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John Overholt (overholt@glammr.us)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 03:47:20 JST John Overholt

There is some very cool stuff in Sotheby's new auction of sci-fi and horror movie memorabilia, including actual E.T. https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2025/there-are-such-things-20th-century-horror-science-fiction-and-fantasy-on-screen?locale=en
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  “There Are Such Things:” 20th Century Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy on Screen | Science | Sotheby's
  
  Lost to today’s prints, the original 1931 release of Tod Browning’s Dracula included a brief curtain speech performed by Edward Van Sloan’s Professor Van Helsing that ends with:“Just pull yourself together and remember that, after all, there are such things.”An ironic inversion of early cinema’s standard inclusion of post-narrative epilogues designed to ensure audiences that the images on screen were just for fun, Dracula was the first American film to itself suggest that genre cinema be taken seriously. Almost a century after Van Helsing’s whispered aside, Sotheby’s is thrilled to present “There Are Such Things:” 20th Century Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy on Screen. A tightly curated offering of artifacts circa the early 1930s on through the end of the century, this April’s capsule sale brings together rare and fresh-to-market costumes, props, posters, concept art, archival material, and more, representing some of the most beloved genres in film history.“There Are Such Things” will include a selection from the estate of Hollywood’s ‘Creature King’ Carlo Rambaldi, three-time Academy Award Winner and pioneer of film animatronics and practical special effects. Directly from the estate of the Italian artist, this auction will offer production-used items from Rambaldi’s work on E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Dune (1984), and Rex: A Dinosaur’s Story.Additional highlights include significant pre-production material and concept art from Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982), Total Recall (1990), and David Lynch's Dune (1984). This is alongside screen-used props from Labyrinth (1986) and trademarked material from Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park franchise. “There Are Such Things” also features an unrivaled collection of classic Universal Studios horror posters from their “Monsters” era, and screen-used costumes from The Wizard of Oz (1939).The exhibition will be open to the public from Saturday, 29 March to Thursday, 3 April at 2:00PM ET, with the online auction set to close on Thursday, 3 April. "There Are Such Things" is a celebration of cinema’s exploration of what might be possible—in our world, and the next.For assistance with bidding and registration, please contact:+1 212 606 7000enquiries@sothebys.comFor all other enquiries please contact:Cassandra HattonVice ChairmanGlobal Head of Department Senior SpecialistScience Popular Culture+1 212 894 2342cassandra.hatton@sothebys.comChaia MascallAssociate CataloguerPopular Culture+1 212 894 2344chaia.mascall@sothebys.comEmily OlsenCataloguerScience Popular Culture+ 1 212 606 7384emily.olsen@sothebys.comNora Feder-JohnsonPre-Sale CoordinatorScience Popular Culture+1 212 606 7489nora.federjohnson@sothebys.com
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  Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 03:47:18 JST Aral Balkan
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  @overholt @CiaraNi Ooh, I was wondering what to do with that cool $500,000 burning a hole in my pocket :)
  
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  🇩🇰Blue. Zelensky. (mutter01@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 04:00:48 JST 🇩🇰Blue. Zelensky.
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  @CiaraNi @aral @overholt Not sure i should tell you this. But i have an original ET 1982 figure. Somewhere.
  
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  Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 04:00:48 JST Aral Balkan
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  @mutter01 @CiaraNi @overholt Very cool. You know what, I think I might do as well but it’s on a different continent.
  
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  Ciara (ciarani@mastodon.green)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 04:00:49 JST Ciara
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  @aral @overholt Worth every cent
  
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  🇩🇰Blue. Zelensky. (mutter01@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 04:09:36 JST 🇩🇰Blue. Zelensky.
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  @aral @CiaraNi @overholt Pointing finger at you in a very distinct way.
  
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  Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 04:09:36 JST Aral Balkan
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  @mutter01 @CiaraNi @overholt ;)
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