DALLAS, TX - In the early days of American cinema’s Golden Age, between the melodramas, westerns and comedies, the success of the first wave of great Universal horror movies - Dracula, Frankenstein and The Phantom of the Opera - made the genre - and its stars - shine brighter than the rest with audiences across […]
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Horror Posters for Heritage Auction
Auctioneer Charles Leski says the two-and-a-half minute 8mm film shows Monroe and co-star Tony Curtis on the set before shooting a beach scene. Director Billy Wilder is also seen. The film was shot by a U.S. naval officer. He was invited to the film set, after Monroe visited his base in San Diego. The 8 […]
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Marilyn Monroe Film Footage for Auction
Mallet Japan- Modern & Contemporary Art, Day Sale 080905
Auction: September 5 at 4:00pm
Preview: September 2 to 4 from 10:30am to 7:00pm
Mallet Japan’s Modern and Contemporary auction will be held on September 5th in Tokyo.
The sale covers a wide range of items from Japanese, European, American and Asian art. From the Japanese art section, works by […]
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Ohio Theater, Ohio, 1980 - masterpiece from ?Theatres? series by Hiroshi Sugimoto to be offered in Mallet Japan?s Modern and Contemporary auction in Tokyo
The original hoverboard used by Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future 2 is for auction on eBay.
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“957. Michael J. Fox “Marty Mcfly” hero Mattel hoverboard from Back to the Future Part II & Part III. (Universal Pictures, 1989, 1990) This is one of the hero Mattel Hoverboards used by Michael J. Fox in his most famous role as “Marty McFly” in the Robert Zemeckis classic 80s trilogy, Back to the Future. Two styles of Hoverboard were made for and employed in the film – lightweight boards of styrofoam construction and thick and durable wood-based props – this example is the latter, and is recognized as the best example of all wood Hoverboards to have survived the rigors of filming. The illusion of Michael J. Fox as “Marty McFly” hovering through the air was achieved with practical effects, with actors in rigged harnesses being “flown” via cranes, with special effects taking care of the rest.
Of the two styles of props used in the film – styrofoam and wood – the styrofoam examples in collections today have not held up as well, given the more fragile nature of the material and the abuse they endured in production. Few wood examples have survived, and the collector who obtained this specimen from the prop master chose this for his personal collection as the premiere example of those preserved following the film. It is in used but outstanding condition, and is very rare in that it is entirely complete and intact. Given the wood build and use of metal components, it looks and feels like a “real” prop. This piece has the complete fully functional and rear ballbearing-mounted footpad that rotates 360 degrees, as well as the bottom “magnet plates”. Of the two styles of stickers used for the effects, this prop has the “photoboard”-style sticker affixed. In addition, there is other textured styling and hand painting. This Hoverboard also features the hole in the top, representing where the handlebars were that “Marty” pulled off after borrowing the “toy” from the little girl in the film. $30000 - $50000″
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Back to the Future Hoverboard on eBay
