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January 30, 2013 By Jason DeBord

New York Times Article Highlights Issues of Auction Oversight & Transparency; Discusses Use of Chandelier and Sham Bids in Art Market

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This week The New York Times published an interesting article (“As Art Values Rise, So Do Concerns About Market’s Oversight”) about customs in the high end art market auction world that are not favorable to consumers.  Though the article is specific to the art market and New York (and their own laws, rules, and regulations), some of the issues are very much the same ones we face in the original film and television artifacts market, and is “must” reading for anyone involved in buying and selling original TV and movie props, costumes and other production material sold in the marketplace. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Auction Bidding Issues, Fraud in the News, Governmental Agencies, Law Enforcement, Mainstream Media: Online, Newspapers, News and Events Tagged With: auction, auction house, auctioneer, bonhams, buyer, chandelier bid, chandelier bidding, christies, Costume, deceptive practice, Film, Fraud, legislature, Movie, new york, new york times, public, seller, sham bid, sham bidding, shill bid, shill bidding, sotheby's, Television, Wardrobe

January 7, 2013 By Jason DeBord

The Original Prop Blog 2012 Year in Review: News, Developments, and Trends in Collecting Original TV & Movie Props, Costumes and Pop Culture Memorabilia

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As per tradition, (see 2007 Year in Review, 2008 Year in Review, 2009 Year in Review, 2010 Year in Review, 2011 Year in Review), what follows is an editorial featuring my personal observations and opinions with regards to the business of buying, collecting, selling, preserving original pop culture artifacts – looking back at the top trends, developments, and news stories of 2012. As is always the case, this is a completely subjective exercise, and merely touches on the developments and events that relate to the hobby. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Editorials, Featured Articles, News and Events, The Year in Review Tagged With: 2012, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, academy of motion picture arts and sciences, ampas, artifact, artifacts, auction, auctioneer, bubble, christies, collector, complaint, Costume, court, debbie reynolds, defraud, ebay, editorial, fbi, Film, finance, Fraud, funding, history, hollywood history museum, hollywood treasure, james comisar, LACMA, law enforcement, lawsuit, legislation, Los Angeles, los angeles county museum of art, Lucasfilm, mainstream media, media, memorabilia, Movie, Museum, museum of television, opinion, original prop blog, pop culture, poster, profiles in history, Prop, reserve, shill, shill bidding, star wars, starting bid, stormtrooper, studios, Television, The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, the bubble, tv, Wardrobe

January 2, 2013 By Jason DeBord

Original TV and Movie Prop & Costume, Hollywood Entertainment, & Pop Culture Memorabilia Live Auction Events Calendar

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. Please also note that I update changes/additions to the calendar until the next update, in order to maintain as up to date as possible. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Calendar Tagged With: 2013, auction, auction house, auctioneer, authentic, beverly hills, bid, bidding, bonhams, catalog, christies, collectibles, Costume, dallas, ebay, entertainment, estate, event, Film, Heritage, heritage auction galleries, heritage live, Hollywood, hollywood live auctions, icollector, julien's, knightsbridge, live, live auctions, liveauctioneers, london, Los Angeles, memorabilia, Movie, Music, new york, online, Original, original prop blog, originalpropblog, pop culture, popular culture, poster, premiere props, profiles in history, Prop, rock and roll, Rockefeller Center, schedule, sotheby's, South Kensington, Television, tv, vintage, Wardrobe

December 20, 2012 By Jason DeBord

Air Gun Movie Prop Used for Publicity Photography By Sean Connery as James Bond Disappoints in Sotheby’s Resale

A little over two years ago, an air gun /pistol used by Sean Connery for some iconic James Bond publicity photos stunned the hobby when it sold at the traditional late November Christie’s South Kensington Pop Culture auction far in excess of its estimate, realizing a staggering £277,250 (US$438,609) including buyer’s premium.  In a resale by Sotheby’s this past weekend, it sold for less than half that amount. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Auction Houses and Dealers, James Bond, News and Events, Sotheby's Tagged With: auction, auction house, authentic, bapty, bapty's, catalog, christies, Collection, dr. no, entertainment, eon productions, Film, firearm, gun, ian fleming, james bond, memorabilia, Movie, online, Original, Pop, ppk, rental, rentals, screenused, sean connery, sotheby's, walther

