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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Beatles memorabilia keeps it reel at auction
03 July 2017A well-provenanced collection of Beatles and other rock memorabilia will be a highlight in one of Butterscotch Auctioneers’ tri-annual estate auctions at its Bedford, New York, saleroom on July 16.
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Signed Nick Leeson ‘Rogue Trader’ jacket comes to auction
30 June 2017A trading jacket signed by disgraced City broker Nick Leeson is coming to John Pye Auctions in July.
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James Bond’s big number comes up in Carlisle auction as ‘Casino Royale’ first edition takes £22,500
29 June 2017The novel that introduced the world to James Bond, ‘Casino Royale’ of 1953, has long been a key target for collectors. Anyone who laid out 10/6d for a copy over 60 years ago and has kept good care of the book will have done themselves or their descendants proud.
James Bond scripts join line-up with Rolling Stones and The Beatles at Bonhams' memorabilia auction
14 June 2017Calling all James Bond fans: Bonhams is offering nine scripts, screenplays and storyboards from Bond movies at its Entertainment Memorabilia sale later this month.
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Tony Curtis cut-out from Sgt Pepper's album cover up at auction
05 June 2017You may have, possibly, maybe, perhaps, gleaned by now that 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of one of the greatest albums of all time.
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Opulent Art Deco luxury liner SS Normandie relics sail into auction
31 May 2017Once a flagship of the glamorous age of luxury liners, redolent of the Art Deco style and dripping with opulence, the SS Normandie ended her days broken up for scrap after being ravaged by fire.
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'Britain’s Fabulous Disc Stars' - early Beatles poster ignites bidding battle
30 May 2017A gig poster advertising as the headline act ‘Britain’s Fabulous Disc Stars!’ sold for £28,000 at the Roger Jones (20% buyer’s premium inc VAT) May 23 auction.
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London Underground features in summer auction of vintage posters
29 May 2017An upcoming auction at AntikBar features a collection of London Underground posters and memorabilia.
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Gramophones and early records could be sound investments
25 May 2017A long time ago, way before music downloads came onto the scene, the latest technology involved phonographs, graphophones and gramophones. Not to mention the phonautograph, of course.
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Auction offers original John Player tobacco adverts artwork
24 May 2017Times change. While tobacco has now assumed a Social Evil status up there with North Korea, not so long ago children would be proudly displayed in an advert clutching a bunch of fags with the words ‘Mummy’s favourite’ underneath.
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Beatles auction lots get better all the time
22 May 2017It has been 50 years since the Beatles released their eighth studio album Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band to universal acclaim.
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The force is strong with new eclectic antiques fair
22 May 2017If you don’t know which epic film opens with the phrase ‘A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….’ then you may just be living on a different planet.
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‘Most valuable Disneyland artefact ever offered at auction’ heads to Californian saleroom
15 May 2017More than 1000 Disneyland props and souvenirs are heading to auction in California next month.
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JK Rowling joins police appeal to find stolen Harry Potter prequel
12 May 2017JK Rowling and the West Midlands Police have issued an appeal to find a stolen handwritten Harry Potter prequel.
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Watch-tapping Alfred Hitchcock Psycho film poster at auction
24 April 2017Psycho must have been a frightening enough film in its day even without a menacing poster that greeted cinema-goers.
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Rare “Invisible Man” vintage film poster soars to $274,850 at Heritage Auctions
03 April 2017A poster for the classic film The Invisible Man soared to four times its low estimate at a recent Heritage Auctions sale in Dallas.
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James Bond 'Dr No' film posters produce auction double 0 heaven
15 March 2017Latest auction results in the film poster market show that for the right designs with a licence to thrill the buyers will follow.
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Legendary rare 1970s album from Courtyard Music Group sells for £1200
07 March 2017It will come as no surprise that signed Beatles albums are some of the top sellers in the entertainment memorabilia collecting field. But have you heard of the Courtyard Music Group?
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American First World War propaganda posters flagged up at auction
24 February 2017Kitchener’s moustache-adorned stern visage staring out with finger extended demanding that you join your country’s army is not only one of the best-known First World War posters but one of the most familiar posters overall.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland collection heads to auction in Oxford
18 January 2017An auction of 3000 items from the estate of the late antiquarian book dealer Thomas Schuster is big news for fans of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
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