Archive for April, 2011
  • Profiles in History Auction 44 Day 1 preview at Van Eaton Galleries 1 CommentsPosted by on April 29, 2011 under Featured, Highlights
      Tonight, Van Eaton Galleries, located at 13613 Ventura Blvd Sherman Oaks, CA , hosted a preview reception for day one auction items featured in Profiles in History's Hollywood Auction 44. Being held May 14th and15th at the Saban Theatre 8440 Wilshire Blvd in Beverly Hills, C.A, the auction is generating quite a bit of press on the once in a lifetime opportunity for the public to acqui... more.
  • Bridge featured in Stalone’s Rambo: First Blood may soon be gone… 1 CommentsPosted by on under Featured, Highlights
    The bridge featured in the 1983 Sylvester Stalone hit, Rambo: First Blood is due to be replaced by  a new bridge on May 27th in the town of  Hope B.C. where the scene and much of the film was shot. The lumber used to build the bridge contains a chemical called Creosote, which is an environmental concern to the Coquihalla River it is built over. More can be found about this on YouTube, an... more.
  • Maynards liquidating sets, props, & wardrobe from Smallville. 0 CommentsPosted by on April 28, 2011 under Featured, Highlights
      Maynards, an asset management company in British Colombia, is having a three day liquidation sale April 28th, 29th, and 30th at their two locations. The sale consists of items from the television show, Smallville, and includes set pieces, props and costumes. Below is the ad from their website.                                            Â... more.
  • Nicolas Cage’s Superman Action #1 found after being stolen in 2000 2 CommentsPosted by on April 26, 2011 under Featured, Highlights
      A very rare Superman Action #1 comic book stolen from Nicolas Cage's California home in 2000, has been found in a storage facility in San Fernando Valley, CA . Cage, who was to star in the never made 1990's Tim Burton version of Superman, purchased the comic from Stephen Fishler, founder of New York's Metropolis Collectibles. The comic, worth an estimated $1-$1.5 million dolla... more.
  • Julien’s Auctions & NBC Universal partner for prop auction 1 CommentsPosted by on April 23, 2011 under Featured, Highlights
      Julien's Auctions has partnered with NBC/Universal to auction items from their hit shows HEROES and The Cape. There are 51 lots from HEROES and 24 lots from The Cape which are included with Julien's Hollywood Legends Auction being held May 7th and May 8th in Beverly Hills, CA.... more.
  • From STYD:Choice Cuts 25: Fright Night Retrospective & Prop Tour 0 CommentsPosted by on April 22, 2011 under Featured, Highlights
        Horror themed web site Shock Till You Drop, has a really fun and interesting video interview with Fright Night director Tom Holland. Ryan Turek does a great job interviewing Mr. Holland. The video interview gives fans a few behind the scenes magic info on how the creature creations were used in the film.  Tom shares stories about making Fright Night and also gives a brief ... more.
  • Win original props from new HBO television series. 0 CommentsPosted by on April 21, 2011 under Featured, Highlights
        HBO is holding a sweepstakes contest to win a set of Dragon Golden Eggs from their new televisison show, Game of Thrones. There will be 1 Grand Prize of a set of 3 Dragon Eggs as seen on the set from the  series. 5 lucky winners who win First Prize will receive a $100 Gift Card to use in The HBO Shop. ... more.
  • Check out FOX television VIP Fan Auctions. 0 CommentsPosted by on April 16, 2011 under Featured
        On FOX's website I found this link for VIP Fan Auctions. Image ©VIP Fan Auctions and FOX Check it out.... more.
  • Want to win original props from FOX’s Fringe ? Check this out… 0 CommentsPosted by on under Featured
      The folks over at GetGlue are teaming up with FOX television for a contest to win actual screen used props from the FOX t.v. show, Fringe are running a contes tto win actual props used in the series. Every week, FOX will publish a special code for users to enter to earn multiple entries to the giveaway. Enter the giveaway, watch Fringe on Fridays at 9/8c on FOX, check out FOX.com, ... more.
  • Rocky Gloves,TMZ & Prop Blogs,…questions, answers, & an update. 4 CommentsPosted by on April 14, 2011 under Featured, Highlights
      Recently a pair of boxing gloves attributed to the Academy Award winning 1976 Sylvester Stallone film, Rocky, have been in the news. Auction house, Profiles in History, well known for having some of the biggest and the best in original Hollywood props, costumes, and artwork, was featuring lot #1069, which consists of one of the pairs of Rocky's training gloves, jump rope, speed bag, an... more.
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