Cool Auction Worth Talking About

So I have yet to promote an auction of mine on my blog, and don’t plan on making a regular practice out of it… but this one is worth mentioning.

Maybe it’s just me, but sales like this are what the auction business is all about.

The auction is a surplus auction from a Hollywood Prop House.

Having sold a few of these in the past, I can tell you that they are amazing places, full of real treasures. Most Prop Houses I’ve dealt with were begun by clollectors of some type. And the business provided the perfect excuse to keep collecting thousands of items.

The project I’m currently working on is the sale of surplus from a Major Hollywood Prop House. They’ve made the difficult determination that the items we’re selling, while great treasures, are not benefiting their clients. This means not only don’t the items rent, but they are not likely to rent and do not diminish any one category in a detrimental way.

The result is over 1,500 items (was over 800, then over 1,000!), including many pieces of art (one department they are closing completely), rare african sculptures and other antiquities and art items, Vintage Americana items (i.e. gas pumps, juke boxes, vending machines), European Antiques and Collectibles (i.e. French Armoire, a Gilt Bronze Clock Suite, Porcelain Figurines, etc.), American Antiques (i.e. Old clothes washer/ringer, Floor Standing Coffee Grinder, Brass & Button Leather Horse Jockey Scale), Asian Antiques (from statues to wood carvings and furniture), Old English Pub Items (barrels, Signage, Furniture, etc.).

Being a prop house, of course, almost everything has been in some production. This is where it gets fun. You may be watching your favorite movie and realize that the totem pole in the background or the oversize gumball machine is the one that’s now sitting in your family room or backyard!

Some items have already been identified, like a Christofle Silver Meat Carving Station that was used in the production of “Titanic” or a couple of rubber swords used in “Pirates of the Caribbean”.

It’s too cool not to share and too cool not to check out. I’ll give you some info on the sale below, but again, I won’t make a regular practice of promoting sales here!

Viewing location: 5431 W. 104th St., Los Angeles (near LAX)
Viewing Dates: June 24 & June 25
All Bidding will take place online on my partner’s website – click here to bid or for more information.
Bidding will close on June 25