December 10, 2012 By Jason DeBord

Original TV and Movie Prop & Costume, Hollywood Entertainment, & Pop Culture Memorabilia Live Auction Events Calendar

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. Please also note that I update changes/additions to the calendar until the next update, in order to maintain as up to date as possible. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Calendar Tagged With: auction, auction house, auctioneer, authentic, beverly hills, bid, bidding, bonhams, catalog, christies, collectibles, Costume, dallas, ebay, entertainment, estate, event, Film, Heritage, heritage auction galleries, heritage live, Hollywood, hollywood live auctions, icollector, julien's, knightsbridge, live, live auctions, liveauctioneers, london, Los Angeles, memorabilia, Movie, Music, new york, online, Original, original prop blog, originalpropblog, pop culture, popular culture, poster, premiere props, profiles in history, Prop, rock and roll, Rockefeller Center, schedule, sotheby's, South Kensington, Television, tv, vintage, Wardrobe

November 5, 2012 By Jason DeBord

Christie’s “Pop Culture: Entertainment Memorabilia” Live Auction November 29th, eCatalogue and PDF Catalog Online

The annual Winter auction in the UK by Christies for their Popular Culture department is scheduled for November 29th in South Kensington.  The “Pop Culture: Entertainment Memorabilia” catalog is now available online in a downloadable PDF format as well as an online eCatalogue at Christies.com. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Auction Houses and Dealers, Christie's, News and Events Tagged With: 2001, Art, auction, auction house, catalog, christies, Collection, concept, disney, entertainment, Film, harry potter, illustrations, indiana jones, james bond, madonna, marilyn monroe, memorabilia, michael jackson, Movie, nirvana, online, photographs, photography, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pop, posters, star wars, statue, storyboard, Television, Wardrobe

November 5, 2012 By Jason DeBord

Original TV and Movie Prop & Costume, Hollywood Entertainment, & Pop Culture Memorabilia Live Auction Events Calendar

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. Please also note that I update changes/additions to the calendar until the next update, in order to maintain as up to date as possible. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Calendar Tagged With: auction, auction house, auctioneer, authentic, beverly hills, bid, bidding, bonhams, catalog, christies, collectibles, Costume, dallas, ebay, entertainment, estate, event, Film, Heritage, heritage auction galleries, heritage live, Hollywood, hollywood live auctions, icollector, julien's, knightsbridge, live, live auctions, liveauctioneers, london, Los Angeles, memorabilia, Movie, Music, new york, online, Original, original prop blog, originalpropblog, pop culture, popular culture, poster, premiere props, profiles in history, Prop, rock and roll, Rockefeller Center, schedule, sotheby's, South Kensington, Television, tv, vintage, Wardrobe

October 11, 2012 By Jason DeBord

Christie’s “50 Years of James Bond” Auction Results; Upcoming Segment About Archives on 60 Minutes 10/14/12

Christie’s historic “50 Years of James Bond” auction pulled in a reported $2.6 million dollars for charity with their recent online/live hybrid auction announced last month.  Now, James Bond fans are in for a special treat with a 60 Minutes segment scheduled to air on CBS this weekend, which features a rare inside look at the Archives that holds much of the rare James Bond original props, costumes, and other assets made for and used in the films. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Auction Houses and Dealers, Charity & Fundraisers, Christie's, James Bond, News and Events Tagged With: 007, 50 years of james bond, 60 Minutes, Anderson Cooper, archives, aston martin, auction, authentic, Barnardo's, catalog, ChildLine, christies, daniel craig, england, eon productions, George Lazenby, james bond, memorabilia, model, movie prop, omega, ORBIS, Parkinson's UK, pierce brosnan, planet ocean, roger moore, sale, sean connery, Skyfall, swimming trunks, The Science Museum, Tickets for Troops, timothy dalton, uk, UNICEF, Women for Women, wristwatch

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