One of the awesomest Hollywood memorabilia auctions EVER
Recession, shmecession: on December 11th, some of the coolest Hollywood TV and movie items go on sale, and if you can afford it, you may want to seriously think about joining in on the rampant spending.
Indiana Jones’s fedora? Check. Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber? Check. Clark Kent suit worn by Christopher Reeve? Check. Magic wand from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Joker card used in The Dark Knight? Check and check. And for the most part, it’s all stuff that was actually worn or used on set.
Even if you can’t buy any of it (sigh, like me), looking through what’s available is just plain fun. The Telegraph has a nice slideshow of a few of the items available, but if you really want to see what’s there, go to the auction’s official site to browse through the 400 or so items up for bidding.
For example, here is some of the stuff not mentioned in the slideshow:
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string theories
What line of work you in, Bob?
- Ryan the Temp to "Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration" at The Office's Christmas party
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featured brown paper packaging
What is it with accessories and DVD sets these days? Are knick knack companies going through some rough times? Or are studios just really desperate to sell DVDs? (Probably the latter.) First there was A Christmas Story (Ultimate Collector's Edition), with its cookie cutters, recipe book, apron, commemorative Christmas tin... (Whoa, I know.)
And now there's The Notebook (Limited Edition Gift Set), which comes with a scrapbook album (with stickers!), notecards, envelopes, and "themed" bookmarks. But... wait for it... no new DVD extras or features! So totally worth it. Check out Entertainment Weekly for the lackluster DVD set review (a grade of D - harsh). Or, even better, Amazon's video montage of the contents, set to the soothing, Jane Austen movie-esque sounds of The Notebook's theme music. Hey, they know their audience.
