Profiles in History - Auction #56

GKvfx said:

But I guess that's the point, right?

Gene

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I certainly have been guilty of exceeding my predetermined max bid on items in the past during live online sessions; but usually I do manage to stay within my planned budget. It is certainly easily to let emotions take over in an excited competitive bidding war - and I'm sure the auction houses look forward to that, LOL! I admire your ability to execute an absentee bid and stick to it! What is also good about the online sessions, I think, is that if one loses one's first choice in the sale, there may be the possibility of bidding and winning a second or third choice -- depending on the sequence in which the lots are presented online. Sometimes I do have a plan of items I will bid on if I don't win my most desired lot.

Has anyone actually been to the Profiles auction live? Also, has anyone on this board ever won an auction for a large item that needed to be shipped? If so, was it a pretty easy situation to deal with, with the Profiles company?

Room8 said:

Has anyone actually been to the Profiles auction live? Also, has anyone on this board ever won an auction for a large item that needed to be shipped? If so, was it a pretty easy situation to deal with, with the Profiles company?

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Yes to the first, no to the second.

Been to a couple of the live auctions, but in those cases, I wasn't bidding. Moves along at a good clip. You need to know the lot number of the items you want to bid on and follow along with your catalog. They don't spend a lot of time talking about each item before it begins.

The times I have won, I've arranged for payment/pickup to happen at the same time and paid with cash/check.

I don't believe they have a provision for paying and taking your item with you the day of the auction, if that was what you're getting at.

Gene

Stairstars said:

Exactly. And that is pretty standard throughout the Industry. The only exception that comes to mind is RR Auctions in NH who guarantees every lot, but they are only just now getting into film memorabilia sales.

rick

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Screen Used is very good about this too... Everything they sell in their auctions comes with their own COA (in addition to any paperwork that might have been included with the lot). They won't accept an item for consignment unless _they_ are convinced it's legit (in their own words- If they wouldn't be comfortable buying it for their own collection, they won't sell it in their auctions). Basically the same policy as their website store I believe.

I don't believe they have a provision for paying and taking your item with you the day of the auction, if that was what you're getting at.


Yes, that clears things up for me. Thanks!

Only 6 days left before the auction. Anyone bidding on items?

I see that priemerprops has another auction set up already in around two weeks.

As much as I like some of the things in the catalog, the majority of my income has to go towards my mortgage and child.

*eyeballs the Rorschach costume*

Damn you, mortgage.

Dont forget your pug!

The Prop Stop said:

Just wanted to say thanks to Profiles for sending me about $150 worth of catalogues. Really quite impressive to see all those items across the four catalogues turn up in a little box.

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LoL By now I may have gotten more in catalogs than I've spent in their auctions over the years.

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Pics sent to me yrs ago by Bob Miller had me thinking he had the tribble from the railing.

For all you on-line bidders / vets - are the ArtFact.com "Realized Prices" generally accurate and do they reflect the hammer price? Or do they include the premium the seller pays? I'd like to pass along the good news to some of the consignors, but want the sale price to be accurate.......

Thanks,

Gene

Its the hammer price without the 20% and 3% artfact fee

Thanks.....

Gene

Well that wasn't a fun auction for me. Lost everything I went for

How did you guys/ dolls do? Anyone here have a paddle that ended in *123 or *039?

Profiles in History’s, two day, Hollywood Auction 56, hammered (approximately) $6.1 million dollars according to early tallies. Factoring in an online buyers premium of 23% (20% if bidding live or by phone and paying by check or cash), the auctioned totaled an impressive $7,503,000.

Many lots sold well over their pre auction estimates, including items from The Warner Archives, various iconic Hollywood films, and the ever popular, Marilyn Monroe.

Highlights from Day 1 included:

Lot # 1: Collection of (12) vintage contact print sheets of Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller by Richard Avedon. Est: $2,000-$3,000. Sold for $14,000.

Lot #2: Collection of (74) vintage contact prints of Marilyn Monroe by Richard Avedon for Life from “Marilyn Monroe, Actress, New York City, May 6, 1957” sitting. Est: $2,000-$3,000. Sold for $14,000.

Lot #29: Collection of (4) oversize vintage master prints of Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller by Sam Shaw. Est: $300-$500. Sold for $8,000.

Lot #54: Collection of (43) vintage prints of Marilyn Monroe: Est: $400-$600. Sold for $11,000.

Lot #176: Vintage collection of (15) original studio camera negatives of Bela Lugosi in Dracula. Est: $3,000-$5,000. Sold for $15,500.

Lot #177: Vintage collection of (14) original studio camera negatives of Bela Lugosi in Dracula. Est: $3,000-$5,000. Sold for $15,500.

Lot #276: Original poster art for The 7th Dawn. Est: $400-$600. Sold for $5,500.

Lot #285: Original Jack Davis poster art for The Long Goodbye. Est: $600-$800. Sold for $3,750.

Lot #287: Original Robert McGinnis poster art for Woody Allen’s Sleeper. Est: $600-$800. Sold for $9,500.

Lot #336: Norma Koch costume sketch for Bette Davis as “Baby Jane” in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Est: $1,000-$1,500. Sold for $9,500.

