Breanna Livie, The Golden Closet & Eastern Costume, special guest. This is the second ‘Prop Talk’ podcast, a new regular feature for the Original Prop Blog. This is an effort to use old and new technology to bring a richer and more informative and entertaining experience to the site. Today’s guest is a true pioneer in the hobby in identifying, preserving, and selling original music, television, and film wardrobe, props, and other memorabilia.
Tom Spina, Tom Spina Designs, special guest. As announced on the official Original Prop Blog Facebook page yesterday, the ‘Prop Talk’ podcast is a new regular feature for the Original Prop Blog that has been in the works in recent months (as alluded to early last month – see “Original Prop Blog: Three Year Anniversary”). This is an effort to use old and new technology to bring a richer and more informative and entertaining experience to readers of the site – and perhaps turn them into listeners.
In support of their Summer Sale in Las Vegas June 26-27, Julien’s Auctions has today announced their “Julien’s Live” online bidding service. Julien’s Auctions has historically used the excellent Auction Network in support of their live auction events, so this marks a change of bringing online bidding in-house, as we have seen with other auction houses such as Heritage Auction Galleries and Christie’s. [Read more…]
I spent some time today talking with Alec Peters, CEO of newly created Propworx, about the upcoming events promoting the final Battlestar Galactica episodes and the auction of original prop and costume assets from the show, in conjunction with NBC Universal Television (see Press Release). In order to share a great deal of information about these topics, I conducted a taped interview which can be heard using the MP3 player below (Adobe Flash required): [Read more…]