In just a few short weeks Prop Store is back with one of the biggest movie memorabilia auctions we’ve ever seen. It is the perfect chance to pick up something truly special from your most beloved movies – and we’re here to show you a few of the very best Blockbuster items you could own.
At the end of June and the start of July there’s another chance to live out your dreams with original movie props, concept and promotional artwork, costumes and so (so) much more with Prop Store’s Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction. It is being held in Los Angeles, but is available all around the world via the internet, from June the 29th to July the 1st. That gives you just under a month to dive headlong into the 500+ page catalogue which details thousands of highly collectible items, and choose your lots to bid on.
You’ve always wanted a pair of Gotham City phone books from Batman Returns, right? Or maybe there’s a space above your fireplace for a set of Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine claws? If futuristic weaponry is your bag then you can relive the propulsive adrenaline rush of Aliens in your own home with Vasquez’s Pulse Rifle, or embrace your destiny as a Jedi with Episode III’s lightsabers. It’s all here – everything you could want and more.
To film fans this is kid in a candy shop time. This type of movie miscellany is a treasure trove of riches. And as many of the items come from the biggest films of the last half century, we’ve taken a closer look at some of the Blockbuster Items on offer.
You can find the full catalogue, as well as all the details for the auction, right here on Prop Store’s website.
Let’s start with a drink, yes?
Back to the Future series
Without a doubt, one of the most captivating elements from 1989’s Back to the Future Part II was the hyper stylized future of 2015. Marty McFly’s foray to the future was filled with the unusual everyday, some of which have come to be realised in own our homes. Yes – we’re still waiting for the 3-second microwave pizza (which looked delicious) and the holographic movie marquees – but we do have smart homes and video calls. The faxes were phased out sadly.
The Cafe ’80s had another prime piece of predestined prop-making. The Pepsi Perfect bottle was so futuristic, and such a bold, blatant piece of product placement, that it doesn’t matter how it tasted – we all wanted one.
Yes – we were that susceptible – and now we have the chance to pick one up! The drink itself may have lost its fizz though…
Also – bonus item pictured above – the front page of USA Today which reports on bionic arms for baseball pitchers, soaring house prices and a scathing review of Jaws 17. Sadly Queen Diana visiting Washington was never a reality.
The Harry Potter series
Surpassing John Lennon in the circular specs stakes, young Harry Potter has cast a spell over a generation of young readers and cinema goers. Many of the items from the series up for auction are iconic pieces of the Potter puzzle – with our first pick being perhaps the most recognisable of them all.
According to the catalogue these eyeglasses, made for Daniel Radcliffe for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, are the first ever pair of Potter glasses to be available from Warner Bros. Archive.
Best of all, all of the Hammer Price proceeds from the Potter items will go to the Lumos Foundation, an international charity dedicated to transforming care systems for children around the world. Fifty points to Prop Store for facilitating this.
The resin wand was used for the 2010 film, and it is believed to have been used for some of the earlier films, possibly back to the Prisoner of Azkaban films when this design of wand was first used.
There can be few Potterheads who haven’t dreamed of wielding the wand of The Boy Who Lived – now is your chance to do just that.
The Indiana Jones series
Seriously.
That is Indy’s hat from the Temple of Doom. And it can be yours.
This is high point of the auction for sure. The chance to don the iconic fedora, worn by Harrison Ford all the way back in 1984, will be unmissable for one lucky Indiana Jones fan. If you want details: it is a size 7¼ (58 European), created by the Herbert Johnson Hat Company, has a satin lining and the initials I J embossed in bold on the sweatband.
The Star Wars series
Available in Sith Red and Force Green (my names and distinctions – don’t take these as lore…) Prop Store is offering the lightsabers of both Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi from 2005’s Revenge of the Sith.
Episode III had a number of impressive moments; none more so than the lava-bound final fight on the planet of Mustafar. These bladed ‘Duelling Lightsabers’ were used by Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen in the film. Both actors are now shooting the follow up Disney+ Star Wars series Kenobi, due out on the streaming service next year.
This next item is a rarity with added emotional value due to the sad passing of Carrie Fisher in 2016. This lot is Fisher’s script for The Empire Strikes Back, written by Leigh Brackett and Laurence Kasdan, arguably the film in which the character of Princess Leia was best defined. The reason this script will turn heads is that it has her own annotations made during filming, including the famous lines of dialogue which were changed on set. The scenes between Fisher’s Leia and Harrison Ford’s Han Solo are a key reason for our enjoyment of the film, and it is fascinating to see how their back and forth evolved over time.
This lot is for one of the production manufactured helmets, made specifically for the 1983 film. It’s one of my favourite designs from the whole saga, one that inspired director Rian Johnson for the Elite Praetorian Guards in The Last Jedi.
McQuarrie’s artwork, more than anything else, influenced the look of the Star Wars films. Several of the more spectacular shots from this decade’s sequel trilogy of films were entirely based on McQuarrie’s work.
This is a rare chance to own a piece of Star Wars history, one among many in this auction.
R2-SHP (known to his friends as Shep) is a remote control droid which lights up and moves around with the included remote control. How often do you have the chance to own your very own R2 unit? Particularly one so complete and animated? Now is your chance…
Lot 196 is a set of a Statler and Waldorf Puppet heads, with details that indicate that Jim Henson himself may have operated them once upon a time. Dated to the 1980s, this is the perfect item for the Muppet fan in your life, and will make a lively conversation piece (they themselves will provide the lively conversation…) upon any mantelpiece, or Royal Box.