Lot 297 - Complete Shop Gorilla Costume Display

Sold Stock #144668 | Sold Jul 20 2022

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Lot # 297 - Complete "Shop Gorilla" Costume Display

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A complete "shop gorilla" costume display from Rick Baker's effects company Cinovation Studios. "Shop gorillas" were generic costumes made available for rental on commercials and smaller-scale projects. This particular "shop gorilla" is believed to have been used in a series of 1980s-era Los Angeles Times movie theater advertisements profiling locals with interesting careers.

This costume consists of a foam latex gorilla mask with a fiberglass underskull, resin teeth, and snap buttons for attaching to a hair suit; a nylon hair suit; a two-piece, foam-padded muscle suit consisting of a nylon blend shirt and black denim jeans hand-labeled "John" in marker; two "knuckle walker" rigs featuring plastic shells mounted to hand-painted black foam latex hands and snap button closures; and two latex feet with snap buttons on the top. Black, brown, and silver-color hair is hand-punched throughout the costume.

This costume comes dressed and posed on a full-size foam mannequin display mounted via metal pipe and wiring to a black wood base. It exhibits some tearing, stiffening, and some fur loss throughout from age and exposure. Dimensions (displayed): 24" x 30" x 48" (61 cm x 76.25 cm x 122 cm)

Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000

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Item size: 24" × 30" × 48" (60.96cm × 76.2cm × 121.92cm)

This item comes with a Propstore Certificate of Authenticity

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