theres a guy in the uk selling an episode one screen used item on ebay - his description is "this was juggled by jaja binks"......quite how a cgi character juggled that specific prop is beyond me - more likely it was an item sat on a shelf in the background amonst 100 other bits of junk that you would struggle to see on film and one like it was cgi juggled.
screen used tends to be exaggerated sometimes tho - the only real way to be sure imo is buy from a reputable dealer - but you will pay the price for it
take the screen used aliens forced perspective eggs that run on ebay such alot - always seem to be listed on ebay.....but suspicious how so many of these alien eggs survived and not many other items from the movie did, and yet these small eggs were pulled from a skip where they would certainly have gone right to the bottom - not convinced they are genuine myself - in fact id go to say he has resin casted them.
look into it and do some digging, dont be afraid to ask questions - if its legit the seller will have no problem with you asking anything
3rd party coas imo dont mean alot, loa mean nothing imo too, if its backed up with studio documents then i have more faith in a real item - you get what you pay for.....always remember that - if its too good to be true it usually is
I have highlighted this quote because it bears directly this little story and I in no way diss who45's wise words of warning.. I purchased a couple of these eggs off ebay about 18 months ago and whilst I never met the seller in person I spent a good long while chatting to him by phone and he seemed very genuine and knowledgable. When the eggs turned up they seemed to be simple enough resin casts, painted black with a white powdery residue, they didn't look much like the Giger designed eggs as they have a folded rather than a dimply appearance to their surface. The opening or lips of the eggs have a gritty finish to their edges and the cast even has the remains of a seam. if I am honest they were fairly unimpressive to look at, though I cant imagine what I expected. I was probably skeptical but hadn't paid a lot for them so put them away in the loft and chalked it up to experience.
Anyway, I was recently checking out Propstore's site and there it is, a very similar looking egg, so I dug out mine for comparison. Their pics are of a good quality so there's plenty of detail and though the propstore's egg is cast in a yellow resin, the surface detail is completely identical to mine, even down to the partial seam. Now I can not say for certain my eggs were not recast, but I would bet a months wages that they came from the same cast as the propstore's, the dimensions quoted are also bang on. I know that Steve at The Propstore would never market a prop that he was not able to verify, so at this point I am very hopeful that these eggs have indeed come from The Queens chamber miniature. Oh!, did I mention that Propstore's egg is up at £550.00, and blow me I have two of em. Needless to say that I have not returned my eggs to the loft but am proudly displaying them.
That guy was also offering tiles that supposedly came from the Alien v predator aztec chamber walls, they had a face hugger design on them that I was able to spot on the screen, they were about a tenner each and he said that he quite a few. Of course, having been unimpressed by the eggs I did not buy any. Doh!.
After all this, maybe they are not genuine, but the guy claimed to be in the film industry. He spoke to me length and very intelligently on camera work, lighting effects and frame composition. I must admit, I find it difficult to believe that this fella would have gone to that kind of trouble to rip me off for less than fifty quid, he also put his address and postcode on the exterior packaging.
Anyway, food for thought. All comments gratefully received.
