OVER 900 PIECES OF MOVIE & TV MEMORABILIA WORTH OVER £4.4 MILLION ($5.6 MILLION)
ARE TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO BIDDERS BY PROP STORE
IN ONE OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST LIVE AUCTIONS OF FILM & TV MEMORABILIA
ON 1st & 2nd DECEMBER 2020, INCLUDING:
- OBI-WAN KENOBI'S (EWAN MCGREGOR) HERO LIGHTSABER FROM
STAR WARS: REVENGE OF THE SITH (2005)
ESTIMATED: £80,000 - 120,000
- PETE ‘MAVERICK’ (TOM CRUISE) BOMBER JACKET FROM TOP GUN (1986) ESTIMATED: £12,000 -16,000
- SPECIAL EFFECTS MECHANICAL ALIEN HEAD FROM
ALIEN (1979) ESTIMATED: £40,000 - 60,000
- JAMES BOND'S (DANIEL CRAIG) MI6 TRAINING SUIT FROM
SKYFALL (2012) ESTIMATED: £15,000 - 20,000
- JOKER'S (JACK NICHOLSON) FEDORA FROM
BATMAN (1989) ESTIMATED: £20,000 - 30,000
- NEO’S (KEANU REEVES) COMPLETE COSTUME FROM
THE MATRIX RELOADED (2003) ESTIMATED: £40,000 - 60,000
- VIVIAN WARD’S (JULIA ROBERTS) BOOTS FROM PRETTY WOMAN (1990) ESTIMATED: £10,000 - 15,000
- TYLER DURDEN'S (BRAD PITT) RED LEATHER JACKET FROM
FIGHT CLUB (1999) ESTIMATED: £20,000 - 30,000
JARETH’S (DAVID BOWIE) CRYSTAL BALL FROM LABYRINTH (1986) ESTIMATED: £10,000 - 15,000
James Bond's (Daniel Craig) MI6 Training Suit from SKYFALL (2012) est: £15,000 - 20,000
Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell's (Tom Cruise) Bomber Jacket from TOP GUN (1986) est: £12,000 -16,000
Vivian Ward’s (Julia Roberts) Boots from PRETTY WOMAN (1990) est: £10,000 - 15,000
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Film & TV memorabilia worth in excess of £4.4 million ($5.6 million) will be auctioned by Prop Store in a two-day auction on 1st & 2nd December 2020
Bids can be placed online or by phone from anywhere in the world
Last year’s UK auction saw a Radio-Controlled Hero Ghost Trap from GHOSTBUSTERS (1984) sell for an astonishing £186,900
Prop Store – one of the world’s leading film and TV memorabilia companies has today announced it is to hold its annual live auction of film and TV memorabilia for the seventh consecutive year this December, with the items on offer expected to fetch in excess of £4.4 million ($5.6 million).
Over 900 rare and iconic lots will be sold during Prop Store’s unique Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction over two days on Tuesday 1st and Wednesday 2nd December 2020 from 2:00pm GMT.
The auction will be live streamed online for fans to track the action and participate in bidding themselves. Auction lots can be viewed by appointment at Prop Store’s office facility in Hertfordshire, UK. Lots can be viewed by appointment only, please email auction@propstore.com for more details.
Prop Store will hold a virtual preview exhibition event in November via social media, with opportunities to see props from the auction up close and ask questions of the specialists.
Registration is now open at www.propstore.com/liveauction. Online proxy bids can be submitted from Thursday 29th October 2020.
Top items to be sold at the Prop Store auction (with estimated sale prices) include:
Obi-Wan Kenobi's (Ewan McGregor) Hero Lightsaber from STAR WARS: REVENGE OF THE SITH (2005) est: £80,000 - 120,000
Special Effects Mechanical Alien Head from ALIEN (1979) est: £40,000 - 60,000
Joker's (Jack Nicholson) Fedora from BATMAN (1989) est: £20,000 - 30,000
James Bond's (Daniel Craig) MI6 Training Suit from SKYFALL (2012) est: £15,000 - 20,000
Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell's (Tom Cruise) Bomber Jacket from TOP GUN (1986) est: £12,000 -16,000
Jareth's (David Bowie) Crystal Ball, Autographed Photos, Tickets and Card from LABYRINTH (1986) est: £10,000 - 15,000
Buck Russell's (John Candy) Bowling Ball from UNCLE BUCK (1989) est: £5,000 - 7,000
Light-Up Remote-control R2-S8 Droid from STAR WARS: SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY (2018) est: £40,000 - 60,000
Neo (Keanu Reeves) Complete Costume from THE MATRIX RELOADED (2003) est: £40,000 - 60,000
Vivian Ward’s (Julia Roberts) Boots from PRETTY WOMAN (1990) est: £10,000 - 15,000
Tyler Durden's (Brad Pitt) Red Leather Jacket from FIGHT CLUB (1999) est: £20,000 - 30,000
Captain Jack Sparrow's (Johnny Depp) Pirate Hat from PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES (2011) est: £10,000 - 15,000
Captain Miller's (Tom Hanks) Cast-autographed Hero Helmet from SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998) est: £10,000 - 15,000
Marty McFly's (Michael J. Fox) 2015 Jacket from BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II (1989) est: £12,000 - 15,000
Charlie Chaplin's (Robert Downey Jr.) Costume from CHAPLIN (1992) est: £10,000 - 15,000
Maximus' (Russell Crowe) Stunt Arena Shield from GLADIATOR (2000) est: £8,000 - 10,000
David Dunn's (Bruce Willis) FSU Security Costume from UNBREAKABLE (2000) est: £6,000 - 8,000
Joker's (Heath Ledger) Neck Tie from THE DARK KNIGHT (2008) est: £8,000 - 12,000
Katniss Everdeen's (Jennifer Lawrence) Combat Costume from THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY - PART 2 (2015) est: £8,000 - 10,000
Peter Banning's (Robin Williams) Pan Costume from Hook (1991) est: £10,000 - 15,000
Eva Perón's (Madonna) Hat from EVITA (1996) est: £2,000 - 3,000
Prop Store’s auction is suitable for fans with a variety of budgets. Some of the least expensive lots in the auction include a Poster Signed by Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint from HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE (2001) estimated at £300, Detective Mike Lowrey's (Will Smith) Beanie Hat from BAD BOYS II (2003) estimated at £400 and Billy Mack's (Bill Nighy) Snakeskin Suit from LOVE ACTUALLY (2003) also estimated to sell for £400.
Stephen Lane, Prop Store CEO commented on the upcoming auction: “Following the massive success in our inaugural Los Angeles Entertainment Memorabilia live auction, Prop Store is back with its seventh UK auction, a fantastic collection of over 900 artefacts for movie fans to get excited about. The two-day event will take place via live stream on the 1st and 2nd of December 2020, with plenty of digital opportunities to get up close and personal with the incredible content on offer this year”.
About Prop Store
Prop Store sells original movie props and costumes and related memorabilia, regularly hosting live and online prop and costume auctions. Over 8,000 items are also available for sale at fixed price on www.propstore.com.
Operating since 1998, Prop Store founder Stephen Lane’s love for movies led him to begin hunting for the same props and costumes that were used to create his favourite films. He found that he could not only provide collectors with access to their most coveted pieces, but also establish archival standards for a new, pop-culture hybrid of fine art and memorabilia collecting – prop art. Prop Store handles prop disposal, sale, archive and auction services to production companies and distributors as well as fixed price item sale on its website.
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