Congratulations on the lot you won. Sounds like a great experience. I love auctions but due to issues at home, i'm limited to phone bidding for now.
Nathalie On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 11:32 PM, Paul W. Hazen <[email protected]> wrote: > This was my first time in person, I've usually been on the phone as well. > There was about 20-25 people in the back room where the auction was. They > had about 10 or so phone banks set up for the phone bidders and a couple > people running the online bidding. Was all very professional and had my own > paddle and everything. They had a good dinner spread as well. > > They had a lot of the consignments in display cases including all the big > ones and the people that worked there were really friendly and answered all > of my questions. I didn't see too much of the paper materials displayed, > mostly just the props, but it was pretty cool seeing some of them close up. > > It's definitely an interesting experience and I wouldn't hesitate to sit > it in on another one. > > The auction did go a lot longer than I anticipated (I was only there for > one lot in particular - which I won) but it was no fault of their own, they > just had a ton of bids. There were some guys that were there for almost 12 > hours when I left after 4 hours. > > Paul > > On Jun 28, 2017, at 7:51 PM, S Yafet <[email protected]> wrote: > > I guess the provenance was almost impossible to pass up. Did manage to > get a Browning Dracula still so I don't feel too bad about London After > Midnight. > > What's it like at their auctions? I've always done the phone. > > Nathalie > > On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 10:37 PM, Paul W. Hazen <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I was in the room during the Profiles Browning bidding session and was >> truly amazed at some of the prices the Browning stills were getting >> especially the Freaks stills which seem to be have been bought primarily by >> the same two phone bidders. Profiles did a great job on that acquisition >> and auction and I'm looking forward to the Debbie Reynolds auction in >> September. >> >> Paul >> >> On Jun 28, 2017, at 7:26 PM, S Yafet <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Wow! Naively, I thought it would be great to have something of Tod >> Browning's from London After Midnight. Then, I realized that the four >> stills I liked the best were climbing higher and higher. Wound up at 18K. >> My phone bidder helper guy told me I could keep one and sell the other >> three. Well, no guarantees on something like that but I can't say I >> wasn't seriously tempted. (I thought maybe I'd worry about the money later. >> >> Nathalie >> >> On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 3:18 PM, Scott Burns <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Wish I had cash like this laying around…(guess I’ll just stay with >>> collecting paper). >>> >>> >>> >>> A complete R2D2 just sold for $2.3 million at the Profiles in History >>> movie memorabilia auction. Not being a prop collector, I wonder is this >>> price record setting? >>> >>> >>> >>> From the catalog: >>> >>> *1298. Complete “R2-D2” unit assembled from original components spanning >>> the original **Star Wars** trilogy and **Episodes I & II**.* (TCF, 1977 >>> - 2002) A complete film used R2 unit is not known to be in the public >>> domain – this R2-D2 offering represents the pinnacle of the *Star Wars* >>> collecting universe. For the productions following *Star Wars: A New >>> Hope*, to save time in meeting production deadlines, R2 components were >>> reused from the previous *Star Wars* films. 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