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FEATURED LOTS | Collectible Posters Live Auction: Los Angeles 2024
Featuring over 600 posters from over 100 years of cinema, we are excited to announce our third Collectible Posters Live Auction in Los Angeles this April.
Read more Designing the Final Frontier: The Star Trek Online Auction
In the summer of 2007, several months before principle photography would begin, production designer Scott Chambliss was hard at work designing what would become JJ Abram’s first of many feature-length adventures into outer space, Star Trek (2009).
POSTER BOY | Jock
Mondo artist Jock talks us through five of his most impressive posters, all of which are part of the Propstore Movie Poster Auction on March 26.
Featured Lots | Cinema Poster Live Auction March 2020
This year’s Cinema Poster Live Auction has over 300 posters, including an amazing selection of posters and original artwork from the collections of well-known comic-art artist Jock, Academy Award®-winning special effects cinematographer, Richard Edlund, former Lucasfilm Executive and Assistant Director Howard Kazanjian, and so much more! So, sit back, relax, and get up-close and personal […]
Q&A | In conversation with celebrated Mondo Poster Artist Jock
Jock Q&A – In conversation with celebrated Mondo poster artist Jock
From the Comics to the Screen (and Toy Store)
In recent years, it has become more common to find comic books serving as direct sources of inspiration for big budget movies and television. Comic books have also been key to the marketing approach to the launch of certain toy lines – helping to give each character personality and adventures that kids can imagine. In […]
ROCKET MAN: Ballad of a Rocket-Firing Boba Fett
Ask any toy collector which treasure they’d most like to own, and the chances are they’d all tell you the same thing: a rocket-firing Boba Fett. The laconic intergalactic bounty hunter is widely regarded as the Star Wars saga’s coolest character, with his Spaghetti Western-style, jetpack armour and that iconic, narrow-slit helmet visor, which suggested […]
COWBOY STORIES: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Auction
The Coen brothers are always full of surprises. One moment they’re remaking Ealing comedy classic The Ladykillers, the next they’re adapting Cormac McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men. Over the years, they’ve made a baby-kidnap caper (Raising Arizona), reimagined Homer’s Odyssey as a Depression-era chain-gang musical (O Brother, Where Art Thou?), and delighted in repeatedly […]
SHADOWS IN HELL’S KITCHEN: The Villains of Marvel’s Jessica Jones
Across three seasons of the groundbreaking series Marvel’s Jessica Jones, the eponymous damaged heroine had to face some true demons, from a mind-controlling creep, to a full-on serial killer, to her own mom. In their own way, each of these antagonists reflects how showrunner Melissa Rosenberg and her team brought Jessica from the more heightened […]
The Toys Are Back In Town
Toy collecting, it seems, has never been more popular. If TV shows like Netflix’s The Toys That Made Us or the Discovery Channel’s Toy Hunter are anything to go by, the power of nostalgia has driven more people than ever before to seek out playthings from their childhood, whether for the sheer gratification of their […]
ALIAS INVESTIGATIONS – The History of Marvel’s Jessica Jones
Marvel’s Jessica Jones was a watershed moment in Super Hero entertainment. We’d seen comic book characters tackle real-world issues before, but from its first season debut in 2015, the gritty, edgy Marvel show dug its nails deep into every piece of “reality” that could be approximated around its super-powered star.
The Art Of Posters And Vinyl Collecting
For many, a quintessential part of the James Bond “experience” is the music. Whether it’s the staccato theme tune, John Barry’s soaring soundtracks or Bond songs by the likes of Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, Paul McCartney or Adele, the Bond soundtracks have enduring appeal. In some cases, the vinyl record releases for the James Bond […]
SETTING THE HIGH TABLE: The John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum Auction
John Wick tells the tale of a retired hit man that is forced back into the underground world of assassins when he embarks on a merciless rampage to hunt down his adversaries. With the skill and ruthlessness that made him an underworld legend, John Wick fights to overcome the world’s top hit men and women […]
POP ART: The Vox Lux Auction
Vox Lux proved a unique challenge for costume designer Keri Langerman.
Marvel Television Live Auction Bidder’s Guide
Is this your first auction? First in a while? You’ve only ever used eBay?! Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. In addition to our full Buyer’s Guide and Terms & Conditions, here is a handy reference guide to the various ways that you can participate in the Marvel Television Live Auction!
The REAL World of Warcraft
By Dan Jolin I spent 10 years in Azeroth. The world of Massively Multiplayer Online role-playing game World of Warcraft was immense, compelling, exciting and a great way to spend a long evening — whether that was hitting dungeons with your friends, exploring its lush jungles or barren wastes, or just hanging out down the […]
The Magic Of Mondo
How a Texas-based T-shirt company brought exciting new life to the poster-collecting hobby…