The Sompote Sands Legacy Collection Auction on Sep 23, 2026 by Julien's Auctions in CA
The Sompote Sands Legacy Collection
Sompote Sands | Film Posters Archive, One Signed
King Kong vs. Godzilla | Production Script with Framed Photo
King Kong vs. Godzilla | Set Photo Prints (9)
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Gardena, CA, United States
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The Sompote Sands Legacy Collection

A celebration of the life and career of one of Thailand's most prolific filmmakers, Sompote Sands, and the 60th anniversary of one of Asia's most beloved pop culture icons, Ultraman. Julien's Auctions is proud to present Kaiju King: The Sompote Sands Legacy Collection. This collection features over 300 items from the personal estate of Sompote Sands, one of the most legendary filmmakers from Thailand. Sands got his start in the film industry working as a production assistant for masters of Japanese cinema, Akira Kurosawa and Eiji Tsuburaya, including being on set for such iconic films as the celebrated High and Low (Toho, 1963) and the kaiju classic King Kong vs. Godzilla (Toho, 1962). Eventually, he created his own production company in Thailand, Chaiyo Productions, and made his feature film directorial debut in 1972 with Chalawan, an adaptation of a classic Thai folktale about a magical being who could transform between a human being and a crocodile. This would be just the beginning of Sands fascination with depicting reptiles on-screen and would make several more films about the scaley beasts, including further adaptations of the same Thai folktale, Krai Thong (1980) and Krai Thong 2 (1985), as well as Crocodile Therakwad (1982), Magic Lizard (1985), and Crocodile (1979), which was a crossover hit in the United States and has maintained as a creature feature cult favorite to this day. In 1974, Chaiyo Productions collaborated with Tsuburaya Productions on the first, original, feature-length film featuring the beloved superhero, Ultraman, entitled Hanuman and the Seven Ultramen. First debuting with the 1966 series Ultra Q and then his own series, Ultraman, the same year, the alien superhero, Ultraman, had become a sensation with multiple television installments already released by that time. Those installments included Ultraseven (1967), Return of Ultraman (1971), Ultraman Ace (1972), and Ultraman Taro (1974). Sands' film brought together the six Ultra brothers a
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Sofubi | Godzilla Figures (4): Four sofubi Godzilla figures. Includes: -Banpresto DX Godzilla 2000 Millennium Figure -1983 Bandai Godzilla Figure -1992 Bandai Godzilla Figure with partially damaged Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla tag
Est.
$400
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$600
$25
Godzilla | Vintage Figures (4): A collection of four vintage figures of characters from various installments of the Godzilla franchise. Includes a 1992 Minilla sofubi figure with Bandai tag (Bullmark), 1998 Godzilla BustBank coin
Est.
$300
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$500
$25
Godzilla | Various Posters (5): A group of posters relating to the King of Monsters -- Godzilla. Includes: -Japanese poster for Rebirth of Mothra (Toho Pictures, 1996), 28.75 x 20.5 inches -A promotional poster for Toho Studios,
Est.
$300
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$500
$25
Godzilla | Books (3): A group of three books related to the long-running Godzilla franchise, which originated with Godzilla (Toho, 1954), including: KISHIKAWA, OSAMU. Godzilla First: 1954-1955. Tokyo: Toho Publications,
Est.
$300
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$500
$25
Godzilla | Japanese LaserDiscs (26): A group of 26 Japanese LaserDisc releases of Toho-produced films from the Sh?wa era, largely from or related to the Godzilla franchise. Includes: -Godzilla (1954) -Godzilla Raids Again (1955) -Rodan
Est.
$300
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$500
$25
Godzilla | Vinyl (17): A group of seventeen vinyl records related to the Godzilla franchise, from the "Special Effects Film Music Collection Series" distributed in Japan in 1983. This group includes volumes one, two,
Est.
$300
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$500
$25
Toho and Others | Vinyl (3): A group of three Japanese twelve-inch vinyl soundtrack albums for Kamen Rider X (MBS, 1974), Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur (Toho, 1980), and Elephant Story (Toho-Towa, 1980). Please note the album
Est.
$100
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$200
$25
King Kong (1976) | Lobby Cards (8): A collection of eight lobby cards for the big-budgeted remake of King Kong (Paramount Pictures, 1976). Five feature images of Jessica Lange (in her debut film performance) in the hands of the giant
Est.
$500
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$700
$25
Sofubi | Kaiju Figures (4): A collection of four sofubi kaiju figures. Includes Greenmons (X-Plus), Gomora (Bandai), Alien Vira - Gold Variant (M1), and Battle Damaged Gomora (Banpresto). From the Estate of Sompote Sands
Est.
$300
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$500
$25
Sofubi | Vintage Bandai Kaiju Figures (4): A group of four vintage Bandai Bullmark Kaiju figures, including Gigas, Jamila, Peguila, and Gomora. From the Estate of Sompote Sands
Est.
$300
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$500
$25
Sofubi | Vintage Pestar Figures (6): A group of six vintage Pestar figures. Five are by M1 and include one flesh-colored, two green, and two brown. The additional figure is a 1993 Bandai Powered Pestar figure with original tag attached.
Est.
$400
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$600
$25