The Heritage Auction Galleries has published on their latest online catalog and listings for their upcoming event, “The Personal Property of John Wayne Signature Auction – Auction #7045”, to be held October 6th and 7th at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles. There will also be public exhibitions for lot viewings at Heritage Auctions in Dallas and at the Ukrainian Institute of America at The Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion in New York. [Read more…]
As a continuation of the Prop Store booth at this year’s Comic Con (see previously published interview with Stephen Lane), this next video segment includes an interview with Brandon Alinger, COO of the Los Angeles office, along with Ian Mutch from the London office. This feature takes an in-depth look at pieces from Star Trek: Wrath of Khan, The Empire Strikes Back, Drive Angry, Gladiator, Batman Returns, and Predator. [Read more…]
As part of my ongoing coverage of Comic Con 2011 and as has been tradition (see 2008, 2009, 2010), Prop Store CEO Stephen Lane took the time to show off some of the amazing props and costumes on display at their exhibit area. This year, Stephen provided some insights and a closer look at the ZF-1 weapon from The Fifth Element, Tony Montana’s green card from Scarface, and a uniform worn by Uhura in the original Star Trek series. [Read more…]
2011 marks Prop Store’s third year as an exhibitor at Comic Con in San Diego, and as has been the case in the past, they have brought an assortment of props and costumes from an assortment of film and television programs. As part of their t-shirt promotion this year, they have billed their experience “Comic Khan”, which is emblazoned across the shirts and the Khan costume from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is in the coveted display case spot at the corner of their exhibit. [Read more…]
The Heritage Auction Galleries has published on their latest online catalog and listings for their upcoming event, “Signature Music & Entertainment Memorabilia Auction – Auction #7038”, to be held July 29 at their Dallas, Texas location. [Read more…]
The online catalog for the Premiere Props “Hollywood Auction Extravaganza II”, scheduled for July 30-31, is now listed via online bidding partners iCollector and LiveAuctioneers. This second event comprised of a significant percentage of consignment-based offerings, the sale includes over 1200 lots from a wide variety of film and television productions. [Read more…]
Below is the latest updated list of 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.
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This morning Scott Fortner published a substantive update to his article posted on Friday, with very compelling and extensive analysis of the dress(es) worn by Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch (1955). The questions originally raised by Scott has led to a number of significant revelations about the famous dress, one of which was sold last weekend by Profiles in History in their Debbie Reynolds auction event. [Read more…]