Juliens Auctions & Turner Classic Movies Present “Legends: Hollywood & Royalty”

Posted on August 3, 2023 by James Moore-McDermott in Auction News

Exclusive Hollywood Blockbuster Auction Event of the Year Celebrating “100 Years of Warner Bros.” and the Screen’s Greatest Legends and Cultural Figures

Beverly Hills, California – (July 28th, 2023) – Julien’s Auctions and Turner Classic Movies (TCM)–the ultimate destination for Hollywood memorabilia auctions–unveiled today their exclusive collection of over 1,400 of the most iconic and fascinating objects synonymous with Hollywood’s greatest legends and the world’s most famous cultural figures of all time to be presented in “JULIEN’S AUCTIONS AND TCM PRESENT: LEGENDS: HOLLYWOOD AND ROYALTY,” taking place live Wednesday, September 6th, Thursday, September 7th, and Friday, September 8th in Beverly Hills and online.

This premium collection will be available to the public to experience and relive timeless moments in pop culture history via exclusive exhibitions, catalogs, on-air and online programming on the companies’ respective channels and platforms, events and more before offering these treasures for sale at Julien’s and TCM’s once-in-a-lifetime auction.

In honor of the 100th anniversary of Warner Bros., costumes, props, behind-the-scenes production material, photographs, memorabilia, artifacts, ephemera and more from the legendary films produced by the storied Hollywood studio will be offered to the public, some for the first time in history.

From galaxies far away, highlights from royalty from one of the biggest blockbuster franchises of all time is represented by Princess Leia’s production made slave costume from Star Wars – Return of the Jedi (estimate:$20,000 – $30,000).

Along with an array of significant contemporary props from the Star Wars saga including Han Solo’s DL-44 heavy blaster (estimate:$15,000 – $20,000) and Chewbacca’s bowcaster from Star Wars – The Force Awakens (estimate:$40,000 – $60,000) , Pedro Pascal’s IB-94 blaster pistol from The Mandalorian (estimate:$10,000 – $20,000), as well as a Don Post original trilogy C-3PO and R2-D2 display statues and more.

The Legends auction will boldly go where no man has gone before offering items for Star Trek fans and collectors such as the Trek “unicorn” of collecting – a maroon Starfleet command/officer’s jacket worn by William Shatner as Admiral James T. Kirk in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (estimate: $100,000 – $200,000).

Also included is an original Borg cube studio model constructed by Industrial Light and Magic for Star Trek – First Contact (estimate: $50,000 – $70,000) that was used during the initial sequences of the film, and can be seen when Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) disobeys Star Fleet orders to respond to a Borg threat to Earth, destroying the Borg cube and following the Borg sphere through a temporal vortex. Also featured are an original Copernicus shuttle filming miniature from Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (estimate: $30,000 – $40,000), a “U.S.S Yeager” starship model used in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (estimate: $10,000 – $20,000), and a number of full-scale torpedo props from Star Trek: Enterprise, as well as other key props from the franchise.

An incredible array of contemporary props and Hollywood artifacts include a terrifying one-of-a-kind production made and used Xenomorph head from the Carlo Rambaldi Achives from Alien (estimate: $40,000 – $60,000)

From the wizarding world of Harry Potter, Julien’s Auctions and TCM will cast a spell once again with more fantastic items on offer than ever before, including original hand-detailed character wands from the series such as: Michael Gambon’s “Albus Dumbledore” Elder wand from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (estimate: $10,000 – $20,000), Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger’s wands from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (estimate range $5,000 – $10,000 each),

Ralph Fiennes’ “Lord Voldemort” wand from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (estimate: $40,000 – $60,000) and many more.

Other sensational highlights announced include:

Christian Bale’s Batman grapple gun from Batman Begins;
Bill Skarsgard’s wig, makeup, and facial Prosthetics from It;
Lucy Lawless’ Yin Yang Chakram from Xena: Warrior Princess;
Peter Dinklage’s Tyrion Lannister hero battle axe prop, used in Game of Thrones;
Kit Harington’s Jon Snow hero dagger prop used in Game of Thrones;
Walt Disney’s Tushinsky Superscope 1 lens;
Will Ferrell’s alternative blue costume from Elf;
John Travolta’s Beretta 93R machine pistol prop from Broken Arrow;
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Mr. Freeze robe from Batman & Robin;
Michael Caine’s animatronic hand prop from The Hand;
Matt Damon’s HULC suit and Chemrail gun from Elysium;
A photo-matched Scavenger Demon special effects puppet from Constantine;
A Jonathan Breck Creeper costume from Jeepers Creepers;
Ron Perlman’s Sayer of the Law staff prop from The Island of Doctor Moreau.

https://juliensauctions.com/

Wednesday, September 6th – Session I (Lots 1-439): 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time
Thursday, September 7th – Session II (Lots 440-839): 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time
Friday, September 8th – Session III (Lots 840-1416): 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time