Profiles in History offers the ultimate Superhero costume and prop auction featuring the largest collection of film and TV superheroes July 31 – Aug. 1

July 21, 2008

Calabasas Hills, Calif. – The Original T.I.E. Fighter filming miniature from Star Wars: A New Hope, ($150,000-$200,000), 35 lots of original screen-used visual effects creatures created by the Academy Award-winning effects house Stan Winston Studio, including a screen-used full-scale animatronic male Velociraptor from Jurassic Park III ($60,000-$80,000) and a screen-used full-scale male T-Rex head from The Lost World: Jurassic Park II ($40,000-$60,000) highlight some of the 1000+ iconic pieces of Hollywood history in the July 31 and August 1 auction. To view Profiles in History’s entire illustrated catalog online, to leave an absentee bid or to sign up to bid live via the Internet as the auction is taking place, log on to: http://www.liveauctioneers.com/browse/seller/profiles-in-history.

Also featured is the largest collection of film & TV superhero costumes to ever be offered for sale, including Ben Affleck’s complete Daredevil costume ($50,000-$70,000). In addition there is an Ian Fleming handwritten manuscript relating to the James Bond movie From Russia With Love ($40,000-$60,000), Clint Eastwood’s The Outlaw Josey Wales hero Colt Walker with original saddle holster ($40,000-$50,000), Tobey Maguire’s “Spider-Man” and Kirsten Dunst “Mary Jane” costumes from Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2 ($35,000-$55,000), Charlton Heston’s The Ten Commandments tablets ($30,000-$50,000) and signature costume from Ben-Hur ($12,000-$15,000), Michael J. Fox “Marty McFly” hero Mattel hoverboard from Back to the Future Part II & Part III ($30,000-$50,000), an original hero ray gun and holster from Forbidden Planet ($30,000-$40,000), Mel Gibson’s “William Wallace” battle jacket, shoes, belt and Wallace Clan kilt from Braveheart ($30,000-$40,000), the Grail Cup from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ($20,000-$25,000), Bruce Lee’s black Gung Fu jacket ($20,000-$30,000) and Don Adams’ “Maxwell Smart” hero handgun from Get Smart ($8,000-$12,000), among others.

Other well-known props include a “Winkie” spear from The Wizard of Oz ($20,000-$30,000), a Ronald Lacey “Major Arnold Toht” prop melting skull from Raiders of the Lost Ark ($20,000-$30,000); Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “Conan” special effects sword from Conan the Barbarian ($20,000-$30,000) and “The Terminator” hero prop shotgun from Terminator 2: Judgment Day ($8,000-$12,000), a Sylvester Stallone “Rambo” hero prop M60 gas gun from First Blood ($18,000-$22,000), an Alien creature animatronic puppet from Alien 3 ($15,000-$20,000), “Jack Skellington” filming miniature house from The Nightmare Before Christmas ($15,000-$20,000), a screen-used “Teddy” character from Steven Spielberg’s A.I.: Artificial Intelligence ($15,000-$18,000), an original prop Bat Radio from the television series Batman ($8,000-$12,000) and from Star Trek: The Next Generation Captain Picard's desktop computer ($8,000-$10,000).

Additional screen-worn costumes include Ian McKellen “Magneto” and Anna Paquin “Rogue” costumes from X-Men ($30,000-$50,000), Lyn Osborn “Cadet Happy” jumpsuit from Space Patrol ($25,000-$35,000), Hugh Jackman’s “Van Helsing” signature hero costume from Van Helsing ($25,000-$30,000), “C-3PO” feet from Star Wars: A New Hope ($20,000-$30,000), Hugh Jackman signature “Wolverine” leather jacket from X-Men ($20,000-$30,000), Tyler Mane “Sabertooth” and Ray Park “Toad” costumes from X-Men ($20,000-$30,000), Mike Myers “Dr. Evil” and Verne Troyer “Mini Me” custom space suits from Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me ($20,000-$30,000), a complete Michael Fassbender “Stelios” hero costume from 300 ($18,000-$22,000), Bill Campbell “Cliff Secord” hero “Rocketeer” helmet from The Rocketeer ($15,000-$18,000) and a screen-used complete Hell Knight suit from Doom ($10,000-$15,000), among others.

Art and photo collectors will have the opportunity to purchase rare pieces of Hollywood fine art including a H.G Wells’ Things To Come (United Artist, 1936) one-sheet poster, ($30,000-$40,000), a Dracula 1947 re-release one-sheet poster ($20,000-$30,000), a Judy Garland signed portrait in character as “Dorothy” from The Wizard Of Oz ($20,000-$30,000), the original pencil drawings of Sleeping Beauty’s Castle by architect Roland Hill ($15,000-$18,000), King Kong and Fay Wray exhibition portrait by Ernest A. Bachrach from King Kong ($12,000-$15,000), Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man one-sheet poster ($12,000-$15,000), a original King Kong French poster ($10,000-$15,000), a Louise Brooks portrait by Otto Dyar ($8,000-$10,000), a Carole Lombard portrait by Otto Dyar ($8,000-$10,000), a Jean Harlow portrait by Clarence Sinclair Bull from The Secret Six ($3,000-$5,000), a Louise Brooks portrait by Eugene Robert Richee from The Canary Murder Case ($6,000-$8,000), a Norma Shearer portrait by George Hurrell from The Divorcee ($4,000-$6,000), a Metropolis (UFA, 1927) lobby portrait ($4,000-$6,000) and a Clara Bow portrait By Otto Dyar from Hula ($2,000-$3,000), along with many other fine art pieces of classic Hollywood art.

Note: All prices are estimated auction value

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