Yesterday’s feature reported on the Better Business Bureau having dropped their rating for Premiere Props to a score of “D”. Based on my research, it appears to have been the result of complaints filed against the studio prop reseller by one of their consignors and customers, David Brandon of HorrorDomain.com, and a dispute which involved consignment checks returned to him by the bank stamped “NSF” (Not Sufficient Funds). [Read more…]
Premiere Props, known in the hobby as a “studio reseller” (a company that sells original film and television assets on behalf of various studios) has recently had a significant drop in their Better Business Bureau rating. Their current BBB score is a “D” (with only two possible lower grades, a “D-” and an “F”). [Read more…]
The online catalog for the Bonhams “Doctor Who: The Auction – Costumes and Props from the BBC Archive” event (Sale 18192) is now available for the February 24th sale at Knightsbridge in the United Kingdom. The catalog for this event can be viewed online.
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Below is the latest updated list of upcoming original movie and television prop, wardrobe, and memorabilia auction events. Please contact me if you are aware of any coming events of interest to original prop collectors. [Read more…]
Super Auctions is holding their second liquidation of assets from the Hollywood Entertainment Museum (see details on previous event). Touted as “Hollywood Entertainment Museum II”, this follow-up auction ending January 31st also benefits the Media Arts Education for At-Risk Youth. [Read more…]
KMVT Community Television has published a video about “Star Trek: The Exhibition”, currently hosted at the San Jose Tech Museum of Innovation. [Read more…]
Earlier this month, Morphy Auctions listed a large collection of more than a dozen Superman-related principal costume and wardrobe pieces in their online catalog for their late February 2010 sale event. As was the case with an unrelated auction last year (see Philip Weiss Auctions Cancels “Special Superhero Weekend”), it would appear that all items have been pulled from their upcoming sale. [Read more…]
A story which has been playing out in the mainstream media recently involves multiple lawsuits and controversy with regards to autographed memorabilia, including doctored photos altered to include images of items that are completely fictional in the context of the original photos, with instruments and other material added to unrelated photos. [Read more…]
