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Nintendo PlayStation controller prototype sells for $35,000 at auction

Just prior to the 3D console era getting its proper start with Nintendo 64 and PlayStation, Sony and Nintendo were in a partnership that produced a scarce few Nintendo PlayStations before the two companies went separate ways.

Tom’s Hardware

Princess Leia’s Star Wars gold bikini fetches $175,000 at auction

The famous costume, worn by Carrie Fisher in Return of the Jedi, was sold alongside a miniature aircraft used in A New Hope that fetched $1.6m

The Guardian - AU

Princess Leia bikini costume from set of 'Star Wars' movie sells at auction for $175K

An auction house says the gold bikini-style costume that Carrie Fisher wore as Princess Leia while making the “Star Wars” franchise has sold for $175,000

The Independent UK

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Star Wars: Princess Leia bikini costume sells for more than £130,000

Carrie Fisher wore iconic outfit when strangling gigantic slug-monster Jabba the Hutt

The Independent UK

Judy Garland's hometown is raising funds to purchase stolen ‘Wizard of Oz’ ruby slippers

Actress Judy Garland's hometown is raising money to recover a pair of ruby slippers she wore in “The Wizard of Oz” after it was stolen from a local museum and then turned over to an auction company

The Independent UK

Record-Breaking Star Wars Boba Fett Action Figure Sells For $525,000

This elusive Boba Fett figure, sold by Heritage Auctions, comfortably surpassed the previous record held by a unique Barbie doll adorned with a one-carat diamond, which sold for $302,000 in 2010.

International Business Times

Comic book featuring first Superman appearance from 1938 sells for $6m

A nearly pristine issue of Action Comics #1 has gone under the hammer for a record-breaking price

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Someone Just Bought the Infamous Door from ‘Titanic’ for a Mind-Numbing Amount of Money

The door that saved Rose’s life was the top seller at a recent Planet Hollywood auction.

Marie Claire

The piece of wood that saved (only) Rose in 'Titanic' was auctioned off for $718k

The debris that saved Rose's life in Titanic — and sparked a quarter-century of debate — fetched over $718,000 at an auction of iconic Hollywood movie props last week. It's based on a real artifact.

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Ruby Slippers From 'The Wizard Of Oz' Up For Auction

The stolen and recovered ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz are set for auction after nearly two decades. Don't miss the chance to own a piece of Hollywoo...

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Ultra-rare Wayne Gretzky rookie cards expected to be part of $3.72m Canadian auction

The pristine unopened case of Oh-Pee-Chee brand NHL cards could contain as many as 27 much-coveted rookie cards of ‘the Great One’

The Guardian - US

Rare copy of The Amazing Spider-Man No 1 sells for more than £1m

The record price was set by one of only two copies rated near mint/mint in an auction alongside issues of Superman No 1 and All-Star Comics No 8 which featured Wonder Woman’s first appearance

The Guardian - UK

Succession’s ‘ludicrously capacious’ bag sells for $18,750 at prop auction

Viciously mocked bag was among 200 props from the hit TV show auctioned off, alongside Boar on the Floor sausages and Roman Roy’s eulogy cue cards

The Guardian - AU

Props from the ‘Succession’ Set Rake in Over $600,000 for Items Like Cousin Greg’s Dog Costume, a Fake ‘Forbes’ Cover of Kendall Roy, Artificial Cocaine, and *That* Burberry Bag

The priciest item sold—which netted $25K—will make your head explode with its simplicity.

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Guitar World

“Owned by, played by, signed by and designed by some of the brightest lights in rock ‘n’ roll”: Eric Clapton launches 25th anniversary Crossroads Festival auction – and it includes some serious instruments

Slowhand's 'Crash' Fender Stratocaster and a unique PRS Silver Sky are among the guitars up for sale, and all proceeds will go towards supporting the Crossroads Centre in Antigua

WEKU

'Star Wars' Red Leader X-wing model heads a cargo bay's worth of props at auction

More than 550 items from the late Greg Jein are heading to auction, from Nichelle Nichols' iconic knee-high boots and red tunic as Lt. Uhura to a hairpiece for William Shatner's Captain Kirk.

Space

Over 100 space rocks collected by meteorite hunter Geoffrey Notkin are up for action today

Over 100 different meteorite fragments collected by famed space rock hunter Geoffrey Notkin are currently up for bidding from Heritage Auctions.

Guitar World

Kurt Cobain-signed 1966 Fender Jaguar, Elvis Presley’s Rosewood Telecaster head up bumper guitar auction

A Gibson Sonex signed by Steve Vai, Warren Haynes, Eric Johnson, Al Di Meola and many more can also be found in the mammoth auction catalog

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Chicago Sun-Times

Alan Alda boots, dog tags from ‘M*A*S*H’ going up for auction

Alda, 87, said he wore the boots and dog tags for the 11-season run of the show centering on a Korean War medical unit. Alda announced in 2018 that he had Parkinson’s disease.

The Independent UK

Alan Alda kept his boots and dog tags from 'M*A*S*H' for 40 years. Now he'll offer them at auction

The combat boots and dog tags that Alan Alda wore when he portrayed the wisecracking surgeon Hawkeye on the beloved television series “M*A*S*H” meant so much to him that when the show ended 40 years ago, he kept them

The New Daily

Cheers bar sells for $1 million at TV sets auction

The bar from comedy series Cheers has sold for $1 million, garnering the highest bid among items at an auction of TV props, costumes and sets.

The Independent UK

Bar from classic Eighties sitcom Cheers sells for $675,000 at Dallas auction

Sitcom’s set garnered the highest bid among nearly 1,000 items from classic TV shows from man’s extensive collection

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Cheers’ bar sells for $675,000 at auction of TV treasures

Buyers also nab Batman and Robin’s costumes, Archie and Edith’s chairs and Johnny Carson’s talk-show set.

The Independent UK

Bar from classic TV show Cheers sells for $675,000 at Dallas auction

The bar from the television series “Cheers” sold for $675,000 at auction over the weekend, garnering the highest bid among the nearly 1,000 props, costumes and sets from classic TV shows offered up from a collection amassed by one man

WEKU

Want Johnny Carson's desk? A trove of TV memorabilia is up for auction

Hollywood memorabilia collector James Comisar is relinquishing a trove of items — from scripts to costumes and even fake mustaches — that have taken decades to amass.

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