Rare autographs, clothing & memorabilia to be sold at auction - Jan 22
RareBondCollectables
Posts: 4MI6 Agent
On the 22nd Jan 2011 in Manchester, England there will be an auction of very rare and collectable James Bond memorabilia.
Some of the lots include:
1) A near complete autograph collection covering all the Bonds, Villains, Girls and Allies from all of the films.
2) Very rare press information packs for a large number of the films
3) Clothing and props from the films
The auction is to be held by an auction house called Omega Auctions based near Manchester and starts at 11am.
If you would like more info on the auction or on the lots they have for sale you can view their catalogue at either:
www.omegaauctions.co.uk
OR
http://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/omega-auctions/catalogue-id-2809487
If you can't make it in person you can bid 'live' and online from anywhere in the world via 'www.the-saleroom.com'
An excellent chance to obtain some very rare memorabilia!!
Some of the lots include:
1) A near complete autograph collection covering all the Bonds, Villains, Girls and Allies from all of the films.
2) Very rare press information packs for a large number of the films
3) Clothing and props from the films
The auction is to be held by an auction house called Omega Auctions based near Manchester and starts at 11am.
If you would like more info on the auction or on the lots they have for sale you can view their catalogue at either:
www.omegaauctions.co.uk
OR
http://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/omega-auctions/catalogue-id-2809487
If you can't make it in person you can bid 'live' and online from anywhere in the world via 'www.the-saleroom.com'
An excellent chance to obtain some very rare memorabilia!!
Comments
The quality of the zoom is very poor so it's difficult to tell, but in the lot with the 4 Bonds. Connery's and Dalton's are certainly fake.
Some of the estimates, for example the Harold Sakata are also a little low (but not by too much) so this could indicate that whoever valued/estimated them doesn't have much knowledge on autographs, never mind Bond ones. 8-)
I'd tread carefully on that lot. :v
Just to clarify a bit of history behind the autographs......
Where the photos do not have a COA the vendor acquired them directly from the actors/actressses themselves by writing to them. He used to send around 5 letters at a time from different names/addresses along with a photo (for them to sign) and $2 to cover return postage.
He also used to say to the actors/actresses that if they didn't send back a signed photo they could keep the $2 and buy themselves a drink so at least he could say he bought the named actor/actress a drink. This proved a succesful strategy and in many cases he actually received the signed photo back along with the $2 and in some cases he received $10 back so that he could say 'they' had bought him a drink!
The vendor is a huge James Bond collector and has acquired these over a period of 30 years - any that he purchased online where from reputed dealers such as 'Bond Collectables' in Germany.
I appreciate that this doesn't rule out actor/actresses secretaries signing photos on their behalf but I am confident that the vast majority are genuine.
Autographs such as the Harold Sakata have been estimated lower than their retail value to attract interest but also to reflect the fact that things tend to usually sell for less at auction than at online retailers or on sites such as e-bay.
If anyone requires better pics (or a full list of all those in the huge collection) than those on 'The Saleroom' then contact the auction house and they will happily provide.:)
But most of them don't have a COA (which 90% of the time is a worthless document anyway) so that doesn't prove anything regarding the autographs authenticity nor will it be passed as authentic, just because there is a COA with it.
To me, it looks like he's bought the lot from Bond Collectibles which is the world's most repected Bond autograph dealer.
However, there are fakes contained within that collection (I've already highlighted a couple) so collectors here will undoubtedly avoid the entire collection in case of more. I also can't help thinking that they're worth less in a big batch then they would be separately. Chances are most of us are only after a few rare ones and would want to avoid duplicating the common ones.
Absolutely!
Indeed, if anything, the auction house are kind of tarnishing their reputation by acquiring 'fakes' (well maybe they aren't fully aware that some of them are fakes?) so once people bid & win then find out they've bought a worthless piece of 'tat', that'll sure pee them off & before you know it everyone is boycotting the auction house.
Harsh truth i'm afraid.