The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has filed a lawsuit against Heritage Auctions as well as a consignor in their current auction, Whitney Houston’s estate, in an effort to block the sale of her 1986 Emmy Award for “Saving All My Love for You”, which she performed at the Grammy’s. Heritage is fighting the efforts to pull the award from their auction. [Read more…]
Julien’s Auctions is holding an online only auction of entertainment memorabilia, with the catalog live via their Julien’s Live platform. The auction is scheduled to conclude on July 10th. [Read more…]
ScreenBid and their official online memorabilia auctions is now holding an online auction with costumes and wardrobe from Season One of the Fox series, Empire. The auction is scheduled to run May 9th through May 20th. The sale includes 104 lots with bidding starting at $25. [Read more…]
Profiles in History will be holding a special “The World of the Hunger Games Auction” this month, with props, costumes, vehicles and set pieces from all four films, The Hunger Games, the Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2. As a benefit to collectors, the sale is officially sanctioned from the studio, Lions Gate Films Inc., so all material is guaranteed to have come directly from the production. [Read more…]
ScreenBid and their official online memorabilia auctions is now holding an online auction for the CBS series, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. The auction is scheduled to run April 15th through April 22nd. The sale includes 604 lots with bidding starting at $25, including props and wardrobe. [Read more…]
A stunt blaster prop attributed to use by Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back failed to attract any bids at it’s hopeful $200,000 starting price in the most recent Nate D. Sanders auction last week. Though featuring an interesting history and a prior sale at Sotheby’s, as well as a lot of mainstream media attention leading up to the auction (see CNBC, CBS, Reuters, MSN, EW, Daily Mail, NBC, etc.), the “jackpot” reserve strategy employed by Hollywood memorabilia auction houses that I’ve frequently written about seemed to be the barrier to sale. [Read more…]
Julien’s Auctions’ “Icons & Idols: Hollywood” will be held on December 16th at the Julien’s Auctions Beverly Hills showroom. A public exhibition will run December 14th to 16th. [Read more…]
Julien’s Auctions will be holding their “Property from the Collection of Dame Joan Collins” later this month. The one-day sale will be held on December 16th at the Julien’s Auctions Beverly Hills showroom, following a public exhibition December 14th to 16th. [Read more…]