Ever wonder what happens to the props, wardrobe and other memorabilia from movies and television?
Are these items of Hollywood history tossed, sold, given away or all of the above?
Movie props are some of the hottest items being auctioned off on the Internet on sites like eBay.com. It all started when Wilson the volleyball from the film “Castaway” was sold for $18,400 on Yahoo’s auction site. Now movie studios are taking full advantage.
“It was an amazing amount of money,” Jeffrey Godsick, 20th Century Fox studio executive, said in an article for the Los Angeles Times.
Memorabilia such as Christopher Reeve’s “Superman” costume, which was worn by Reeve in the 1978 film, was expected to sell on eBay for about $60,000. It sold for $115,000.
According to the Internet Movie Database, Reeve’s costume was just one of the many items being sold by Profiles in History, a movie memorabilia firm.
Other items being sold by the firm on eBay include the creature costume from “Alien,” Val Kilmer’s costume from “Batman Forever” and the golden headpiece of the “Staff of Ra” from “Raiders of the Lost Ark” which fetched $126,000, $92,000 and $69,000 respectively.
Remember the suit that Austin Powers wore during the opening credits of “Goldmember”? That’s being sold on eBay for $5,995.
What about the earrings that Kate Winslet wears to dinner on “Titanic”? They’re selling at $300. Big “Star Wars” fan?
Bid for an authentic Storm Troopers helmet for $400.
“A lot of the items you’re not going to use again,” Godsick said. “This allows moviegoers to buy a piece of something they love.”
