Hollywood Memorabillia Auction Results

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Here's a press release with some key results from the big Profiles in History auction I covered in the Daily News earlier this month:

PROFILES IN HISTORY SPRING AUCTION OF HOLLYWOOD MEMORABILILA BRINGS IN OVER 4 MILLION DOLLARS

Harrison Ford's Blaster From Blade Runner, An Original 1931 Frankenstein Movie Poster, The Creature From The Black Lagoon Mask, Arnold Schwarzenegger's Mr. Freeze Costume Highlight Huge Sale

Forrest J Ackerman's estate Collection, An Archive of B/W and Color Negatives From the M-G-M, Fox, and Warner Bros. Vaults and a Screen Used Hunter-Killer From Terminator Also Big Hits With Collectors

Calabasas, CA-- The Harrison Ford "Rick Deckard" hero blaster from Blade Runner ($270,000), an original Frankenstein one-sheet movie poster ($216,000), an archive of B/W and color negatives from the M-G-M, Fox, and Warner Bros. vaults ($210,000) the original Creature from the Black Lagoon hero "Gill Man" mask from Revenge of the Creature ($84,000) and Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Mr. Freeze" costume from Batman & Robin ($72,000) were the top items in the recently completed Profiles in History Spring Auction of Hollywood memorabilia. A total of

$4.2 Million worth of props, costumes, movie posters, photos and more were picked up by collectors around the world.

Other highlights included a screen used hero aerial Hunter / Killer from The Terminator ($66,000), Derek Meers' Jason Voorhees" costume from Friday the 13th ($54,000), Two velociraptors feeding on a triceratops display from Jurassic Park ($51,000) and Ray Park "Darth Maul" fighting lightsaber from Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace ($48,000). Bidders also competed vigorously for items from the Forrest J Ackerman Estate Collection, as Forry's Metropolis "Maria" robot sold for $48,000, as did the Bela Lugosi "Dracula" ring. Lugosi's "Vampire" cape worn in The Raven, The Return of the Vampire, The Whispering Shadow and his final performance in Plan 9 from Outer Space sold for $39,000.

More highlights included:

Original screen-used Elven bed with five Elves and decorated illuminating Christmas tree from A Nightmare Before Christmas ($48,000)
Complete hero Maurice Evans "Dr. Zaius" costume from The Planet of the Apes and Beneath the Planet of the Apes ($48,000)
Screen-used "Teddy" puppet and lighting dummy from A.I.: Artificial Intelligence ($48,000)
Harrison Ford "Rick Deckard" "Voight Kampff" costume from Blade Runner ($48,000)
Charlton Heston "Colonel George Taylor" costume and display from Planet of the Apes ($48,000)
Matthew Broderick "Ferris Bueller" leather jacket from Ferris Bueller's Day Off ($42,000)
Jim Carrey signature "Riddler" rhinestone unitard and glitter-covered creepers from Batman Forever ($36,000)
Tom Hanks "Capt. John H. Miller" and Matt Damon "Pvt. James Francis Ryan" hero costumes from Saving Private Ryan ($36,000)
Screen-used Christmas Town building from The Nightmare Before Christmas ($30,000)

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