Below is the latest updated calendar for 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…]
Heritage Auction Galleries has published on their latest online catalog and listings for their upcoming event, “Stallone: The Auction”, to be held December 18th – 20th at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles. The sale features over 1,400 lots of props, costumes, and other assets personally owned by the Hollywood legend, Sylvester Stallone. Definitely one of the most exciting auctions of the year. [Read more…]
An interesting discussion has broken out on the official Ewbank’s Facebook page about the Stormtrooper helmet in their upcoming auction (which I wrote about earlier this month – see “Andrew Ainsworth “Prototype” Stormtrooper Helmet Withdrawn By Christie’s in 2014 Now Offered by Ewbank’s in 2015“). Ewbank’s has stated in this Facebook discussion that the helmet “is not a prototype“. However, they include a letter as proof of authenticity in which the helmet’s maker, Andrew Ainsworth, states in writing that the helmet “was an early prototype made by myself“. This is the exact same helmet that Christie’s put up for auction last year and then decided to withdraw from their own auction. What does Ewbank’s have to say about Christie’s pulling the same item from their auction? Per Ewbank’s, Christie’s “mis-catalogued [it] as a ‘prototype’“. Yet Christie’s marketed the helmet as what Mr. Ainsworth claimed it to be… a “prototype”. Confused yet? So is Lindsay Muir (wife of Brian Muir, who sculpted the Stormtrooper armor and Darth Vader helmet for Star Wars). She entered into this public debate with Ewbank’s on their Facebook page regarding their helmet up for auction. Ewbank’s closing remarks to Mrs. Muir (one of the most knowledgeable people in the world on these matters) includes the line, “[y]our view is certainly not my experience of bidders who are generally very well informed actually”. This, from the auction house who would seem to suggest that the maker of the artifact they have up for sale – who provided the letter regarding it’s provenance and authenticity – is flatly wrong about his own characterization the piece that he himself made and as he addressed it in that letter. It would seem that auction houses (like with Profiles in History’s last auction) are evolving to reject Andrew Ainsworth credibility on his own creation, while embracing that very lineage to help them sell these problematic artifacts.
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Blacksparrow is holding an online-only auction for Pixels, the Summer sci-fi comedy starring Kevin James, Adam Sandler, and Peter Dinklage. The auction features original props and costumes, including wardrobe from all of the principal actors, the hero Donkey Kong hammer, a full-size Q*bert, functional arcade games, and more. The auction concludes on December 5th. Per Blacksparrow, all items come directly from the production studio. [Read more…]
Bonhams will be holding their “Entertainment Memorabilia” (auction 22818) sale event in London on December 10th. This sale includes 227 lots featuring a mix of film/television as well as rock and roll and popular music related memorabilia. [Read more…]
Following last month’s public auction offering of one of the “prototype” Star Wars stormtrooper helmets by Profiles in History (that went unsold), Ewbank’s has now offered one for sale in their own auction on December 3rd… Upon examination of the photos, it would appear to be the same one that Christie’s withdrew from their own sale last year (with Nate D. Sanders withdrawing their own example from their own auction just one month after Christie’s). [Read more…]
Following up on their recent Back To The Future two-day auction event, ScreenUsed is expanding their quarterly live auction to a two-day format as well, with Day 1 being “completely automated” over iCollector (with time added onto each item if bids are made in the final minutes) and Day 2 being run manually, lot to lot. There is a PDF catalog for Day 2 only, and all lots for both days are listed with online bidding partner, iCollector. Day 1 has 363 lots and Day 2 has 237 lots (600 total); Day 2 features the higher end selection of items for this Fall auction. As usual with their auctions, there are no reserves or estimates, with the starting price taking it if there is only one bid,
Julien’s Auctions has partnered with long-time original props and costumes dealer The Golden Closet to put together a special auction, “Property from The Golden Closet Archives”. The one-day sale will be held on November 20th at the Julien’s Auctions Beverly Hills showroom. While predominantly made up of wardrobe pieces from current and historic film and television properties, some props are included as well. [Read more…]