Superhero Museum auction

[DiceX]

Does Earl have a cameltoe?

 

Know the toe.

 

 

[binarysunrise]

Now that's disturbing.

 

Anyways, I just let the auction house know that the "special effects models" of george reeves used in blue-screen flying, etc. seem eerily similar to the IDC resin model kits that fans can glue together and paint themselves....

[Davenport]

Now that's disturbing.

 

Anyways, I just let the auction house know that the "special effects models" of george reeves used in blue-screen flying, etc. seem eerily similar to the IDC resin model kits that fans can glue together and paint themselves....

I have one of these unbuilt resin kits sitting in the top of a closet. Terry Reynolds was the sculptor (if I remember).

 

Here's the auction description:

George Reeves Superman Resin Special Effects Movie Model Assembled and painted in the manner of George Reeves (Superman). This model would have been used in still shots, ad shots and special effects scenes. 14 1/4" tall Very good condition

Estimate $1,000-2,000

 

[binarysunrise]

Are you saying the resin kit in your closet isn't worth $2,000?

 

And how about this one. I'm having trouble finding it on the google:

 

[Davenport]

Are you saying the resin kit in your closet isn't worth $2,000?

I wish! For two grand I'd toss in a Terry Renolds Supergirl companion kit for FREE.

 

 

[Davenport]

Are you saying the resin kit in your closet isn't worth $2,000?

 

And how about this one. I'm having trouble finding it on the google:

 

It looks like an old resin "Garage Kit", with cheap photocopy box labels.

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Watching the auction on the live feed. Seems like they have a full room of eager bidders.

The george reeves unassembled garage kit sold for $250.

The platinum bagged Superman #75, Adventures #500 pair sold for $160. Are they worth that much?

The lot with Action #52 sold for $225.

 

 

[binarysunrise]

Ooh, the painted George Reeves and Superman resin models sold for $325 and $350 respectfully.

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The "dark" cape from Superman sold for only $475, but the JorEl tunic reached $5k!

The beat up unfinished batmobile got $12k. Wonder how much it'll cost to finish it.

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The lot of 4 Superman drawings (including the unlabeled Alex Ross signed drawing of Superman - evidently his signature was too illegible for the auction house...) sold for $750. Evidently someone knew it was Alex Ross

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Aw, they pulled the video feed before they got to auctioning off the mountains of uncatelogued material. They had only 114 lots (many of them poorly labeled, and an odd selection - like the 35mm trailer to Batman Begins was one of the slots).

 

The other thousand-some items are just piled on tables. They posted a hundred or so photos of the accumulation. Most of it is stuff worth less than $30. I still wonder why they didn't list more auctions for online bidders (or shoot, put it all on ebay in a thousand separate lots). It was neat to poke through the photos, looking for gems (and upsetting that I was a few states away). Among a pile of random store-bought books is a 1942 copy of Lowther's Adventures of Superman, and in around the random Superman dolls is an incomplete 1947 Superbaby (a complete version was recently on ebay for $2.4k). I was hoping to watch the feed to see if anyone got any great steals.

 

The irony is that one of the books in the pile was "The Adventures of Superman Collecting" which would have identified for them every rare item they had.