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A complete set of Cinefex magazines. Published quarterly since 1980, Cinefex Magazine focused on the conceptual and mechanical aspects of film visual effects and earned a reputation as the definitive publication on the topic until it ceased print in 2021.

This lot features all 172 issues, feature articles, and information about the making of films including Star Trek: The Motion Picture, the Harry Potter franchise, and Avatar. Included are 12 issues of the magazine's Japanese edition. Each issue is stored in a slipcover holder with "Cinefex" gold stamped on one side and a label with issue numbers stored in them. The lot also includes 62 Cinefex mailer envelopes, five subscription booklets, and one handwritten note from editor Don Shay addressed to VFX artist Mark Stetson, attached to a copy of an article that features Stetson and his work on Die Hard. The lot exhibits minor signs of wear from age. Dimensions: (largest) 19" x 17" x 7" (48 cm x 43 cm x 18 cm)

About Mark Stetson

Visual effects maestro Mark Stetson's singular run in Hollywood began in 1978. After graduating from the prestigious Art Center College of Design, he immediately began a position as an effects props and miniatures artist for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, for which his responsibilities included building such memorable vessels as the workbee, the Constitution-class shuttlebay, and a studio model of the Enterprise itself. After filming concluded, Stetson continued working as a modelmaker, and later model shop supervisor, for Entertainment Effects Group (EEG), hand-making miniatures and other groundbreaking optical effects for acclaimed productions like Blade Runner, Ghostbusters, and Brainstorm under founder Douglas Trumbull.

By 1989, following a stint as model shop supervisor for Richard Edlund's Boss Film Corporation - including positions on such blockbuster productions as Die Hard and Poltergeist II, among numerous others - Stetson had founded his own effects company, Stetson Visual Services, Inc. Over the next 35-plus years SVSI became known for producing pioneering effects sequences for dozens of hit films, running the gamut from action classics like Total Recall, Waterworld, and The Fifth Element to acclaimed franchise installments like The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, and Superman Returns to cult comedies like Coneheads and The Hudsucker Proxy. Stetson's work in this period earned him three Academy Award nominations (and one win), two BAFTAs, and the Visual Effects Society Awards' Founders Award for innovations in the field.

Today, Propstore is proud to offer a hand-picked selection of memorabilia from the personal collection of this once-in-a-generation talent. Accumulated over nearly five decades in cinema, these lots represent a wide range of production materials, including ornately detailed model miniatures, hand-drawn artwork, and rare behind-the-scenes photographs, as well as Stetson's own production paperwork and crew gifts. Stretching across different eras, genres, and styles of production, the Mark Stetson Collection is nothing short of a testament to one of the world's most successful and imitated living visual effects artists.