I was contacted today by Joe Huth with a link and details about his and AJ Palmgren’s excellent new website dedicated to sharing and exchanging information about the vehicles and props used on the classic ’80s television series, Knight Rider., starring David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight and his high tech, artificially intelligent car, KITT (a highly modified Pontiac Trans Am). [Read more…]
Brian Grams, Director of the Volo Auto Museum has alerted me to an online, no reserve auction that they will be holding next month. Their Hollywood Car Auction will be conducted over eBay and feature the sale of notable cars and other vehicles used in movies and television. [Read more…]
While not about original props and costumes from movies or television, this story is of interest in that it involves a public auction and public challenges over the authenticity of a high value item offered for sale – an ambulance said to have carried the body of President John F. Kennedy following his assassination in 1963 (Barrett-Jackson Lot: 1277 – 1963 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE AMBULANCE). [Read more…]
As reported back in June, RM Auctions (in association with Sotheby’s) offered at auction “The James Bond Car” – a 1965 Aston Martin featured in the James Bond films Goldfinger and Thunderball, starring Sean Connery. As part of their “Automobiles of London” sale event, the auction took place today and the car sold for a staggering $4.6 million dollars. [Read more…]
Brett A. Hart of Sweat Equity Productions and Writer/Director/Producer of Bone Dry (2007) has contacted me to let collectors know that he is offering the Chevy SUV – the main prop from his film starring Lance Henriksen and Luke Goss – for sale via auction on eBay Motors. The Chevrolet Suburban is a highly customized vehicle that is recognizable to films of the movie and seen on the one sheet poster of the independent film. [Read more…]
The Volo Auto Museum is holding a special “Hollywood Comes to Volo” event in Volo, Illinois on Saturday, July 3rd. Touted as the George Barris “Star Cars Charity Car Show & Auto Fair”, the show boasts “the largest movie, TV, and custom car show ever assembled in the United States. [Read more…]
As part of their “Automobiles of London” sale event, RM Auctions will be offering “The James Bond Car” – a 1965 Aston Martin featured in the James Bond films Goldfinger and Thunderball, starring Sean Connery. The auction will take place in London October 27, 2010. [Read more…]
Last year, the house owned by the father of fictional character of Cameron from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off was put up for sale (see “Cameron’s House from “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” For Sale at $2.3 Million Dollars”); now, Bonhams will offer his dad’s Ferrari for sale in their April auction. [Read more…]