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BBC News: “Lee’s Dracula Cape Found in Store”

The following story was reported by BBC News (LINK), wherein it is claimed that Christopher Lee’s cape from Dracula (1958) was found in a London store. I’d be interested in learning the details of how Angles authenticated it. Going by the story, Lee verifying it 50 years later sounds implausible on the face of it, but maybe there are identifying marks/labels to supplement this examination. [Read more…]

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News Story Flashback: “Rummaging for a Piece of Tim Burton”

This is an article from 2005, but interesting none the less. The original article can still be found at the New York Times website.

There was a related topic on the Movie Prop Forum at the time, “Tim Burton’s Prop Collection“.

It is an interesting example of an event in which original props/artifacts are released into the open marketplace and how that news travels and things play out. [Read more…]

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Dealer/Event Review: Premiere Props, Hollywood Roadshow

Much of the details of my most recent transaction with Premiere Props / Hollywood Roadshow can be found in these topics:

“Premiere Props, Hollywood Roadshow, Auction Outcome Manipulation”, “…Update 1”, “…Update 2″, “…Update 3″, “…Update 4″

Generally speaking, I’ve come to expect that, as a consumer buying goods, issues do happen.

However, most issues can be resolved with 1) good customer service/communication and, more importantly, 2) the exercise of “good will” on behalf of the merchant. In my personal experience, Premiere Props is incapable of the first and completely lacking the second. [Read more…]