Announcement: The Rock Subculture Journal

As I mentioned in my Original Prop Blog Five Year Anniversary article published a few days ago, one of the projects I have been working on is a new website for music. Today, this site has launched as the Rock Subculture Journal, which can be found at: www.RockSubculture.com.  My objective is to publish articles about collecting original rock and pop music memorabilia (much as I do here with television and movie props and costumes), but also to publish reviews, tips, news, and other content about the rock music culture and events. Read more

The Original Prop Blog Celebrates Its Five Year Anniversary

Today – April 5th, 2012 – marks the five year anniversary of launching this website, the Original Prop Blog.  In Spring 2007, I published the first article, “The Hobby Without A Name…”, though I didn’t have any idea I would still be writing articles five years later, and I wouldn’t have imagined writing approximately 1,559 of them (currently a 5 year average of 0.87 articles per day since launch, which is quite a lot considering I am the sole contributor). Read more

The Original Prop Blog Quarterly Web Site Traffic Statistics: Q1 2012

The latest web site traffic statistics for the Original Prop Blog, as of March 30, 2012 (Q1 2012).

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The Original Prop Blog on Twitter – ‘The Month in Tweets’ (Through 03/31/12)

This is a monthly feature archiving the “tweets” from the official Original Prop Blog Twitter account (twitter.com/jason_debord) for the month of March 2012. Read more

The Original Prop Blog on Twitter – ‘The Month in Tweets’ (Through 02/29/12)

This is a monthly feature archiving the “tweets” from the official Original Prop Blog Twitter account (twitter.com/jason_debord) for the month of February 2012. Read more

The Original Prop Blog on Twitter – ‘The Month in Tweets’ (Through 01/31/12)

This is a monthly feature archiving the “tweets” from the official Original Prop Blog Twitter account (twitter.com/jason_debord) for the month of January 2012. Read more

The Original Prop Blog 2011 Year in Review: News, Developments, and Trends in Collecting Original TV & Movie Props, Costumes and Pop Culture Memorabilia

As was the case in previous years (see 2007 Year in Review, 2008 Year in Review, 2009 Year in Review, 2010 Year in Review), what follows is an editorial featuring my personal observations and opinions with regards to the business of buying, collecting, selling, preserving original pop culture artifacts – looking back at the top trends, developments, and news stories of 2011. As is always the case, this is a completely subjective exercise, and merely touches on the developments and events that relate to the hobby. Read more

The Original Prop Blog Quarterly Web Site Traffic Statistics: Q4 2011

The latest web site traffic statistics for the Original Prop Blog, as of December 31, 2011 (Q4 2011).

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The Original Prop Blog on Twitter – ‘The Month in Tweets’ (Through 12/31/11)

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

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

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