Profiles in History

If you've ever wanted to be able to own a piece of movie history, whether just to admire it, to collect it, or to lord it over your geek friends, you're about to get the chance. If you've got the money to spare, or don't mind spending your kids' college fund on something else as long as it's really cool, Profiles in History has got an auction for you. On July 31 and August 1, they'll be auctioning off a ton of Hollywood props, costumes, and one-sheets, among other things, and just reading the catalog is enough to make a geek's mouth water.



As mentioned in the title, you can buy the actual Holy Grail prop from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, or the Ten Commandments props used by Charlton Heston in the movie named after them, for a mere $20-25,000 for the former or $30-50,000 for the latter. You can also buy, in no particular order, the Operative's sword from Serenity, a rabbit mask from Donnie Darko, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones' suits from Men in Black, and a dress actually worn by Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine. And there's way more Star Trek items (I covet Captain Picard's desktop computer, but don't think my wife would understand spending quite that much money on it). There's stuff from Blade Runner, Alien, Conan the Barbarian, Austin Powers, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Back to the Future.

(Warner Bros., 1982) Principal light up elevator miniature used on the Tyrell Building in the film Blade Runner. This elevator is visible in the climactic scene in the film when William Sanderson “J. F. Sebastian” and Rutger Hauer “Roy Batty” gain access to Joe Turkell “Dr. Eldon Tyrell’s” penthouse. It measures 1 in. x 3 in. and includes a letter of authenticity from Paul Curley, model maker on the film, stating that this miniature was given to him when filming was completed

Once again check it all out over at Profiles in History