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…]
Prop Store will be holding new auctions as part of their “Rick Baker: Monster Maker” online-only event starting this week, and running at least four weeks, with new material added weekly. The no reserve auction boasts original props and costumes directly from the legendary effects artist. Prop Store held a live Rick Baker auction event at Universal City back in May. [Read more…]
Next month, Bonhams will be holding their follow-up to their annual auctions as curated by Turner Classic Movies (see 2014’s “There’s No Place Like Hollywood” and 2013’s “What Dreams Are Made Of: A Century of Movie Magic”). This year’s auction will be held on November 23rd, again in New York, with public previews in Los Angeles (November 5-8) and New York (November 20-23). [Read more…]
ScreenUsed, an online dealer who built some of their initial inventory back in the day on incredible material from the Back To The Future film franchise, will be holding two auctions this month in conjunction with the celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the first movie. In partnership with BackToTheFuture.com and WereGoingBack.com, they will have a live auction in Los Angeles on October 24th and an online-only auction concluding a week later on October 31st. The live auction will take place at the Hollywood United Methodist Church gym, the filming location of the famous “Enchantment Under The Sea” dance in the original film. [Read more…]