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Auctionbytes-Update, Number 58 - December 08, 2001 - ISSN 1528-6703
Collector's Corner
1) Star Trek
By Ina Steiner
On Wednesday, December 12, 2001, Profiles in History will auction over 300 original one-of-a-kind items from the personal collections of the cast and crew of the legendary television series Star Trek.
Costumes, sketches, scripts, props, personal letters, private memos, insider gifts and more from the collections of the show's original directors, producers, actors and writers all being offered.
The auction will feature The Walter Matthew Jefferies Collection, an astonishing array of original Star Trek set and prop concept design sketches from this unsurpassed Art Director - and his entire set of 79 shooting scripts - each with original notes, doodles and ideas scribbled in the margins. Walter ("Matt") Jefferies is donating 100% of all his proceeds to the Motion Picture and Television Fund.
The most coveted item in this collection is "the lost set" - a 1/4 inch scale model of the entire Star Trek stage (stored for over thirty years and recently unearthed) made by Matt during the first year of Star Trek to help directors plan their camera moves and direction.
Other Auction highlights include:
- Star Trek prop designer Wah Chang's tricorders and phasers.
- An original illuminated screen-used scale model of the U.S.S. Enterprise.
- Original screen-used model of the Tholian ship from the episode "The Tholian Web".
- Captain Kirk's and Mr. Spock's original beds from the Enterprise officer's quarters.
- Captain Kirk's original duty uniform tunic.
The live auction event will take place at the Hollywood Entertainment Museum, beginning at 2pm PST on December 12, 2001. View the auction catalog and leave absentee bids on http://www.ebayliveauctions.com and http://www.icollector.com.
All Internet bidders must register at http://www.ebayliveauctions.com by 5pm on December 11. Profiles in History is located at 345 N. Maple Drive, Suite 202, Beverly Hills, California, 90210.
To purchase a full color catalog for $30, call Profiles in History at (310) 859-7701 or 1-800-942-8856.
http://www.profilesinhistory.com
2) Cool Collection: Kodak Girls!
By Ina Steiner
In the late 1800's, George Eastman introduced a camera that was much simpler than its predecessors and began to market it to women. (We've come a long way, baby!)
Martha Cooper has put together a wonderful site, with images from her own collection, dealing with women in photography through the 19th and early 20th centuries. Martha is a professional photographer who began her career when her father, who owned a camera store, gave her a Baby Brownie when she was in nursery school. She collects ephemera, toys, figurines, and of course, photos, all featuring women and photography.
She explains on her site that vintage photos of women with cameras are rare, coveted by collectors, and usually priced well beyond her budget. Over the years, she has managed to find only a few affordable ones.
"These include pictures of both professional and amateur photographers and also women and children who were obviously just posing with a camera as a prop. Please get in touch if you know where I can find more."
Her site is dedicated to the "unrecognized and anonymous women photographers worldwide, past, present and future. We thank them for recording and thereby preserving images of ordinary people and their everyday lives over the past 150 years. Their pictures will be treasured by generations to come. Keep on clicking!"
http://www.kodakgirl.com
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