Tobey Maguire was a featured guest on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien last night. In the course of the interview, Conan asked Maguire a “dumb question” about whether he owns one of the original Spider-Man costumes… [Read more…]
Hollywood Parts & The Halcyon Company Offer Original Movie Props and Costumes from “Terminator Salvation”
Film and television production rental company and movie prop reseller Hollywood Parts has today, in conjunction with The Halcyon Company, begun to offer original assets from Terminator Salvation, which was released on DVD and Blu-Ray Disc yesterday. [Read more…]
Charity Auction: Original Star Trek Uniform Worn By Inspirational Professor Randy Pausch, Author of “The Last Lecture”
Jai Pausch, widow of Carnegie-Mellon University Computer Science professor Randy Pausch, has donated a uniform that he wore in J.J. Abrams Star Trek film for charity auction on eBay. [Read more…]
Annual Holiday Warning About Buying Fake and Fraudulent Movie Props, Costumes, and Memorabilia as Gifts
Since today is “Black Friday”, I thought it would be appropriate to republish an editorial that I posted last year as the holiday season approached, warning consumers against the purchase of television and movie props, costumes, and other assets as gifts for loved ones. [Read more…]
Superman Costumes in the Marketplace Archive: November 2009, Part 2
This article continues coverage of Superman costumes and costume components offered for sale publicly in the marketplace attributed to use in the Superman films of the 70s-80s starring Christopher Reeve and characterized as “original” and “authentic”. [Read more…]
Heritage Holiday Catalog of High End Collectibles Includes Sub from “The Spy Who Loved Me”
Heritage Auction Galleries is hosting their annual “Heritage for the Holidays” catalog on their HA.com website. The catalog includes “rare and appealing treasures” of fixed price (non auction) collectible items including stamps, comic books, sports memorabilia, art, book first editions, currency, historical artifacts. [Read more…]
Bonhams Entertainment Memorabilia Auction to be Held at Knightsbridge on December 16th, Catalog Available Online
The second of two Bonhams events to be held next month (the other being hosted in Los Angeles) is the “Entertainment Memorabilia” auction (Sale 16905), which will be held December 16th at Knightsbridge in the United Kingdom. The catalog for this event can be viewed online.
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Al Pacino’s Hero M1991A1 Series 80 Colt Officer’s APC Original Movie Prop Gun from Michael Mann’s “Heat”
This is the next in a series of more comprehensive profiles of the original props in my own collection, and the next piece to be showcased the hero customized M1991A1 Series 80 Colt Officer’s APC Model prop pistol used by Al Pacino as Lt. Vincent Hanna in Michael Mann’s “Heat“.
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