Where The Wild Things Are is scheduled to open in theaters around the country this Friday, October 13th and is sure to be a hit. Based on the popular children’s book by Maurice Sendak, the big characters come across as lovable and friendly. The movie features a disobedient child named Max who, after being sent [...]
I recently posted that 20th Century Props, one of the largest prop houses, would be closing its doors. Now they have announced a webcast auction. The webcast auction will take place on July 28th through August 1st starting at 9:30am PDT. Preview dates are scheduled for July 25th and 27th from 9:00am to 4:00pm PDT [...]
You can find some interesting movie props for sale on eBay. But, if you are looking for Harry Potter originals, you will be sorely disappointed. It seems that it is hard to get your hands on an original Harry Potter movie prop, maybe because the many props won’t be for sale until after all of [...]
The new Star Trek movie has received some great reviews. Unfortunately, I haven’t had the time to dash off to the movie theaters to see it. I have been watching all the trailers and looking at the movie stills though. If you are looking for an official Star Trek movie prop, you need to look [...]
I recently came across Tektonten Papercraft Blog. Offered on this blog on more than a dozen papercraft movie props, masks and other items that you can create. Since my son loves Raiders of the Lost Ark, I thought I would download the free Headpiece to the Staff of Ra from the film. Here is Indiana [...]
X-Men Orgins opened on Friday, and all things X-Men will see an increase in sales over the coming weeks. One eBay, one seller is auctioning off a signed Wolverine claw. According to the listing: This claw was made for the first X-Men film. It is made from a light weight aluminum which has been painted [...]
Having a household full of Harry Potter fans, I wish I lived closer to Chicago so that I could attend the Harry Potter: The Exhibition at the Museum of Science and Industry. If you visit the exhibit you will be able to see the Sorting Hat and Platform 9 3/4, and that is just the [...]
The ring that Bela Lugosi wore in the movie Dracula went up for auction today as part of the Forry Ackerman Estate. Forest J Ackerman was known his Famous Monsters of Filmland Magazine and he even supported Ray Bradbury’s early writing career. He was also a collector of movie and theatrical props and memorabilia. Ackerman [...]
If you want to see a vast collection of movie memorabilia, a display of Robert DeNiro’s film career is on display at the University of Texas in Austin. The memorabilia was donated by DeNiro to the Harry Ransom Center Library and Museum in 2006 and documents DeNiro’s movie career from 1968 through 2005. Included in [...]
