An original TIE Fighter filming miniature from Star Wars: A New Hope was the top lot when it attained $402,500.
:Profiles in History offered more than 1,100 iconic Hollywood items at a two-day Hollywood memorabilia auction July 31–August 1.
The top lot was the original TIE Fighter filming miniature from
Star Wars: A New Hope
that achieved $402,500. From Hollywood to early Americana, the second highest grossing lot was an early Abraham Lincoln albumen photograph, signed, which attained $207,000.
Memorabilia from blockbuster films drove the auction, however, led by standouts such as an Ian Fleming autograph manuscript relating to the James Bond movie
From Russia With Love
at
$74,750, and the pair of Ten Commandments tablets toted by Charlton Heston in
The Ten Commandments
that was purchased by Triviamania.com for $69,000.
Other offerings included Michael J. Fox's "Marty McFly" character's Mattel hoverboard from the films
Back to the Future Part II & III
that brought
$63,250 and Ben Affleck's "Daredevil" hero costume from
Daredevil
at $57,500.
A signed Abraham Lincoln early albumen photograph brought $207,000.
As in past auctions here, screen-used props and materials from the Jurassic Park trilogy are solid performers. Auction highlights included a full scale animatronic male Velociraptor from
Jurassic Park III
that fetched $69,000, a full-scale male T-Rex head from
The Lost World: Jurassic Park II
at
$54,625 and a full-scale Velociraptor suit from
Jurassic Park III
at $40,250.
The auction also sold a Roald Dahl original working manuscript of his James Bond screenplay
You Only Live Twice
for $48,875, the original hero ray gun and holster from
Forbidden Planet
for
$46,000 and a
Dracula
re-release one-sheet poster at $40,250.
Rounding out the event was an archive of original
Ben-Hur
concept artwork for $40,250, a "Jack Skellington" filming miniature house from
The Nightmare Before Christmas
for
$40,250 and The Holy Grail from
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
that was bought by Triviamania.com for $25,875.
All prices include the 15 percent buyer's premium. Profiles in History is at 26901 Agoura Road, Suite 150. For more information,
www.profilesinhistory.com
or 310-859-7701.
