat, the .38 Detective Special pistol used by both Pam Grier and Robert Forester in Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown, a customized pistol used by Bridget Fonda in Point Of No Return, a Winchester shotgun used by Juliette Lewis In Oliver Stone’s Natural Born Killers, and a Glock 17 pistol used by Matt Damon as Jason Bourne in The Bourne Ultimatum. [Read more…]

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Bridget Fonda’s Hero Hammerli Model 280 Semi-Auto Original Movie Prop Gun from “Point of No Return”

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This is the next in a series of more comprehensive profiles of the original props in my own collection, and the next piece to be showcased the hero customized Hammerli Model 280 Semi-Auto .22 cal Pistol prop pistol used by Bridget Fonda as Maggie Hayward/Claudia Anne Doran/Nina in John Badham’s “Point of No Return“. [Read more…]

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Al Pacino’s Hero M1991A1 Series 80 Colt Officer’s APC Original Movie Prop Gun from Michael Mann’s “Heat”

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This is the next in a series of more comprehensive profiles of the original props in my own collection, and the next piece to be showcased the hero customized M1991A1 Series 80 Colt Officer’s APC Model prop pistol used by Al Pacino as Lt. Vincent Hanna in Michael Mann’s “Heat“. [Read more…]

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“True Lies” & “Desperado” Ruger P90 Prop Gun

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This is the next in a series of more comprehensive profiles of the original props, and the next piece to be showcased a hero Ruger P90 used in two films – by Arnold Schwarzenegger as Harry Tasker in True Lies (1994) as well as for publicity photography done with Antonio Banderas as El Mariachi in Desperado (1995). [Read more…]

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“Terminator 2: Judgment Day” Custom Winchester Shotgun

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This is a comprehensive profile of the hero custom 1887 Winchester 12 gauge shotgun from the James Cameron  film “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” staring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton. [Read more…]

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“Machine Gun News” Stembridge Gun Rentals Article – Circa 1996

I was able to find another old article from a long out of print magazine with a nice feature on Stembridge Gun Rentals, Inc. – circa 1996. This was published in the July 1996 issue of “Machine Gun News”, written by Dan Shea of Long Mountain Outfitters. [Read more…]

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Little John’s Auction Service June 2007 Event Catalog: The World-Famous Stembridge Armory Collection

I receive frequent requests for the PDF version of the Little John’s Auction Service “The World-Famous Stembridge Armory Collection” event catalog from June 2007, so I thought I’d upload it here so that people can have access to the information: [Read more…]