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Nov 20, 2015 - 10:33 PM
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manderley
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I had some items in Bonham's movie poster auction held in the spring of this year and was quite pleased with the result of that sale.
The key to all this is how the curator of the auction sets things up beforehand, how it is displayed in the catalog, and how it is publicized.
It is also important that the auction house is international, like Bonham's, because there are a lot of buyers for movie memorabilia around the world and they keep careful tabs on what the important auctioneers are offering. Obviously, the more bids for the item mean a higher final price paid.
E-bay has movie memorabilia for sale all the time, but you're never quite sure what you're getting. A major auction house recognizes quality, condition, provenance, and authenticity, and these are valuable not only to the buyer, but to the seller in terms of the reserve floor pricing.
I also have a number of rare, one-of-a-kind, iconic items which are not movie paper that I will likely put into another Bonham's auction-or-two in the coming years. Some of these items I have lived with for more than 50 years.
For a movie buff and collector it's not only fun to receive the money from the sale, but also to know that someone loves the material enough that they are willing to invest in it, and therefore, that it goes into caring hands and collections when you, as the original owner, wish to let it go.
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Which version of CLEOPATRA is this shield from?
Former landlord here in St. Petersburg, Florida, told me he once saw a whole collection of props from the 1963 CLEOPATRA, adding that that massive scarab gong, struck by Nubians in the early Alexandria sequence, was actually made out of papier-mache'. The sound was added later...
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.... An authenticated shield prop that was seen hanging in the backround in the film "Cleopatra". This thing indeed looks great from a distance but up close it surrenders it's secrets. The magic of movies. Still, it's from Cleopatra and Rick will probably at the very least double in profit what he paid for it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJypJMNYKS8
Yes, he says 'I don't think the Romans actually used those ...' but they did; it's a 'barma' or cavalry shield. The 'scutum' or rectangular infantry shield was for a totally different purpose, and couldn't be swung around on a horse.
I've been put in rubber shields and plastic helmets before that look AMAZING from a distance, though they're as light as a feather.
The trick with these auctions is to pick up the stuff I think as an investment, keep it for as long as you enjoy it, then sell on at a profit. They're not likely to devalue really, unless Liz Taylor suddenly turns out to be a child molester (which she won't.).
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