Lot #367: James Gandolfini’s screen-worn “Tony Soprano” costume. Est: $3,000-$5,000. Sold for $22,000.

Lot #391: Original Charlie Chaplin “Tramp” cane from Modern Times. Est: $120,000-$150,000. Sold for $350,000.

Lot #409: Gone with the Wind final shooting script presented by David O. Selznick to Eric G. Stacey. Est: $20,000-$30,000. Sold for $70,000.

Lot #410: Fitch Fulton screen-used matte painting of “Tara” from Gone With the Wind. Est: $60,000-$80,000. Sold for $225,000.

Lot #414: Judy Garland early “Dorothy” dress from The Wizard of Oz. Est: $80,000-$120,000. Sold for $300,000.

Lot #490: Costumes worn by Julie Andrews “Maria” and the “Von Trapp children” from The Sound of Music. Est: $800,000 – $1,200,000. Sold for $1,300,000.
Lot #506: Willis O’Brien technical drawings and artwork for “Range O’Vision” camera concept. Est: $8,000 – $12,000. Sold for $27,500.

Lot #512: Ray Harryhausen-used script and matte painting/split screen folder from First Men in the Moon. Est: $6,000 – $8,000. Sold for $32,500.

Lot #529: Mentor Huebner original concept art for Forbidden Planet. Est: $3,000 – $5,000. Sold for $25,000.

Day two highlights were:

Lot #563: Steve McQueen’s signature screen-used “Frank Bullitt” hero tweed sports jacket worn in Bullitt. Est: $600,000 – $800,000. Sold for $600,000.



Lot #572: Original “number 7″ poster art for The Magnificent Seven. Est: $2,000 – $3,000. Sold for $16,000.


Lot #604: “James Bond’s” Walther gun, as used by Sean Connery in publicity shots for four “James Bond” films. Est: $200,000 – $300,000. Sold for $250,000.


Lot #606: Sylvester Stallone “John Rambo” hero screen-used survival knife with sheath from First Blood. Est: $20,000 – $30,000. Sold for $75,000.


Lot #620: Full-size, screen-used V.I.N.CENT the robot hero from The Black Hole. Est: $40,000 – $60,000. Sold for $40,000.


Lot #623: Henry Thomas’ “Elliott” signature red hoodie from the bicycle sequence in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Est: $6,000 – $8,000. Sold for $35,000.


Lot #656: Original screen-used stop-motion ball and socket articulated “Scout Trooper” armature from Star Wars. Est: $30,000 – $40,000. Sold for $47,500.


Lot #661: “Indiana Jones” whip used in 1981, 1984 and 1989 Indiana Jones movies. Est: $40,000 – $60,000. Sold for $95,000.


Lot #712: Arnold Schwarzenegger distressed biker jacket from The Terminator. Est: $12,000 – $15,000. Sold for $30,000.


Lot #780: Tom Hanks “Forrest Gump” iconic bus stop bench from Forrest Gump. Est:8,000 – $12,000. Sold for $25,000.


Lot #781: Bernard Hill “Captain Smith” uniform from Titanic. Est: $40,000 – $60,000. Sold for $90,000.


Lot #801: Life size “Sentinel” from The Matrix Reloaded. Est: $30,000 – $50,000. Sold for $110,000.


Lot #810: Orlando Bloom “Legolas” Lothorien arrow from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Est: $5,000 – $7,000. Sold for $17,000.


Lot #903: Screen-used hero rock hammer from The Shawshank Redemption. Est: $2,000 – $3,000. Sold for $32,500.


Lot #904: Screen-used hero chess pieces from The Shawshank Redemption. Est: $3,000 – $5,000. Solf fpor $17,000.


Lot #918: Town Hall set from “Jack Skellington’s” Christmas Town presentation, The Nightmare Before Christmas. Est: $30,000 – $50,000 . Sold for $100,000.


Lot #919: Stand-in vampire puppet from The Nightmare Before Christmas. Est: $6,000 – $8,000. Sold for $22,500.


Lot #928: Iconic screen-used “Spiral Hill” set piece from The Nightmare Before Christmas. Est: $12,000 – $15,000. Sold for $70,000.


Lot #942: Christopher Reeve “Superman” costume created for Superman 3. Est: $15,000 – $30,000. Sold for $60,000.


Lot #944: Brad Pitt “Louis” hero costume created for Interview with the Vampire. Est: $15,000 – $20,000. Sold for $30,000.


Lot #968: Carrie-Anne Moss “Trinity” costume created for The Matrix Revolutions. Est: $12,000 – $15,000. Sold for $65,000.

Anyone know what the three large Alien vs. Predator panels went for? I think the estimate was $1000-$1500

Room8 said:

Anyone know what the three large Alien vs. Predator panels went for? I think the estimate was $1000-$1500

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Here you go:

Lot 852: Trio of hieroglyphic panels from AVP: Alien vs. Predator:

Realized Price: $2,500

Estimated Price: $1,000 - $1,500

MoviePropCollector said:

Here you go:

Lot 852: Trio of hieroglyphic panels from AVP: Alien vs. Predator:

Realized Price: $2,500

Estimated Price: $1,000 - $1,500

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Thanks!

Room8 said:

Thanks!

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You're very welcome. Anytime .

Did the TOS phaser sell?

Phaser not sold