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[UPDATE] Tim Burton Movie Props Up For Auction

On August 25, my hero Tim Burton celebrated his 60th birthday. For his 60th he’s celebrating big as he is making props from his famous movies available to the public. Prop Store will be auctioning his famous movie props next month in the UK.

[UPDATE] Tim Burton Movie Props Up For Auction
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Amongst the list of things that will go up for sale, is Johnny Depp‘s Edward Scissorhands costume. If you have a spare £60,000 – 80,000 ($77,572 – 103,430), then this costume can be all yours.

A bronze Joker statue of the 1989 Batman movie will also be auctioned off. There were only a few limited statues made that were given out to the heads of departments senior crew who worked on the production of the movie. The starting price will be £400 (500 dollars).

[UPDATE] Tim Burton Movie Props Up For Auction
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You can never go wrong with Beetlejuice! The famous Sandworm prop used in the 1987 movie will be auctioned to the public starting from a price of 3,000 pounds (3,800 dollars).

For the Batman Returns fans, we have a real treat! He’s auctioning three penguin rockets used in one of the last explosive scenes. Starting price for these collector’s items are 800 pounds (1,000 dollars).

There is also a pipe used by Miss Peregrine, a makeup test bust for Batman Returns‘ Catwoman and many more items for sale in the auction. You can view images of the props on the Prop Store website, where you also can apply for a place at the auction next month in London! Are you going to apply for the auction? What will you try to buy? Let us know in the comments below.

UPDATE: 

For the people that are seriously interested in these memorabilia, a preview exhibition featuring the over 270 auction lots will take place between 6th – 20th September 2018 at the BFI IMAX in Waterloo, London. The live auction itself will is on Thursday, September 20th.

Stephen Lane, the Prop Store CEO, has commented on the upcoming auction and they were glad to provide us a quote:

“We’re thrilled to be offering lots from some of Tim Burton’s best films, including Edward Scissorhands and Corpse Bride to Batman Returns and Planet of the Apes! These great lots will be sold together with over 600 props and costumes at Prop Store’s Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction on 20th September at London’s BFI IMAX proudly presented by ODEON.”

Here are more items to be auctioned next month:

Armored chimp statue from Planet Of The Apes

[UPDATE] Tim Burton Movie Props Up For Auction
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Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman corset in Batman Returns

[UPDATE] Tim Burton Movie Props Up For Auction
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Halloween Town’s Graveyard with Sally’s herb patch seen in The Nightmare Before Christmas

[UPDATE] Tim Burton Movie Props Up For Auction
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Tim Burton‘s live-action Dumbo movie will hit theaters on March 29, 2019.

Source

https://fanfest.com/2018/08/17/the-world-of-tim-burton/