Friday, August 08, 2008

OVER 4.1 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF HOLLYWOOD MEMORABILIA
SOLD AT PROFILES IN HISTORY'S 32ND HOLLYWOOD AUCTION

Star Wars T.I.E. Fighter Sells for $402,500; Signed Abe Lincoln Photo, A Special Edition to the Auction Goes For $207,000

Calabasas, CA - Profiles in History (HYPERLINK "http://www.profilesinhistory.com" www.profilesinhistory.com) offered over 1100 iconic Hollywood items at a two day Hollywood memorabilia auction - July 31 and August 1, 2008.

TOP AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS:

$402,500 Original T.I.E. Fighter filming miniature from Star Wars: A New Hope

$207,000 Abraham Lincoln early albumen photograph signed

$74,750 Ian Fleming autograph manuscript relating to the James Bond movie From Russia With Love

$69,000 Screen-used full scale animatronic male Velociraptor from Jurassic Park III

$69,000 Charlton Heston's Ten Commandments Tablets from The Ten Commandments purchased by Triviamania.com

$63,250 Michael J. Fox "Marty McFly" hero Mattel hoverboard from Back to the Future Part II & III

$57,500 Ben Affleck "Daredevil" hero costume from Daredevil

$54,625 Screen-used full-scale male T-Rex head from The Lost World: Jurassic Park II

$48,875 Roald Dahl original working manuscript of his James Bond screenplay,You Only Live Twice

$46,000 Original hero ray gun and holster from Forbidden Planet

$40,250 Screen-used full-scale Velociraptor suit from Jurassic Park III

$40,250 Dracula Re-Release one-sheet poster

$40,250 Archive of original Ben-Hur concept artwork

$40,250 "Jack Skellington" filming miniature house from The Nightmare Before Christmas

$25,875 The Holy Grail from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade purchased by Triviamania.com


Prior Hollywood auctions highlights have included the "Cowardly Lion" costume from The Wizard of Oz ($805,000); A full-scale model T-800 Endoskeleton from Terminator 2: Judgment Day ($488,750); a King Kong Six-Sheet movie poster ($345,000); the Command Chair from the "U.S.S. Enterprise" ($304,750); the original "Robot" from Lost in Space ($264,500); Luke Skywalker's light saber from Star Wars ($195,500); the Black Beauty car from The Green Hornet ($192,000); George Reeves' Superman costume from The Adventures of Superman ($126,500); the H.R. Giger designed Alien creature suit from Alien ($126,500); a full-scale T-Rex head from Jurassic Park ($126,500), the Leaping Alien Warrior figure from Aliens ($126,500), a Christopher Reeve's 'Superman' costume from Superman: The Movie ($115,000), The Wizard of Oz 'Winkie' Guard Costume ($115,000); a "Ming the Merciless" cape from Flash Gordon ($115,000) and the Hydraulic screen-used Velociraptor from The Lost World: Jurassic Park II. ($115,000).

For more information about Profiles in History please visit HYPERLINK "http://www.profilesinhistory.com/" \o "http://www.profilesinhistory.com/" www.profilesinhistory.com.

Note: All prices include fifteen (15%) percent Buyer's Premium.

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