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Post by carolinec on Feb 25, 2009 20:55:49 GMT
If only I could have a big win on the lottery this weekend I might be bidding on the following from the late, great Forry Ackerman's estate (info copied from Fantastic Literature ebulletin):
Forrest J Ackerman, the grand old man of science fiction passed away earlier in the year and now his stunnng memorabilia collection is on the auction block.
Thousands of items, including the Count Dracula ring worn by Bela Lugosi in the 1931 horror classic "Dracula," the vampire cape Lugosi worn for decades — even the actor's outfit from the "worst film ever made," Ed Wood's cheesy "Plan 9 From Outer Space" — are going up for bid. So are such notable pieces as a signed, first-edition copy of Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein" and a first-edition copy of Bram Stoker's "Dracula" that was signed not only by Stoker but also Lugosi, Boris Karloff and numerous other horror film notables. We will be watching events unfold with envy!
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Post by dem bones on Feb 25, 2009 22:36:29 GMT
I can't lie. My first thought was that Ian Anderson's codpiece from the Minstrel In The Gallery tour must be up for auction at Sotheby's. Or, indeed, Ian Anderson himself. Signed, obviously.  |
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Post by lobolover on Feb 25, 2009 22:41:30 GMT
I say we sneak into the estate under the cover of daylight and steal all those goodies for ourselves, selling them at outrageous prices at Abebooks and Ebay, earning us enough to sustain our every out of print expensive as fuck title need for life.(Insert evil laughter)
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