Julien’s Auctions Executive Director, Martin Nolan, appeared as a guest on this morning’s broadcast of The Today Show. In it, he discusses a set of rare Marilyn Monroe material which will be featured in an upcoming auction, which includes previously unseen photographs, the negatives, and the copyright to the respective images. [Read more…]
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.
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Special thanks to my friend Vivek for pointing me to these three videos about the history of the now classic Nike MAG shoes worn by Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future 2. The videos talk about the genesis of the shoes as designed and made for the film, as well as highlighting the recent development, manufacture, and auction of the replica shoes being sold to benefit the Michael J. Fox Foundation (as reported September 8th). [Read more…]
Beginning today, the Original Prop Blog, LLC is announcing a program offering potential advertising opportunities for select companies to place paid display advertisements on the Original Prop Blog website. [Read more…]
Relativity Media has announced an online charity auction for their upcoming feature film, Machine Gun Preacher. Among the auction items is a “rat bike” motorcycle ridden by Gerard Butler, the star of the movie. 100% of the proceeds of the auction will benefit The Angels of East Africa Organization. [Read more…]
FX has published a series of videos that both offer some insights into the behind the scenes and making of the series, Sons of Anarchy, while also promoting the upcoming new season. One of those videos features the Prop Master for the series, Brian Rogers. [Read more…]
John Wayne Enterprises features in an AOL “You’ve Got…” video published in support of the Heritage Auction Galleries sale of memorabilia on October 6th and 7th at the Hyatt Regency Century Place in Los Angeles. [Read more…]
While the shoes in question are newly designed and manufactured replicas of the famous “futuristic” Nike shoes worn by Marty McFly in Back to the Future II, I thought it was worth mention here as 100% of the proceeds will benefit The Michale J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. 150 pairs will be sold each day over the next 10 days, for a total of 1,500 pairs. [Read more…]