3.5 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF HOLLYWOOD MEMORABILIA
SOLD AT PROFILES IN HISTORY'S 33rd HOLLYWOOD AUCTION

Luke Skywalker' Lighsaber Sells for $240,000, C-3PO's Helmet $120,000, Signed You Only Live Twice Script $96,000, Leading Sales And Attracting Bidders Worldwide


Calabasas, CA, December 11, 2008 - Mark Hamill's hero "Luke Skywalker" lightsaber from Star Wars and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, bought for $240,000, topped all items at Profiles in History's 33rd Hollywood auction, held December 11th, 2008. In all, bidders paid $3.5 Million for 500+ items offered by Profiles in History, the world's leading company in the sale of Hollywood memorabilia. Other auction highlights include:

· $120,000 Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi original "C-3PO" droid helmet worn by Anthony Daniels
· $96,000 Second Draft Original Handwritten Manuscript of You Only Live Twice Signed ByRoald Dahl
· $96,000 Full-Sized Animatronic "Joe" From Mighty Joe Young
· $90,000 Signature "Wolverine" black leather battlesuit from X-Men
· $84,000 First British Edition of You Only Live Twice Inscribed By Ian Fleming To The Real James Bond
· $78,000 Original 82-inch diameter hero "United Planets Cruiser C-57D" flying saucer filming miniature from Forbidden Planet
· $72,000 Custom-built "1937 Mercedes" German staff car from Raiders of the Lost Ark
· $72,000 Marlon Brando complete signature "Jor-El" costume from Superman: The Movie
· $66,000 Original screen-used "Santa Jack" stop-motion puppet, dog "Zero" puppet, skeleton Reindeer puppet and Jack's prop trashcan with presents from A Nightmare Before Christmas
· $39,000 Jim Carrey complete signature "Riddler" costume from Batman Forever
· $39,000 Original Harry Potter Art By Thomas Taylor For The Back Cover of Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone
· $21,600 Greta Garbo portrait by Clarence Sinclair Bull from Inspiration
· $19,200 Screen-Used Animatronic "Gizmo" Puppet from Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Note: All prices include a Buyer's Premium.


On December 12-14, Profiles in History will be conducting the largest auction of Hollywood memorabilia in history as they present the entire inventory of the world famous Collectors Book Store in Hollywood, the largest archive of Hollywood history outside of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Included in the three day auction event will be costumes, movie posters, scripts, portraits, movie stills, lobby cards, fan magazines, press books and other miscellaneous items-some rare and one of a kind. The schedule for Worldwide bidding, which can be placed in person, via mail, phone, fax or live on the Internet via eBay Live Auctions (HYPERLINK "http://www.ebayliveauctions.com/" www.ebayliveauctions.com) or (HYPERLINK "http://www.liveauctioneers.com/" www.LiveAuctioneers.com) is as follows:
· Friday, December 12, 2008: 11:00 AM PST;
· Saturday and Sunday, December 13 & 14: 10:00 AM PST.

Virtually every film and television show that was made will be represented. The opening bid for each lot will be just $200-$300, making it possible for everyone to have the opportunity to take home a piece of Hollywood history. Many times there will be a collection of five, ten, twenty or even hundreds or thousands of pieces in one lot.

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).