Entertainment Memorabilia
From autographs to stage costumes, musical instruments to locks of hair, posters to film props, entertainment memorabilia encompasses anything that has an association with celebrities in the world of film, popular music and show business.
Certain celebrities or brands can be bankers like The Beatles, Elvis or Bond Films. Broadly speaking, the closer the direct association an item has with the person to whom it relates, the higher the value will be.
Provenance is key in this sector as an important guide to authenticity.
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Man Ray’s London Underground poster is star lot of New York auction
11 May 2018Man Ray’s eye-catching 1938 promotional poster for the London Underground was the toast of Swann Auction Galleries’ recent graphic design auction in New York.
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Dalek playsuit for when little ones want to exterminate, exterminate
10 May 2018I could wax lyrical about the full-size Dalek coming up for auction at a Staffordshire auction house Richard Winterton on May 21. But various versions tend to be offered relatively frequently, to be honest. How often do you have the chance to buy a ‘Dalek Playsuit’, though?
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Hammer prices and the silver screen
03 May 2018Gothic literature is perhaps most alive in the public imagination today through cinema, with horror films inspired by the classic Gothic stories going back to the earliest days of the medium.
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Rare London Underground poster designed by Man Ray to be auctioned in New York
30 April 2018A classic, rare 1938 poster for the London Underground designed by the Surrealist artist Man Ray is one of the highlights of a graphic design sale to be held by Swann Galleries on May 3.
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Bruce Springsteen’s handwritten manuscript for ‘Born to Run’ goes up for auction
20 April 2018A handwritten working manuscript of the 1975 Bruce Springsteen breakout hit 'Born to Run' comes up for auction at Sotheby’s online in June.
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Russell Crowe’s exuberant divorce auction led by Australian art and film memorabilia
09 April 2018Australian art starred at Russell Crowe’s ‘divorce auction’, which took place with much fanfare and festivity at Sotheby’s Australia on Saturday.
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Pete Townshend guitar smashed at end of The Who concert now on offer at US auction
04 April 2018High at the top of any list of seminal moments in rock history will be Pete Townshend’s penchant for often destroying guitars at the end of a gig with The Who.
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Feel the force of Darth Vader demand
02 April 2018When the first wave of Kenner Star Wars action figures began arriving on the market in 1978, the Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker figures came with ‘double telescoping’ light sabres.
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James Bond 'Thunderball' poster resurfaces in Texas
02 April 2018Only a few examples of the rare four-part British quad poster for the 1965 James Bond movie 'Thunderball' exist in uncut form.
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Early and rare Darth Vader figure among stand out lots in US auction of Kenner Star Wars toys
28 March 2018The sale of a well-known collection of Star Wars production figures has set new price levels at a Pennsylvania auction.
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ATG letter: Doctor Who script – Who are you kidding?
26 March 2018MADAM – I did a double – no, triple – take when I read the article ‘First Doctor Who script up at auction’ in ATG No 2332.
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Steeplejack ladders prove a hit at sell-out Fred Dibnah auction in Bolton
20 March 2018Crowds descended on Bolton at the weekend to see the sell-out auction of the property of steeplejack and TV personality Fred Dibnah.
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First Doctor Who script up at auction
05 March 2018The script for the very first Doctor Who episode owned by the first actor to play the role is coming up at auction in the West Midlands.
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Harry Potter and All Creatures Great and Small actor Robert Hardy’s art and antiques collection comes to auction in Gloucestershire
28 February 2018Sir Winston Churchill stetson and a name plaque from the door of the vet Siegfried Farnon from ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ are among the lots to be offered at auction from the estate of Robert Hardy (1925-2017) at Dominic Winter Auctioneers.
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Actor Russell Crowe sells film memorabilia and more in ‘divorce’ auction at Sotheby’s Australia
27 February 2018Australian art, film memorabilia and jewellery all feature at Sotheby’s Australia’s auction of Russell Crowe’s collection candidly titled The Art of Divorce.
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Doctor Who script for very first episode owned by William Hartnell comes up at auction
27 February 2018The original Doctor Who script for the first-ever Doctor Who episode is something always likely to attract high demand at auction. Chuck in the fact that it was used and owned by the very first Doctor Who actor, William Hartnell, and it just gets better and better.
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Charlie Chaplin letter to young fan who dressed up as the great star comes to auction
14 February 2018Hero worship is not just a modern-day phenomenon. Back in 1915, Charlie Chapman was so impressed by a fan letter he received that he sent a personal reply.
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Buffalo Road musician sets Miller on way to specialist sale
12 February 2018Three years since he launched his Suffolk auction house Bishop & Miller, managing director Oliver Miller is fine-tuning his sales line-up.
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Sixties concert poster is cream of the crop
05 February 2018Evidence of the shrewd taste of student entertainments officers at Warwick University back in the Sixties came at Batemans’ (20% buyer’s premium) sale at Stamford in the form of two concert posters.
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Call goes out to bid for alarm clock owned by Kenneth Williams of Carry On fame
24 January 2018Carry on bidding at Catherine Southon’s auction on March 7 and you stand a chance of buying an alarm clock which once made sure Kenneth Williams wasn’t late for filming.
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