Entertainment Memorabilia

Even if you do not know the name Bob McGinnis (b.1926) you will probably be familiar with his work.

Heritage is holding a Beatles memorabilia sale in Dallas on September 24.

This camera script produced for the ‘Waldorf Salad’ episode from the second series of Fawlty Towers was offered by East Bristol Auctions (19% buyer’s premium) in a timed online sale that ended on August 23,

Sabena was mainland Europe’s first airline to offer a transatlantic jet service via Boeing 707 and this design by Gaston Van den Eynde is one of a series that he designed to herald the Belgian airline’s jet age.

Offering a copy of the second of JK Rowling’s famous tales to be published, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets of 1998, a lot that featured in a July 16 sale held by Rogers Jones (24% buyer’s premium) was certainly an unusual one.

What would appear to be a rare James Bond promotional poster proved the major attraction of a June 14 sale held by TW Gaze (18% buyer’s premium).

A cheery Retail Fruit Trade Federation 1930s poster promoting healthy breakfast food features in AntikBar’s summer exhibition The visual Impact of Nourishment in Vintage Posters.

Single-owner group offers 007 toys and gadgets mainly from the Sean Connery era

Swann Auction Galleries is holding a sale of vintage posters in New York on August 4.

Boldly going where no production action figure has gone before, a ʻdouble-telescoping’ Luke Skywalker in near mint conditon has sold for close to $100,000.

A collection of pop culture ephemera and football memorabilia found in a Cotswold bungalow was offered across 390 lots at auction.

A selection of lots relating to vehicles opens Poster Auctions International’s sale in New York on July 12.

Poster fan is particularly proud of his lobby cards highlighting groups ignored in early Hollywood.

With Wimbledon on the way at the end of the month we look at options for memorabilia

A London saleroom offered what was billed as the only “known” surviving set of uncorrected galley proofs for Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone.

This original concert poster advertises the second of two now legendary punk rock concerts in Manchester in the summer of 1976.

Two upcoming lots at US book auctions.

Power of the Force line was launched as the original Star Wars began to lose its shine but rarest figures still bring demand

To mark the new range of Star Wars toys that came with the release of Return of the Jedi in 1983, the Leicester firm Palitoy commissioned a series of hand-built and hand-painted store displays to send to some of its best retailers.