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Profiles in History “Peer Review” on George Reeves Superman Cape; More on 12/29/75 Western Costume Letters

As noted in recent articles (see Profiles in History Pledges More Transparency; Open Q&A On Website Regarding Provenance, Authenticity, Other Questions and Profiles in History Pledges More Transparency: Update & Response to “What We Are Currently Working On”), Profiles in History’s General Manager, Fong Sam, has written about embracing what they call “the concept of auctions as peer review” with regards to “verifying provenance” of material listed for public sale in their auction catalogs on his haxbee.com site.  With their upcoming sale, The Dreier Collection, Part 1, a few principals in our art market have raised questions with me privately with regards to one of the items listed for auction, Lot 106 GEORGE REEVES “SUPERMAN” CAPE FROM THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN.  Since the suggested resource on the Profiles in History website has yet to be created, I thought I would publish those questions raised with me in this article as part of the public “peer review” process with Profiles in History. [Read more…]

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Profiles in History ‘Dreier Collection, Part 1′ TV & Movie Prop Catalog Available Online for Sale Event July 28th

Profiles in History ‘Dreier Collection, Part 1′ TV & Movie Prop Catalog Available Online for Sale Event July 28th | Profiles in History Dreier Collection Auction Catalog Movie Prop Download x380

Profiles in History’s ‘Drier Collection, Part 1’ auction catalog is now available in print as well as online, via their official site. This auction is scheduled for July 28th at their Calabasas Hills facility.Profiles in History ‘Dreier Collection, Part 1′ TV & Movie Prop Catalog Available Online for Sale Event July 28th | trans [Read more…]

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Bonhams Entertainment Memorabilia Auction to be Held in London on July 3rd, Catalog Available Online

Bonhams Entertainment Memorabilia Auction to be Held in London on July 3rd, Catalog Available Online | Original Prop Blog Bonhams Auction Entertainment Memorabilia London Knightsbridge Sale Catalog x380

Bonhams will be holding their “Entertainment Memorabilia” sale event in London on July 3rd (in addition to their Los Angeles-based sale the week earlier).  This sale includes a mix of film/television as well as music related memorabilia, as well as some animation. [Read more…]

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Bonhams Entertainment Memorabilia Auction to be Held in Los Angeles on June 24th, Catalog Available Online

Bonhams Entertainment Memorabilia Auction to be Held in Los Angeles on June 24th, Catalog Available Online | Bonhams Entertainment Memorabilia Auction Sale Event Catalog June 2012 x3801

Bonhams will be holding their “Entertainment Memorabilia including Animation Art” sale event in Los Angeles on June 24th. [Read more…]

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Premiere Props ‘Hollywood Auction Extravaganza VI’ Catalog Online, Television & Movie Prop and Costume Sale Event June 23rd & 24th

Premiere Props ‘Hollywood Auction Extravaganza VI' Catalog Online, Television & Movie Prop and Costume Sale Event June 23rd & 24th | Premiere Props Hollwood Auction Extravaganza Sale Catalog Memorabilia June 2012 x380

The online catalog for the Premiere Props “Hollywood Auction Extravaganza VI”, scheduled for June 23-24, is now listed via online bidding partners iCollector and LiveAuctioneers. The auction includes over 1,000 lots from various film and television productions. [Read more…]

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Original TV and Movie Prop & Costume, Hollywood Entertainment, Pop & Rock Music, & Pop Culture Memorabilia Live Auction Events Calendar

Original TV and Movie Prop & Costume, Hollywood Entertainment, Pop & Rock Music, & Pop Culture Memorabilia Live Auction Events Calendar | Entertainment Memorabilia Hollywood Music Movie Prop Costume Auction House Sale Event Calendar Schedule x380

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 collectors.Original TV and Movie Prop & Costume, Hollywood Entertainment, Pop & Rock Music, & Pop Culture Memorabilia Live Auction Events Calendar | trans Please also note that I update changes/additions to the calendar until the next update, in order to maintain as up to date as possible. [Read more…]

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Julien’s Auctions ‘Sports Legends & Music Icons’ Catalog Online, Event to be Held in Beverly Hills June 23rd-24th

Julien’s Auctions ‘Sports Legends & Music Icons' Catalog Online, Event to be Held in Beverly Hills June 23rd-24th | Juliens Auctions Music Icons Sale Event June 2012 Online Catalog FI

Julien’s Auctions has published the online catalog for their upcoming sale – “Sports Legends and Music Icons”, which will be held at their Beverly Hills gallery on Saturday, June 23rd for Sports and Sunday, June 24th for Music.  While focused on sports and music, included within is some film and television used material.

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Prop Talk Podcast #017 – Jeff Pirtle, Director of Archives and Collections, NBCUniversal | Interview by The Original Prop Blog with Jason DeBord

Prop Talk Podcast #017 – Jeff Pirtle, Director of Archives and Collections, NBCUniversal | Interview by The Original Prop Blog with Jason DeBord | Original Prop Blog Prop Talk Podcast Jeff Pirtle NBCUniversal Director of Archives and Collections x380

Jeff Pirtle, special guest. This is the seventeenth ‘Prop Talk’ podcast by the Original Prop Blog. Mr. Jeff Pirtle is Director, Archives and Collections, NBCUniversal.  NBCUniversal is celebrating their Centennial, and involved in a number of projects that give people glimpses of never-before-seen props, images and more from the NCBUniversal collection. Jeff Pirtle has been working on pulling key items to share on Universal’s Centennial Tumblr as well as for the Centennial celebration overall.

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