The midcentury master of stop-motion animation, Ray Harryhausen, died at the age of 92 in 2013. Among his most noteworthy movies were The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Jason and the Argonauts, and the original version of Clash of the Titans.
On October 17th “a selection of his personal collection of career memorabilia” will be put up for sale at John Nicholson’s Fine Art Auctioneers and Valuers in Surrey, England.
If you’re bank account isn’t completely depleted, you might consider some of these items for Christmas present or perhaps to adorn your own domicile.
Has Tony Millionaire seen this?
Posters and pen and ink drawings.
A set of six large sheets of possible location photographs.
A drawing on tracing paper.
One of the 63 original drawings up for auction.
A color poster signed “For Ray, thanks for your inspiration.”
Prints of “Cetiosaurus,” “Tyrannosaurus,” and “First Men In The Moon.”
An unframed color poster for Custer’s Last Stand, signed by Ray Harryhausen.
A signed photograph of Ray Harryhausen with some of his models.
A silver model Frankenstein monster.
Four small oil paintings of scenes from The 7th Voyage of Sinbad.
A painted plaster bust of Frankenstein’s monster.
A painted papier-mâché bust.
A large mold fiberglass painted head.
via Atlas Obscura
Thanks to Michael Vanderbilt!