Profiles in History

The Greg Jein Collection auction will long be remembered. It represents the largest single sale of Science Fiction memorabilia ever held or ever likely to be held. Remarkably, genuine screen-worn Star Trek memorabilia made up half of the entire sale, supplemented by myriad Star Wars mementos, choice lots from every major sci-fi movie and TV show ever made, plus even more lots from Greg’s favorite non sci-fi indulgence, Batman.

Collectibles

Greg Jein Sci-fi collection – an overview of the records

Records galore fell at Heritage Auctions' Greg Jein Collection sale of science fiction memorabilia last weekend, with the auction grossing US$13.6 million to become the second-highest grossing Hollywood auction in history.

The Blastech DL-44 from "Star Wars" has been the most valuable movie weapon sold at auction three times. This latest record-setter is the only surviving original from the original 1977 movie.

Collectibles

Han Solo's DL-44 Blaster from "Star Wars" smashes auction records

The original and sole remaining Blastech DL-44 Blaster used by Han Solo (Harrison Ford) in the first 1977 Star Wars movie (Star Wars: A New Hope) has sold for a record US$1,057,500 at Rock Island Auctions.

Alexander Raymond’s first Flash Gordon comic strip debuted on January 7, 1934, introducing the handsome “Flash Gordon, Yale graduate and world-renowned polo player” and his lovely companion, Dale Arden, who parachute out of a crashing plane and are ‘shanghaied’ by Dr. Hans Zarkov aboard his rocket ship launched to intercept the threatening planet Mongo hurtling towards Earth. Thus began the fantastical space opera that, by the late 1930s, was published in 130 newspapers across the globe, translated into eight languages, and read by over 50 million people.

Collectibles

Original Flash Gordon comic strip sells for $512,000

As we forecast in our recent extensive feature covering the 2019 science and technology auction year, science fiction memorabilia is getting hotter. This was validated with the $512,000 sale of the original comic strip artwork for Flash Gordon #1.

Elvis Presley's 1976 Harley-Davidson FLH 1200 Electra Glide spent 30 years on display at the Pioneer Auto Museum before going to auction in 2019

Motorcycles

Elvis Presley's Harley-Davidson Electra Glide could break world motorcycle auction record

Elvis Presley's last motorcycle, a 1976 Harley Davidson 1200 Electra Glide, is going to auction later this month and could smash the world record price for a motorcycle at auction. The record price is held by a Vincent Black Lightning that sold for $929,000.

Ayrton Senna once again proved he is easily the most popular Formula One driver on the auction block

Automotive

Ayrton Senna memorabilia smashes auction records

Three-time Formula One Champion Ayrton Senna continued to smash records 25 years after his death at Retromobile last weekend, setting new auction price records for a Formula One helmet ($184,340 | €162,000) and race suit ($110,372 | €97,500).

Robby the Robot first appeared in the 1956 movie Forbidden Planet, but his film and TV appearances number more than 30

Robotics

Robby the Robot sells for $5.3 million – second most valuable movie prop in history

It is a sign of the times that one of the best known robots in movie history should become one of the most expensive movie props ever sold. Now that robots have progressed from sci-fi to reality, it isn't surprising that Robby the Robot should become one of the most iconic movie props in history.

The second most valuable movie poster ever sold - the Italian Casablanca poster fetched $478,000. At right are the stars of the movie, Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman

Collectibles

$478,000 Casablanca movie poster bridges movie collectible and art genres

An Italian movie poster for the 1942 movie Casablanca starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman sold for $478,000 on Saturday evening, becoming the (equal) second-most valuable movie poster ever sold at auction.