And so the old year passed submissively and the new year arrived rather unspectacularly. There were no sudden epiphany, or cosmic shift, or spiritual awakening. Of course, temporal landmarks are a human construct and the universe does not care to mark any significance to the new year or the new decade, despite the heavenly and oh-so-rare Dec. 31st blue moon. So a (yawn) new year/decade/era is ushered in with fireworks in the distance and sirens that are too close. Mindful of my own natural pessimism, I strive to remain open-minded to surprises that are yet to come and riddles that can still tickle the soul.
Twenty-Ten
January 1st, 2010The last hours of 2009 are apathetically fading away.
December 31st, 2009And I am ringing in the new year with a six-pack of Red Stripe and a fresh pack of Marlboro Lights. Happy blue moon. Happy twenty-ten. Happy happy.
Book Auction and Historical Catalog #47
November 16th, 2009The date for the December book auction is set: Wednesday, Dec. 16. I am assuming it will be a 12 pm PST start time. The catalog is at the printer now and will be available a week from today. In addition, our historical catalog (#47) is also at the printer, with will drop the same time as the Pat McInally Collection of Children’s Literature (official title) catalog. Web viewing to be determined.
Full slate of auctions coming up
November 16th, 2009The schedule for the next 6 months is stacked. We will be having 5 auctions, which will be the most we would have ever in that time span. We start with the Pat McInally Collection of Children’s Literature auction in December. Then it is the Signatures Auction around the second week of February. In March, we have the Michael Epstein & Scott Schwimer photography auction. The next general entertainment auction will be in April. Finally, it is the highly anticipated Lost Auction in June/July. We have our work cut out for us, but it is also very exciting.
Dracula No More
October 1st, 2009The prized lot on PIH’s Auction 37 catalog cover has been pulled. Jason DeBord of The Original Prop Blog has an extremely detailed report.
The Calm Before the Storm
September 29th, 2009Auction time is the most exciting time at Profiles in History. Months of work culminating in 2 days of bidding madness. The fruits of our labors expressed in the sounds of the gavel coming down. Each one of us at PIH has a piece of ourselves in the auction. Our sweat and blood, literally, go into the production of the catalog. We’re invested. So it is nine days away and it is the calm before the storm.
Auction 37 on iCollector
September 11th, 2009The listings have been posted. View them at here.
Michael Jackson’s glove
September 8th, 2009One of them, anyway… sold at Bonhams and Goodman’s auction on Sunday for 57,600 Australian dollars ($48,000), almost twice the estimate selling price. This glove came from Michael Jackson’s visit to Australia in 1996 as part of his HIStory world tour. While in Sydney, he attended the Australian premiere for the film “Ghosts,” in which he had a starring role. At the end of the screening, he tossed the glove at audience member Bill Hibble, who has since died. This glove is the first auction of a Michael Jackson glove since his death on June 25. Of course Profiles in History will be selling the illuminating glove from the Victory Tour on Oct. 8 & 9. Then a month later, Julien’s will be selling the Motown 25 glove. It’s no surprise of the on-slaught of MJ memorabilia hitting the market. Strike while the iron is hot. It will be interesting to track the sale prices of these gloves.
Disney’s D23 Convention
September 7th, 2009Profiles in History will have a booth at this week’s D23 Convention. We will be promoting next year’s Lost Auction. And we will be wearing Dharma jumpsuits!
Auction 37 Catalog is in the books
September 7th, 2009Finally. It is done. The catalog went to print on Friday and the mailing house will be distributing it to our clients by the end of the week. Each time I would think we could not possibly out do ourselves in terms of quality offerings. This time is no exception. Look at this lineup: Transformers, G.I. Joe, Stan Winston, Richard Edlund, Nightmare Before Christmas, Terminator, Jurassic Park… the list goes on. My words go do not do it justice. Anyone who can should come to the office for a preview.
