Temple of Doom hat gets close to £500,000 at auction
Indiana Jones’s hat proved a winning lot at a recent sale of Hollywood movie props. There’s a huge appetite for genuine on-screen items right now.
2024-08-21
Brooke Shields’ jeans and Wizard of Oz wand star in Hollywood sale
Brooke Shields’ jeans, Marlon Brando’s suit, or the wand that Glinda the Witch waved in the Wizard of Oz. Which of these iconic costumes would you love to own?
2024-08-09
Indiana Jones Fedora gets $500,000 price tag
Fancy wearing Indiana Jones’ trademark fedora? You’ll need around $0.5 million to get the real thing if a replica won’t do.
2024-07-25
Mr Darcy’s wet shirt makes £25,000 at auction
Colin Firth, as Mr Darcy, wore this shirt as he dripped from a lake and into a TV nation’s hearts. Yesterday, March 5, it sold for £25,000 at auction, well […]
2024-03-06
Harrison Ford’s Star Wars script makes £10k at auction
A Star Wars script abandoned by Harrison Ford in a London rental has sold for nearly £11,000. Ford was staying in Elgin Crescent, Notting Hill while filming the first Star […]
2024-02-21
5 lots you’ll know in this Hollywood legends auction
A March auction sale of Hollywood props and costumes is packed with instantly recognisable items. Film fans will know these items immediately and are likely to snap them up, despite […]
2024-02-14
Marilyn Monroe auction features legendary dress
A gown worn by Marilyn Monroe in the movie The Seven Year Itch is due to be auctioned. It is expected to raise at least $100,000.
2024-01-10
Star Wars figure at auction is collectors’ “holy grail”
A Star Wars figure should raise at least £15,000 at auction in the UK in January. It is a Jawa, one of the rarest Star Wars toys sold.
Last call for Lebowski sale
One of the greatest and most-cult-like of film fandoms is battling it out over relics of The Big Lebowski, the Coen Brothers 1998 film about a Los Angeles stoner dragged […]
2023-12-15
Freddy Krueger’s killer glove leads £12 million horror film auction
More than 1,800 items from classic horror films including A Nightmare on Elm Street and The Shining will go under the hammer next month in an auction expected to raise […]
2023-11-01
Star Wars X-Wing model raises record $3.1 million at auction
A model X-wing fighter used in the first Star Wars film, 1977’s Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope sold at auction last week for $3.1 million. It is […]
Dragon Ball Z cell makes $144k in US auction
Two highly sought-after animation cels from classic Japanese animes Dragon Ball Z and Akira raised impressive sums at Heritage Auctions’ recent sale. The first, a production cel showing the character […]
2023-10-27
Brando’s Apocalypse Rolex leads Geneva sale
Mohamad Zaman will be the owner of one of the world’s largest one-man watch collections until November 6th. That’s when Mr Zaman’s extraordinary lifetime collection will be sold at Christie’s […]
2023-10-19
Rolex Daytona watches among highlights of Paul Newman sale
Can you have it all? Paul Newman was a top-level Hollywood star for decades. He enjoyed a famously long-lasting, loving marriage. And he could indulge his passions. Two of those […]
2023-03-31
The Star Wars sale that never was
The aborted auction of desirable Star Wars memorabilia reminds us that behind many sales are personal stories and real people. With real feelings. The Washington Post reported on February 14 […]
