Ghostbusters Items at Prop Store Auction

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Following on the heels of an earlier auction of props hosted by Profiles in History, Prop Store has recently conducted a series of auctions, ranging from sculpted production items, to art department binders and crew apparel:

*Lot 126 - Slimer Model Miniature Estimate: $1,300 - $1,900

*Lot 127 - Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Head Estimate: $3,900 - $6,500

*Lot 128 - First Draft Script, Production Materials and Crew Apparel Estimate: $780 - $1,000

*Lot 129 - Art Department Reference Binders Estimate: $780 - $1,000

*Lot 158 - Vigo the Carpathian Transformation Sculpts 1-2 Estimate: $520 - $780

*Lot 160 - Vigo The Carpathian Transformation Sculpts 3-4 Estimate: $520 - $780

Slimer sold for: $1,500

Stay Puft sold for: $3,800

Script, materials and apparel sold for: $1,000

Reference binders sold for: $7,100

Vigo head sculpts 1 & 2 sold for: $520

Vigo head sculpts 3 & 4 sold for: $650

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Those art department binders-- WOW. Talk about a bidding war! Did anyone here score them?

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I rather dig the variant of the poster featuring the New York skyline. While the final version has a air of simplicity to it, giving greater emphasis to the cast, the skyline in a way feels a nice visual element.

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I couldn’t agree more. I always thought it was cool. Is there a scan anywhere?

I just noticed that the original Slimer miniature sold for a FRACTION of what the GB2 art department binders sold for. That’s just mind boggling.

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It looks like everything were close to the estimates except for the art department binders. It would be very interesting to see all the little notes in those binders on what could have been in the movie.

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fyi, the ‘First Draft’ moniker for that 8/5/83 script is misleading. There are at least 2 collaborative drafts before it. June and July 6, 1983. And Paul has a free digital version of the 8/5/83 on Spook Central.

Hope those addresses and phone numbers on the crew list aren’t current. :sigh:

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They belong in a museum!

But seriously, every time unique archival items like this are up for auction, I always wonder if a studios archives might be the better place for them (sorry collectors)?

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Yes it would be nice if some of the stuff is maid available either on display or digitally instead of being locked away never to be seen again.

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The leather chair nameplates are pretty cool too, I think.

http://www.propstore.com/product/ghostbusters-2/collection-of-leather-chairbacks/

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As a collector that goes nuts over archival material, I can’t argue on that one.

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Awesome, those head sculptures are very cool. How does one find out about these auctions anyway?

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Sometimes they appear on Facebook, sometimes on other sites. It can often be a matter of just being lucky in the timing.

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Awesome, those head sculptures are very cool. How does one find out about these auctions anyway?

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Agreed with you @Perodie, sculptures are outstanding!

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Those ghosts pictures are very scary