This week Prop Store announced their latest live auction for Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), which will happen on December 2nd and is officially in partnership with Paramount Pictures. Up for sale will be over 400 film artifacts used in the two productions. [Read more…]
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…]
Apologies for the late reporting on Prop Store’s monumental auction last month… I was out of the country for a few weeks and then caught a nasty cold traveling back to the U.S. In any event, in what for me is one of the biggest stories for 2017 is the success that Prop Store had with their latest annual live auction event, which concluded on September 26th. Prop Store has a lot of fans – and real friends – among the prop collecting community, so when they first embarked on launching their live auction business in England in 2014, I know myself and many others were hopeful that they would find some success. [Read more…]
Julien’s Auctions is holding their latest “Icons & Idols: Hollywood” auction on November 17th at their pop up gallery in Los Angeles, following an exhibition of the same. Highlights include “the largest collection of Judy Garland costumes and memorabilia in the world” as well as pieces related to Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly, Gone With the Wind, Easy Rider and more, with an emphasis on Classic Hollywood. [Read more…]
Prop Store is holding an online exclusive “Halloween Auction”, set to conclude on October 20th. The catalog for the sale is currently online, and includes props, costumes, accessories and more from a variety of film and television properties, with bids starting at $25. [Read more…]
Per a story in the Kansas City Star (“‘Lost’ Shirley Temple dresses sold in KC under mysterious circumstances“) and on the “Official Shirley Temple” Facebook page, Tonya Bervaldi-Camaratta’s five movie worn Shirley Temple costumes were lost by UPS and then showed up in an auction in Kansas City. Four were recovered by the owner, but one remains missing. [Read more…]