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The Art of Anime Auction Brings Genre’s Finest Artwork to Heritage Auctions
Famed Glad Museum Collection opens vault of iconic animation cels to fans June 25-27 My Neighbor Totoro Mei and Satsuki Production Cel Setup with Key Master Background DALLAS, Texas (June 7, 2021) – Production animation cels and backgrounds from the most critically-acclaimed and culturally-influential anime films, television series and characters…
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Masters on the Market: John Alvin
Photo of John Alvin. Image from John Alvin Art. After years of poring over film advertisements in his spare time, John Alvin finally got his chance to produce a movie poster in 1974. The film, Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles, could’ve been an intimidating first assignment, but Alvin took it in…
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Rare items in upcoming Artifacts of Hollywood and Music auction
Three-Time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Eric Clapton-Owned 47.5m Luxury Superyacht. Photo: Kruse GWS Auctions. LOS ANGELES, CA.-GWS Auctions has announced the “Artifacts of Hollywood and Music” auction event to take place Saturday, November 28, 2020 beginning at 10:00 a.m. P.T. The auction is the largest entertainment memorabilia auction in…
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Game of Thrones Concept Art Comes to Auction with Heritage
Game of Thrones Dragons Preliminary Concept Painting by William Simpson. Photo courtesy of Heritage Auctions. While storyboarding the stoner comedy Your Highness (2011), artist William Simpson was asked to produce concept art for a much different project. The proposed Game of Thrones television show would ambitiously try to adapt George…
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Lost Bob Dylan Archives of blues musician Tony Glover headlines Marvels of Modern Music auction
Bob Dylan January 1962 signed letter to Tony Glover, "This world is yours, take it easy but take it"— Dylan quotes his musical idol. BOSTON, MASS.-RR Auction's latest Marvels of Modern Music sale is led by the collection of blues musician and writer Tony Glover, a personal friend of Bob…
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Auction Results: Sotheby's Hip Hop Sale
Memorabilia representing Biggie Smalls, Tupac, Salt-N-Pepa, and others realize high results Crown worn by Biggie Smalls during “King of New York” photoshoot. Photo by Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images. The crown worn by Biggie Smalls for the "King of New York" cover photo highlighted Sotheby's inaugural hip hop sale last…
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Sotheby's Honors Hip Hop Throughout the Years with Upcoming Event
“King of New York” photo of Biggie Smalls by Barron Clairborne. Image courtesy of Sotheby’s. When Puffy first saw a photographer put a crown on Biggie Smalls' head, he worried Biggie would look like "the Burger King." But Biggie went along with photographer Barron Clairborne's vision. Clairborne, a Black man…
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Property From Bill Wyman And His Rolling Stones Archive
William George Perks, Jr., or Bill Wyman, is an English musician widely known as the bass guitarist for the Rolling Stones. He started recording and touring with his band, Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings, in 1997. Julien’s Auctions will present property from Wyman and his Rolling Stones archive in the upcoming…
Art Industry
Blockparty Launches New Rare Digital Collectibles Marketplace to Foster More Meaningful Fan Engagement for Artists, Musicians, and Sports Teams
The first collection available features art from Ryan Keeley, Harif Guzman and MADSTEEZ available for sale for the next 48 hours MADSTEEZ WEEN X digital art collectible available now on Blockparty. (Photo: MADSTEEZ) NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blockparty today launches its curated digital collectibles marketplace where users can own, sell, and trade valuable…
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Eccentric, astonishing, fascinating - the extraordinary Tony Parker Collection comes to auction at Ewbank's in Surrey
Tony Parker's home in the south of England was covered wall to wall, ceiling to floor in his beloved rock, pop and entertainment memorabilia. WOKING.- What do a vampire hunter’s kit, a fossilised penis bone from a walrus, a Star Trek latex Borg mask and original memorabilia from the TV gameshow…
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Entertainment & Transportation Collectibles
A life-size Terminator statue holding a shotgun is among the highlights of the upcoming Entertainment & Transportation Collectibles auction. The statue depicts Arnold Schwarzenegger’s antagonist, the Terminator, from the 1984 science fiction film of the same name. In the entertainment category, the auction features autographs of movie stars and musicians,…
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Icons & Idols: Music Icons
Just months before his death, Kurt Cobain appeared on the now-famous MTV Unplugged performance of 1993. Cobain performed eight original Nirvana songs and six additional covers before a live audience. The show was alternately called his greatest work and “his last self-portrait.” Appearing in the upcoming Icons & Idols sale,…
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Sotheby's and Google to Launch Online Charity Auction of Virtual Experiences with A-Listers
In this time of separation and social-distancing, Sotheby’s and Google are coming together virtually to raise much-needed funds for the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) work to help mitigate and respond to the spread of COVID-19 in vulnerable communities. Together with leading figures from all walks of culture, business, politics and science,…
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NHADA Dealers Relief Auction
The blankets and rugs woven by the Navajo people of the Four Corners region of the United States are particularly known for their quality standards. Legend states that the ‘Spider-woman,’ a deity worshipped by the Navajo people, was the one who taught them how to weave. The Pueblo Indians, who…
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The Beatles At The Hard Rock
The upcoming Beatles at the Hard Rock sale, presented by Julien’s Auctions, offers nearly 300 Beatles-themed items. Available is a selection of never-before-seen memorabilia, autographed objects, guitars and instruments, obscure licensed material, and vinyl albums. Held on the 50th anniversary of the band’s dissolution, the auction will be held online and…
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Entertainment & Music Memorabilia Signature Auction
The upcoming Entertainment & Music Memorabilia Signature Auction, offered by Heritage Auctions, is anchored by a selection of collectibles from the recording industry. It will also include items from movies, television, and more. One of the key lots in this sale is an ombré gray dress worn by Whitney Houston…
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Civil War, Shaving Mugs, Advertising, Clocks, Coin-Op, Etc
This February, Weiss Auctions will offer items ranging from toys to antique guns in the upcoming Civil War, Shaving Mugs, Advertising, Clocks, and Coin-Op auction. One of the highlighted lots represents the French Louis XVI style of clocks from 1880. With a cupid pointing its arrow at the hour and…
Artists
Kicking off Frieze LA week at the Getty, art world honours Art for Justice Fund
Performance and panel discussion underline the plight of the incarcerated The writer and actress Liza Jessie Peterson performing a scene from her one-woman show The Peculiar Patriot at the Getty Center in Los Angeles Monday night On Monday evening, scores of luminaries from the worlds of art, entertainment and activism…
Artists
Sonia Boyce chosen as UK's first post-Brexit Venice Biennale artist
Selection committee says British Afro-Caribbean artist "has consistently probed one of society’s big questions: how do we live with difference?” Sonia Boyce Photo: Paul Cochrane. Courtesy of UAL The British Afro-Caribbean artist Sonia Boyce will represent the UK at the 59th Venice Biennale next year (May-November 2021), the first artist to…
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Entertainment & Music Memorabilia Signature Auction
Music memorabilia has a significant history to offer its fans, historians, and collectors. The upcoming Heritage auction presents a selection of vintage posters, musical instruments, and autographs. Highlighted is a Grateful Dead “Skeleton & Roses” concert poster from 1966. Creators Stanley Mouse & Alton Kelley found the inspiration for the…
