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Ghostbusters Items at Prop Store Auction

Posted: September 27th, 2016, 1:39 pm
by Kingpin
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Following on the heels of an earlier auction of props hosted by Profiles in History, Prop Store has recently conducted a series of auctions, ranging from sculpted production items, to art department binders and crew apparel:

*Lot 126 - Slimer Model Miniature Estimate: $1,300 - $1,900
*Lot 127 - Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Head Estimate: $3,900 - $6,500
*Lot 128 - First Draft Script, Production Materials and Crew Apparel Estimate: $780 - $1,000
*Lot 129 - Art Department Reference Binders Estimate: $780 - $1,000
*Lot 158 - Vigo the Carpathian Transformation Sculpts 1-2 Estimate: $520 - $780
*Lot 160 - Vigo The Carpathian Transformation Sculpts 3-4 Estimate: $520 - $780

Slimer sold for: $1,500
Stay Puft sold for: $3,800
Script, materials and apparel sold for: $1,000
Reference binders sold for: $7,100
Vigo head sculpts 1 & 2 sold for: $520
Vigo head sculpts 3 & 4 sold for: $650

Re: Further Ghostbusters items go to auction

Posted: September 27th, 2016, 3:48 pm
by d_osborn
Those art department binders-- WOW. Talk about a bidding war! Did anyone here score them?

Re: Further Ghostbusters items go to auction

Posted: September 27th, 2016, 7:11 pm
by Kingpin
I rather dig the variant of the poster featuring the New York skyline. While the final version has a air of simplicity to it, giving greater emphasis to the cast, the skyline in a way feels a nice visual element.

Re: Ghostbusters Items at Profiles in History Auction

Posted: September 27th, 2016, 8:36 pm
by d_osborn
I couldn't agree more. I always thought it was cool. Is there a scan anywhere?

I just noticed that the original Slimer miniature sold for a FRACTION of what the GB2 art department binders sold for. That's just mind boggling.

Re: Ghostbusters Items at Profiles in History Auction

Posted: September 27th, 2016, 10:20 pm
by Styrofoam_Guy
It looks like everything were close to the estimates except for the art department binders. It would be very interesting to see all the little notes in those binders on what could have been in the movie.

Re: Ghostbusters Items at Profiles in History Auction

Posted: September 27th, 2016, 11:53 pm
by mrmichaelt
fyi, the 'First Draft' moniker for that 8/5/83 script is misleading. There are at least 2 collaborative drafts before it. June and July 6, 1983. And Paul has a free digital version of the 8/5/83 on Spook Central.

Hope those addresses and phone numbers on the crew list aren't current. :sigh:

Re: Ghostbusters Items at Prop Store Auction

Posted: September 28th, 2016, 12:10 pm
by Troy
They belong in a museum!

But seriously, every time unique archival items like this are up for auction, I always wonder if a studios archives might be the better place for them (sorry collectors)?

Re: Ghostbusters Items at Prop Store Auction

Posted: September 28th, 2016, 9:59 pm
by Styrofoam_Guy
Yes it would be nice if some of the stuff is maid available either on display or digitally instead of being locked away never to be seen again.

Re: Ghostbusters Items at Prop Store Auction

Posted: October 1st, 2016, 11:25 am
by TheRandalovic
The leather chair nameplates are pretty cool too, I think.
http://www.propstore.com/product/ghostb ... hairbacks/

Re: Ghostbusters Items at Prop Store Auction

Posted: October 2nd, 2016, 4:44 pm
by d_osborn
Troy wrote:They belong in a museum!

But seriously, every time unique archival items like this are up for auction, I always wonder if a studios archives might be the better place for them (sorry collectors)?
As a collector that goes nuts over archival material, I can't argue on that one.

Re: Ghostbusters Items at Prop Store Auction

Posted: November 1st, 2016, 3:08 am
by Numptie
Styrofoam_Guy wrote:Yes it would be nice to see this useful review of Testoprime if some of the stuff is maid available either on display or digitally instead of being locked away never to be seen again.
Awesome, those head sculptures are very cool. How does one find out about these auctions anyway?

Re: Ghostbusters Items at Prop Store Auction

Posted: November 1st, 2016, 4:03 pm
by Kingpin
Sometimes they appear on Facebook, sometimes on other sites. It can often be a matter of just being lucky in the timing.

Re: Ghostbusters Items at Prop Store Auction

Posted: February 22nd, 2019, 4:30 am
by Perodie

Re: Ghostbusters Items at Prop Store Auction

Posted: September 27th, 2022, 4:24 pm
by Roar Y
Agreed with you @Perodie, sculptures are outstanding!

Re: Ghostbusters Items at Prop Store Auction

Posted: October 7th, 2022, 2:04 pm
by Allves 03
Those ghosts pictures are very scary