Profiles in History has long held exhibitor space at Comic Con in San Diego as a way to build awareness of their brand and promote their regularly scheduled auctions. This year, they are promoting their two television and movie prop and costume auctions for July – The Dreier Collection, Part 1 and Hollywood Auction 49. [Read more…]
2012 is Prop Store’s fifth year exhibiting at Comic Con in San Diego, and they continue to improve on their visually pleasing presentation and wide ranging original props and costumes on display. This year, the centerpiece holding the front corner spot is John Hurt’s spacesuit from Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979). Again, the booth features both items from their private collection as well as material for sale (the latter at a variety of price points). [Read more…]
Profiles in History’s Summer auction catalog, “Treasure from the Vaults” (or Hollywood Auction 49) – coinciding with the ‘Drier Collection, Part 1’ and ‘Animation Auction’ sales the days prior – is now available in print as well as online, via their official site. This portion of their larger auction is scheduled for July 30th to 31st at their Calabasas Hills facility.
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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. Please also note that I update changes/additions to the calendar until the next update, in order to maintain as up to date as possible. [Read more…]
The latest web site traffic statistics for the Original Prop Blog, as of June 30, 2012 (Q2 2012).
While in London this month, I had an opportunity to visit the newer, second location for the London Film Museum, in Covent Garden. I was fortunate enough to receive a personal tour from Jonathan Sands, Chief Executive and founder of the museums. The current exhibit hosted at the new branch is entitled, Magnum On Set. [Read more…]
As noted in recent articles (see Profiles in History Pledges More Transparency; Open Q&A On Website Regarding Provenance, Authenticity, Other Questions and Profiles in History Pledges More Transparency: Update & Response to “What We Are Currently Working On”), Profiles in History’s General Manager, Fong Sam, has written about embracing what they call “the concept of auctions as peer review” with regards to “verifying provenance” of material listed for public sale in their auction catalogs on his haxbee.com site. With their upcoming sale, The Dreier Collection, Part 1, a few principals in our art market have raised questions with me privately with regards to one of the items listed for auction, Lot 106 GEORGE REEVES “SUPERMAN” CAPE FROM THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN. Since the suggested resource on the Profiles in History website has yet to be created, I thought I would publish those questions raised with me in this article as part of the public “peer review” process with Profiles in History. [Read more…]
Long respected online movie prop dealer in the field, ScreenUsed, will be holding their first live auction on July 21st. The auction catalog is now available online via a PDF download via their official website, and will soon be live on iCollector. [Read more…]