Superman Costume Collection Pulled From Upcoming ‘Morphy Auctions’ Sale Event
January 12, 2010 by Jason DeBord
Earlier this month, Morphy Auctions listed a large collection of more than a dozen Superman-related principal costume and wardrobe pieces in their online catalog for their late February 2010 sale event. As was the case with an unrelated auction last year (see Philip Weiss Auctions Cancels “Special Superhero Weekend”), it would appear that all items have been pulled from their upcoming sale.
As of the time of the publishing this article, all items from the “COSTUMES” category of their upcoming sale on February 26th-27th are no longer listed in their online catalog, and a keyword search on “SUPERMAN” returns no results. Wardrobe lots that were listed at auction last week included pieces attributed to the Christopher Reeve Superman films, the George Reeves TV series, the Kirk Alyn movie serials, Superboy, Smallville, Lois & Clark, and Supergirl:
Dan Morphy Auctions is proud to channel your inner superhero, as the February auction offers more than a dozen opportunities to dress the part. Approximately a dozen original costumes from classic TV shows and films will be up for bid, including four authentic Superman suits – a George Reeves black & white version, a Reeves regular blue version, a Kirk Alyn black & white, and a Christopher Reeve color costume.
Get ready to see these great costumes fly off the auction block.
Below is an archive of the auction listings as they appeared before being pulled from the catalog (click images for full resolution):
Questions of authenticity aside, based on a reading of “The Friendly Adventures of Superman Discussion Forum” (see “Vintage Superman Memorabilia to be Auctioned in February“), it would appear that some of the lots had mistakes in their attributions. No statements of provenance or source of these pieces were published in the auction descriptions. The full discussion can be found via the link below:
Many of the pieces in the sale appear to be of the same type and style as those which have previously been on display as part of the “Dane Nash Collection”, as noted in the aforementioned article published in February of last year with the Philip Weiss auction:
Coincidentally, yesterday’s feature on the Original Prop Blog posed a challenge to the owner of a “Super Hollywood” sourced and authenticated Superman cape to solicit responses and reactions from entertainment memorabilia specialist dealers and auction houses as to their views of the provenance of said piece and potential interest in consigning it to sale or auction by their businesses:
Among the items listed in this Morphy Auctions event that is no longer listed in their online catalog for the February 2010 auction event is a Superman cape attributed to use by Christopher Reeve in one of the films from the popular franchise.
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