The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log

(detailed replica of the Maria robot from Metropolis, part of the collection of the late Forrest J Ackerman)

Profiles in History has another auction coming up at the end of this month which features a slew of collectable items of huge interest to comics, horror and science fiction fans, from signed photographs to costumes and also including material from the collection of the late, great SF superfan Forrest J Ackerman which, even in its later, reduced state (after he had to sell some of it previously) still boasts an eclectic mix of items, from a rare, specially commissioned nude statue of Marlene Dietrich to a faithful replica of the robot Maria costume from Metropolis which adorned his home for decades (the original from the film was destroyed in a fire, so this one was created) and original pages from Forry and Tom Sutton’s Vampirella #1.

(a page from Vampirella #1 by Forrest J Ackerman, art by Tom Sutton, estimated to go for between $10, 000 and $15, 000)

Elsewhere in the huge auction there are original prop lightsabres from Star Wars: the Phantom Menace, an original fourth draft script for the very first Star Wars movie from 1976, full costumes from Planet of the Apes, costumes and props and models from the Terminator movies, costumes from Ghostbusters, Batman costumes from both the movies and the old Adam West cult TV version, weapons from Stargate, Wolverine claws from Last Stand, puppets from The Nightmare Before Christmas and Mars Attacks, the head of the ABC Robot from Judge Dredd, there’s even a jumpsuit worn by Paul Darrow in Blakes 7!

(an original, screen-used model Hunter-Killer from the first Terminator movie)