Next month, Bonhams will be holding their follow-up to their annual auctions as curated by Turner Classic Movies (see 2014’s “There’s No Place Like Hollywood” and 2013’s “What Dreams Are Made Of: A Century of Movie Magic”). This year’s auction will be held on November 23rd, again in New York, with public previews in Los Angeles (November 5-8) and New York (November 20-23). [Read more…]
Bonhams will be holding their “Entertainment Memorabilia including Animation Art” (auction 22444) sale event in London on June 24th. This sale includes 291 lots featuring a mix of film/television as well as rock and roll and popular music related memorabilia. [Read more…]
Bonhams will be holding their “Entertainment Memorabilia including Animation Art” (auction 21024) sale event in Los Angeles on March 1. This sale includes 235 lots featuring a mix of film/television as well as rock and roll and popular music related memorabilia with a strong emphasis on posters, photos, and promotional material. [Read more…]
Bonhams will be holding their next “Entertainment Memorabilia” (auction 21948) sale event in Knightsbridge on December 10th. This sale includes a mix of film/television as well as music related memorabilia, which has a stronger emphasis, with a total of 347 lots overall. [Read more…]
This is an update to the 2013 version of this same article. As with that 2013 feature, this one is prompted by another Bonhams auction offering for a fertility idol attributed to use in Raiders of the Lost Ark , this one referencing back to one of their older auctions in 2005. Due to public interest in discussing iconic props from the Indiana Jones films, and confusion in the marketplace with regards to the provenance and authentication of such pieces, I thought it appropriate to update my ongoing series of articles on the topic with the new information and photos (see: Raiders of the Lost Ark Fertility Idols In The Marketplace). [Read more…]
Later this month, Bonhams will be holding their follow-up to last years, “What Dreams Are Made Of: A Century of Movie Magic at Auction as Curated by Turner Classic Movies”. On November 24th, again in conjunction with Turner Classic Movies, they will host the “TCM Presents… There’s No Place Like Hollywood” live auction New York (and simulcast in Los Angeles) on November 25th. TCM will “make a contribution to support The Film Foundation, an organization dedicated to protecting and preserving motion picture history”. [Read more…]
As part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2014, this article features photos of cosplayers and fans wearing costumes, and other people in and around the convention center and Exhibit Hall, as well as the Gaslamp District, and other places in an around the action during the event. [Read more…]
As part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2014, this article features photos from the main Exhibit Hall of the convention center, areas around the convention center, the Gaslamp Quarter, and other places in an around the action during the event. [Read more…]