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FEATURED LOTS | Collectible Posters Live Auction: London - May 2024
With over 400 posters, original artworks, animation cels, and autographed memorabilia up for grabs, the stage is set for an unforgettable auction experience.
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How a Texas-based T-shirt company brought exciting new life to the poster-collecting hobby…
BLIND JUSTICE – The History of Marvel’s Daredevil
As props and costumes from Marvel’s Daredevil are being offered to fans in Propstore’s upcoming Marvel Television Live Auction, we examine the origins of the gritty, groundbreaking Super Hero.
PACKING THE PUNCH – The History of Marvel’s Iron Fist
Despite its hero’s supernatural powers and fantastical origin, the props and costumes of Iron Fist reveal how the Marvel-Netflix show stayed gritty and realistic.
The Peculiar Legal Case Of Carry On Cleo
The original Carry On series of films encompassed an impressive span of 31 films from 1958 to 1992. The hallmark of the film series was to poke fun at national institutions such as the NHS, but there was also a strong focus on parodying film genres too. The mood of the films were light-hearted, irreverent […]
A NEW LUKE – The History of Marvel’s Luke Cage
When Luke Cage first appeared on the pages of Marvel Comics in June 1972, he was heralded as “A strangely unique super-hero.” By modern sensibilities this was a rather clumsy way of highlighting the fact that the brawny, bulletproof, Harlem-based crime fighter was the first African-American hero to ever be given his own title. But […]
INTERVIEW WITH NILO RODIS-JAMERO, Part II
In the Nilo Rodis-Jamero: Reimagined Auction, Propstore presents an exclusive collection of 150 lots of hand-drawn artwork by veteran designer Nilo Rodis-Jamero.
EXECUTIVE SUITS: Highlights from the Vice Auction
As Propstore’s Vice auction launches, we explore how the epic, Oscar-nominated political drama proved such a challenging production for its costume designer.
INTERVIEW WITH NILO RODIS-JAMERO, Part I
In the Nilo Rodis-Jamero: Reimagined Auction, Propstore presents an exclusive collection of 150 lots of hand-drawn artwork by veteran designer Nilo Rodis-Jamero.
BEYOND THE BORDER: The Sicario: Day of the Soldado Auction
A movie doesn’t have to be set in the distant past, or envision a fantastical future to hook us with its world-building. Often, it’s just as interesting to see how film-makers and craftspeople represent modern-day reality on our screens, no matter how tough and unpalatable it may be.
Guardian Of The Galaxy | Harry Lange
The inspiring story of one of the Star Wars trilogy’s unsung heroes: art director Harry Lange
Mapping Out The Matrix
Two decades have passed since The Matrix kung-fu kicked its way into cinemas and blew our minds, yet its huge, out of the blue success has lost little of its impact. The idea that major studio would give $63 million to a pair of relatively unknown film-makers to make an original sci-fi action film feels […]
The Hosts Have Arrived: Highlights From the Colony Auction
Life is difficult in Host-occupied Los Angeles. When the mysterious, intergalactic force known as The Hosts arrived on Earth, they quickly sequestered the world’s population in to manageable blocs, complete with gigantic border walls and an oppressive regime of human collaborators. Though many citizens have chosen to live through the occupation as peacefully as possible, […]
Faction Before Blood: Highlights from The Divergent Series Live Auction
Ever since Blade Runner, cinematic sci-fi dystopias have always been stylish world-building affairs. Many continue to be heavily influenced by the noir-ish, raincoat-and-neon feel of Ridley Scott’s classic, but some strike out in bold new directions, building their look around their own, unique ideas; movies like The Divergent Series — as Propstore’s next exclusive auction […]
Faction Before Blood: Highlights from The Divergent Series Live Auction
In a futuristic, dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions based on human virtues: Abnegation (the selfless), Amity (the peaceful), Candor (the honest), Dauntless (the brave), and Erudite (the intelligent). The Divergent Series is a thrilling action-adventure and global blockbuster franchise from Lionsgate. Propstore is thrilled to offer collectibles from The Divergent Series to […]
Toy Story: Propstore Launches Its First Vintage Collectibles Auction…
Propstore’s current Vintage Toys And Collectibles Live Auction represents another ground-breaking first for the company. In bringing together 750 original production toys, international collectibles, posters, cast & crew items into one auction, it is the first time Propstore has moved into the toy collecting space with a carefully curated selection from some of the world’s […]
A COLLECTOR’S HEAVEN: Highlights from the 2019 Vintage Toys & Collectibles Live Auction
Each of us falls in love with the playthings we encounter as children, many of them still treasured as we grow up and out of touch with our sense of play. But sometimes we give our toys away, or lose them, or sell them to make space – and immediately after, we regret it. Now, […]