Christistie’s had a prop sale this past Thursday, 29
November 2012 that would make a prop collector pass out.
I have always loved movie props and couldn’t afford to get
into the action when Forrest Ackerman’s magnificent collection of classic movie
props were auctioned off a few years back.
Up until now, I had thought that sale was the ultimate “cat’s meow” of
collecting, until now.
In the Christie’s auction catalogue of Pop Culture on pages
68 and 69 were several movie props that were calculated to make movie fans and
prop collectors pass out with envy.
They had on auction Indiana Jones’ whip from Raiders of the Lost Ark! If that wasn’t enough, they also had items
from The Last Crusade such as the grail diary and the holy grail. These are some of the most beloved Indy
props around. About the only few things
they didn’t have was Indy’s hat, jacket, and map case. As for me, I am waiting for the Raider’s
prop of the ark of the covenant to show up at auction.
The prices realized were $32,000 for the whip $30,000 grail
diary prop $19,000 for the holy grail prop.
I follow prop making sites and prop collecting sites such as Propnomicon and even seen a few well made grail diaries and the like but to own the original
screen used prop … priceless.
CoastConFan
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