Profiles in History was founded in 1985 by Joseph Maddalena (the star of the 2010 Syfy’s hit show, Hollywood Treasure) and describes themselves as a leading dealer in guaranteed-authentic original historical autographs, letters, documents, vintage signed photographs and manuscripts, successfully establishing itself as the world’s largest auctioneer of original Hollywood memorabilia, having held some of the most prestigious and successful auctions of Hollywood memorabilia and owning virtually every Guinness Book record prices for original screen-used memorabilia.
Some of the highlights of their previous Hollywood auctions include Luke Skywalker’s light saber from Star Wars for $240,000 and a full-scale model T-800 Endoskeleton from Terminator 2: Judgment Day for $488,750. Their biggest single item sale is the Marilyn Monroe “Subway” Dress from The Seven Year Itch for $5.52M in 2011, personally I would rather have the T-800 but that's just me.
For Hollywood Auction 83, some of the pieces so far announced include scripts from the original series, an art director's script with mock ups for the design of the constitution class USS Enterprise, costume pieces including those worn by William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy and various props. There is also a wooden child-sized Captain's chair with the word "KaPtAiN" on it which Scott Bakula had created as a joke gift for Patrick Stewart after the Enterprise E's Captain's chair was stolen during shooting for Star Trek: Nemesis.
In addition to Star Trek items you will also find items from Doctor Who, James Bond, Spaceballs and Star Wars.
Profiles in History's description of the event is as follows:
We have put forth great effort in gathering the finest items of their kind – spanning the silent era to modern film, as well as the costumes and props from the dawn of television up through the latest popular programs.
Among the offerings in this catalog are suites of memorabilia from the collection of Hollywood icon Marvin Paige spanning his decades in the industry and including vintage photographs, posters, scripts, ephemera, signed books, and more. Also in these pages you’ll find the complete archive of beloved dealer and collector Eric Caidin’s Hollywood Book and Poster inventory including 100s of 1000s of photos, slides, scripts and posters. You will also be treated to some of the finest examples of movie model making art in the pieces offered from legendary Academy Award winning FX artist Grant McCune spanning his days at ILM, Apogee and McCune Design. And in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Star Trek, we’re offering the finest and most extensive collection of The Original Series costumes we’ve ever assembled, plus extraordinary offerings from the Star Trek feature films and The Next Generation.
Following is just a glimpse of what else awaits you within these pages:
Among the offerings in this catalog are suites of memorabilia from the collection of Hollywood icon Marvin Paige spanning his decades in the industry and including vintage photographs, posters, scripts, ephemera, signed books, and more. Also in these pages you’ll find the complete archive of beloved dealer and collector Eric Caidin’s Hollywood Book and Poster inventory including 100s of 1000s of photos, slides, scripts and posters. You will also be treated to some of the finest examples of movie model making art in the pieces offered from legendary Academy Award winning FX artist Grant McCune spanning his days at ILM, Apogee and McCune Design. And in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Star Trek, we’re offering the finest and most extensive collection of The Original Series costumes we’ve ever assembled, plus extraordinary offerings from the Star Trek feature films and The Next Generation.
Following is just a glimpse of what else awaits you within these pages:
- A large selection of Bettie Page material from Irving Klaw, some sold with copyright.
- Bettie Page’s personal custom made Italian leather pumps the style of which came to bear her name in popular culture.
- Early Academy Awards given to Darryl F. Zanuck for How Green Was My Valley and a pristine Oscar trophy given to Arthur Johns for his special sound FX work on Wonder Man.
- Ben Turpin’s personal handwritten and unpublished autobiography.
- Marilyn Monroe’s showgirl costume worn atop a pink elephant at Madison Square Garden.
- Jackie Coogan’s “Uncle Fester” coat from The Addams Family.
- The Lucille Ball iconic I Love Lucy polka dot “master dress” by EloisJenssen.
- A selection of remarkable animation pieces including vintage Walt Disney and a rare Dr. Seuss sculpture.
- Earth vs. the Flying Saucers “solidified electricity” alien spacesuit.
- Vintage superhero “Captain America” and “Captain Marvel” costumes from the Republic Pictures serials..
- An X-Wing Fighter miniature from Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope.
- The Spaceballs “Eagle 5” Winnebago miniature filming model.
- Daniel Craig’s “James Bond” Tuxedo from Spectre.
- An extremely rare, one of only 3 known, style “C” The Wizard of Oz 1-sheet poster.
- A complete Arnold Schwarzenegger “Terminator” display figure with screen used costume.
- Never before offered selection of iconic weapons and props from legendary prop builders Modern Props.
- Patrick Stewart’s personal collection of “Jean-Luc Picard” annotated scripts from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
- Original 1960s-era “Cyberman” helmet from Doctor Who.
- Original prop Headpiece to the Staff of Ra from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
- An extensive selection of iconic props, and production materials from Lost including a near complete set of production scripts
Is there anything on the list that you would love to own and if you could own any piece of Star Trek memorabilia what would it be?
