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…]
ScreenUsed continues to broadened its online auction business, now with Cinemax series Banshee. The online-only auction runs through May 21st and includes over 250 lots. [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…]
ScreenBid and their official online memorabilia auctions is now holding an online auction for the CBS series, Under The Dome. The auction is scheduled to run 11/30-12/7, and thus concludes tomorrow. The sale includes 547 lots including props and wardrobe. [Read more…]
As mentioned a few days ago, the latest episode of Pawn Stars features a rocketship model claimed to have been used in the Flash Gordon serials from the 1930s. What appears to be the same model is now listed for public sale on eBay for a $100,000 “Buy It Now” price, stating that it is “an original movie studio prop – NOT a copy or reproduction” and that “[t]he model for sale here is an 18” prototype model — possibly the only one remaining — and may have been used for still shots on the ground and used with charges“. [Read more…]
I am featured in the History Channel’s popular cable reality series, Pawn Stars, in the latest episode debuting this week, “Rick’s Roulette” (Season 2015, Episode 27). I served as the Hollywood memorabilia expert and authenticator for one of the segments of this episode, taking a look at a prop model attributed to the Flash Gordon serials of the 1930s. This was filmed in December 2014 at Julien’s Auctions, when I was in town helping Colin Cantwell bring his Star Wars original artwork from 1974/1975 and other movie and television memorabilia to auction. I wanted to share some thoughts about the Flash Gordon prop rocketship model and appearing on the show in general. [Read more…]
Maybe most don’t pay enough attention to notice or care, but I’ve had an increasingly challenging time trying to make sense of the numbering convention employed by Profiles in History in naming their auction events. It reminds me a little bit of Microsoft and how they name their gaming consoles (Xbox to Xbox 360 to Xbox One) or even their PC operating systems (Windows 95 to 98 to ME to 2000 to XP to Vista to 7 to 8 to 10)…. In the early days, it was pretty straight forward with Profiles, with their “Collector’s Ransom” (and later, “Hollywood Auction”) events going from 1 to 2 to 3, etc. At some point, they started folding in non-Hollywood auctions (Animation, Historical Documents, Rare Books and Manuscripts) and special one off events into the same numbering sequence… In any event, I’ve taken the time to try to make sense of it for my own records, and I thought I would share the results below in the event it would be helpful to others, or for others to suggest corrections… [Read more…]
Next up for ScreenBid and their official online memorabilia auctions (following auctions for Breaking Bad, Psych, and Californication) is their sale for HBO’s True Blood. ScreenBid will be selling original props and costumes and other production material from the series in an online-only auction that runs through August 20th – August 25th.