In January 2008, a costume offered for sale on eBay was described as an “Authentic Original Costume” worn in Superman: The Movie by Christopher Reeve, which was supported by the “Super Hollywood” Letter of Authenticity that accompanied it. This auction was archived in Original Prop Blog articles at the time (see Questions About Superman Costumes in the Marketplace: Update & Update 2). [Read more…]
Remarketing Associates, Inc. is holding a 2-day auction on October 3rd and 4th in Los Angeles, selling what they describe as over 1,000 lots from an unidentified “Major Studio Prop House Collection”. Bidding is also available online at Proxibid.com. [Read more…]
This is a follow-up to the two prior articles (first, second) noting the exhibition of original props and costumes on display at The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra performance of Howard Shore’s score for the Lord of the Rings films this past weekend. [Read more…]
Back in April 2007, I published an article titled “Screen-Match Examples“, which presented photos of props which “match” stills from movie and television featuring that same original prop or wardrobe piece. Given that this is a popular topic in the hobby, I thought I would develop this into a series of articles feautring additional examples. This update presents a match from the film, Rush Hour. [Read more…]
Premiere Props is holding a live auction in El Segundo on October 11, 2008 – “Fangoria’s Horror Movie Prop Auction”. Full details can be found at the PremiereProps.com website: [Read more…]
Below is a photo preview of some of the Lord of the Rings original props and wardrobe on display tonight and tomorrow night at the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra event (as announced yesterday): [Read more…]
The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra will be performing Howard Shore’s score for the Lord of the Rings films on September 19th and 20th. This event is sold out. However, a private collector will have on display a number of original props from the Trilogy. [Read more…]
UPDATE: A “Version 2.1” edition of this article has been published on 12/05/08, which includes the original article below with additional information. The new, updated version of this article is recommended:
The following is an updated version of an article published August 12, 2008 – eBay’s “stonark” (AKA “Corner Collectibles”) – this will be considered a “2.0” version of the same article. No content of the original article has been edited, but additional research, documents, findings, and questions have been included and designated as such.