PIH Auction: McGinnis, More

PoorMansJBPoorMansJB USAPosts: 1,198MI6 Agent
Profiles in History (specialists in entertainment memorabilia) have a big sale this Thursday and Friday (14-15/12/06).

The "star" lot is likely Bert Lahr's "Cowardly Lion" costume from The Wizard of Oz along with some spectacular Star Wars pieces but two important Bond bits are included: An original McGinnis illustration from one of the TB posters along with one of the Vulcan models from the same film.

Also included is Steven Jay Rubin's photo collection; Rubin wrote the Bond Encyclopedia and follwing a falling-out with EON, was forced to use non-copyrighted images for illustration thus there are quite a number of unusual, behind-the-scenes photos, many still unpublished.

The last PIH auction I followed included all the original sketches for the MWGG "villains" poster (including some unused concepts and characters); it was estimated at around US$ 1,200 but sold closer to US$ 6,000. The McGinnis has an estimate of US$ 20,000; interesting to see the actual result.

You can find out more about the two day sale (the biggest I can recall them conducting) at: http://www.profilesinhistory.com

The three Bond lots are scheduled for day two.

Comments

  • PoorMansJBPoorMansJB USAPosts: 1,198MI6 Agent
    The auction closed today with the McGinnis ending at US$ 55K (estimated at US$ 20-30K) and the Vulcan at US$ 32,500 (estimate US$ 6-8K). On the one hand, these seem like outrageous prices and underscore the trend toward the ridiculous in memorabilia sales. On the other, it demonstrates that there's still considerable interest in Connery-era memorabilia which seemed to be otherwise waning.

    The real shock (outside of Bert Lahr's costume reaching US$ 700K), was Austin Powers' blue velvet suit hitting US$ 27K (estimate US$ 7K). Proves my theory that memorabilia from any preceding 15 year period always seems to come away the big winner.
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