On September 26, 2017 it's your chance to once again get your hands on 600 lots of amazing costumes, props and memorabilia from some of 200 of your favourite films and TV shows courtesy of Prop Store and their latest Live Auction. This time around you can bid for spectacular costumes, props and production materials from movie franchises like Batman, Star Wars, James Bond, Indiana Jones, Iron Man, Thor, Terminator, Gremlins, Star Trek, The Martian, Back to the Future and many more besides. Here's just a few hot picks that caught my magpie eye for purely personal reasons.
Buddy costume worn by Will Ferrell in Elf
First up is
Will Ferrell's 'Buddy' costume from one of my all-time favourite feel-good films,
Elf.
Laura Jean Shannon was
Costume Designer on
Jon Favreau's 2003 comedy in which a human baby grows up with
Santa Claus and his workshop elves in the
North Pole, then sets off to
New York City to find his birth father when he grows up.
Buddy's green antron fleece is trimmed with white fur collar and cuffs, with a green and gold flower filigree pattern and completed with his signature yellow tights. This authentic
Elf costume which is in excellent shape is expected to fetch anywhere from £8,000-£10,000.
Magneto costume and helmet
worn by Ian McKellen in X-Men
Next up is
Sir Ian McKellen's 'Magneto' costume from
Bryan Singer's 2000
X-Men movie, designed by
Louise Mingenbach.
This streamlined look for the leader of the
'Brotherhood of Evil Mutants', combined with
McKellen's and
Patrick Stewart's stellar performances as frenemies
'Magneto' and
'Professor Xavier' really added some gravitas to the comic book adaptation that started a new generation of superhero movies.
If you like this villainous look, make sure you check out
Michael Fassbender's younger
Magneto costume from X-Men: Apocalypse also designed by
Louise Mingenbach.
This costume worn by the
'Master of Magnetism' in
X-Men is expected to sell for £20,000 to £30,000.
Sark costume worn by David Warner in Tron
Disney's 1982 cult classic
Tron really evolves some fond childhood memories so I was excited to see this
Game Grid costume worn by
David Warner as the merciless
'Sark' up for auction.
Elois Jenssen and
Rosanna Norton were
Costume Designers on
Steven Lisberger's groundbreaking film where a computer hacker is zapped into a digital world of gladiatorial games, where he has to help a heroic security program in order to escape.
If you like this villanous outfit, be sure to also check these other
original Tron movie costumes on display.
If you're a fan of
Tron, this original
Sark costume could be yours for around £10,000 to £15,000.
Pete "Maverick" Mitchell flight suit
worn by Tom Cruise in Top Gun
With a sequel to 1986's Top Gun movie in the works this flight suit worn by Tom Cruise as 'Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell' really caught my eye.
Tony Scott's film about the U.S. Navy's elite pilot academy really cemented Tom Cruise's star power and this piece of cinematic history is expected to sell for £20,000 to £30,000 at least.
Alien Xenomorph suit from Aliens
And finally for my top picks, how could I not resist this extraordinary
Xenomorph creature suit from
James Cameron's 1986 sci-fi horror classic,
Aliens.
This is one of my all-time favourite science fiction movies as it has everything, from great action to great character moments, hordes of aliens and
Sigourney Weaver's 'Ripley' versus an
Alien Queen.
Legendary make-up effects maestro
Stan Winston was tasked with updating
H. R. Giger's original alien and I think he did a spectacular job. This iconic thing of beauty would set you back from £20,000 to £30,000, and would be worth every penny.
As you can see from these examples there are some real treasures going up for auction at the year's event, and there's so much more with hundreds of screen-used props, production and promotional materials and lots of memorabilia that collectors will love.
If you don't believe me go online yourself and visit
Prop Store's Live Auction website for all the details.
