Propworx has today listed on eBay nearly 200 assets from the Battlestar Galactica series, which are scheduled to end Monday, following the live event and activities this weekend in Pasadena. Each of these listings start at $0.99 with no reserve. [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 original prop collectors. [Read more…]
Premiere Props will be holding a live auction in El Segundo, offering original props and costumes from Underworld, Underworld Evolution, and Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. The auction will be held February 7th, with online bidding managed by iCollector.com. This event is co-sponsored by Fangoria. [Read more…]
As noted last month (see Live Event Catalog Available Online), the online PDF version of the catalog for the Battlestar Galactica auction event was made available in early December. Collectors started receiving the print edition in the mail in the past week or so, and I received a comp copy over the weekend, so I thought I’d share my observations. [Read more…]
Today, professional wrestler Lanny Poffo has declared that a Letter of Authenticity bearing his (misspelled) name and signature, included as proof of authenticity in a recent *stoneark* auction, is fraudulent.
James Comisar and the The Comisar Collection were featured in last week’s issue of RadioTimes magazine. The article provides some background about Mr. Comisar and the Collection, his objectives in preserving original props and wardrobe from classic television, and his hopes to find a global exhibition partner to allow the public to enjoy and appreciate the important pop culture artifacts. [Read more…]
An article published earlier this week (see eBay’s *stoneark*: “Buyer/Bidder Network” Analysis, Part 1) included analysis of a select set of eBay accounts and their bidding activities with eBay seller *stoneark* (AKA stonark, AKA Corner Collectibles, AKA Cornner Collectibles). Anthony Shkutnick, partnered with eBay, offers for public sale “guaranteed authentic” wardrobe attributed to various classic Hollywood stars.
30 days ago, I began performing an analysis of eBay seller *stoneark* (AKA stonark, AKA Corner Collectibles, AKA Cornner Collectibles) and bid participation patterns on his listings of “guaranteed authentic” wardrobe attributed to various classic Hollywood stars. As a result, I identified 8 accounts that share not only some remarkable coincidences, but nearly each one has transacted with all of the rest, in addition to buying from *stoneark*.
