Editorial: December Entertainment Memorabilia Pop Culture Auction Review and “The Bubble”

Now that I am back in the States, I thought I would take the time to review the results of the overwhelming number entertainment memorabilia auctions that took place throughout the month of December.  Interestingly, while I personally met with a number of participants in our field while traveling in England and France this month, the one unsolicited and seemingly universal topic brought up by all was the question of “the Bubble”.  Is there a bubble?  If so, what are the contributing factors, and when and how will it burst?  And what would the consequences be on our art market?  Since the results of these high profile auctions speak to these notions and related speculation, I thought it would make sense to frame my results analysis in this discussion. Read more

London/Paris/Liverpool Concert Photojournal: Rihanna at the O2 Arena / London, England / 12/20/2011

This is the seventh and last in a series of photojournals covering concerts during my trip to England and France. Tonight I attended a Rihanna concert at the O2 Arena in London, England on December 20th, 2011. Read more

London/Paris/Liverpool Concert Photojournal: Echo and the Bunnymen at O2 Academy / Liverpool, England / 12/17/2011

This is the sixth in a series of photojournals covering concerts during my trip to England and France. Tonight’s performance was Echo and the Bunnymen, held at the O2 Academy in their hometown of Liverpool, England on December 17th, 2011. Read more

London/Paris/Liverpool Concert Photojournal: Coldplay at Palais Omnisports de Paris Bercy / Paris, France / 12/14/2011

This is the fifth in a series of photojournals covering concerts during my trip to England and France. Tonight’s performance was Coldplay, which took place at the Palais Omnisports de Paris Bercy in Paris, France on December 14th, 2011. Read more

London/Paris/Liverpool Concert Photojournal: Duran Duran at the O2 Arena / London, England / 12/12/2011

This is the fourth in a series of photojournals covering concerts during my trip to England and France. Tonight I attended a Duran Duran concert at the O2 Arena in London, England on December 12th, 2011.  Read more

London/Paris/Liverpool Concert Photojournal: Front 242 at the Koko / London, England / 12/11/2011

This is the third in a series of photojournals covering concerts during my trip to England and France. Tonight’s performance was Front 242, which was held at the Koko in London, England on December 11th, 2011.  This was their special 30th Anniversary Show. Read more

London/Paris/Liverpool Concert Photojournal: New Order at the Troxy / London, England / 12/10/2011

This is the second in a series of photojournals covering concerts during my trip to England and France. Tonight’s performance was New Order, which was held at the Troxy in East London, England on December 10th, 2011. Read more

London/Paris/Liverpool Concert Photojournal: Coldplay at the O2 Arena / London, England / 12/09/2011

This is the first in a series of photojournals covering concerts during my trip to England and France.  Tonight’s performance was Coldplay, which took place at the O2 Arena in London, England on December 9th, 2011.  Read more

And Now For Something Completely Different… Part Deux: The London/Paris/Liverpool Journal

About a year ago, I published a series of uncharacteristically informal, personal, and in many cases off topic articles to close out 2010 (see London Journal 2010).  If doing it again to close out 2011 makes it a tradition, well, I can hope that is the case, but cannot predict if I’ll be making a similar trip next year.  In any event, I will be traveling to three major cities this year – London, Paris, and Liverpool (having visited both UK destinations last year; this will be the first visit to France).  As with last year, much of the journey will be adventures related to various rock/pop music concerts, but will again be meeting up with many of my friends in the television and movie prop collecting field, and visits to prop-related venues. Read more

Original Television and Movie Prop, Costume, and Hollywood Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction Events Calendar

Below is the latest updated list of 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. Read more

The Original Prop Blog on Twitter – ‘The Month in Tweets’ (Through 11/30/11)

This is a monthly feature archiving the “tweets” from the official Original Prop Blog Twitter account (twitter.com/jason_debord) for the month of September 2011. Read more