Just got this in the inbox:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
H.R. GIGER ALIEN CREATURE SUIT UP FOR AUCTION.
In Space, no one can hear you scream! In 1979, that
was the harrowing message and tag-line announcing
Ridley Scotts ground-breaking Science Fiction
thriller Alien, an original and disturbing vision in
modern cinema and a far cry from the glamorous looking
Sci-Fi Motion Pictures, audiences had been presented
with until that point. Featuring an Alien creature
unlike anything ever to be introduced to the silver
screen, combined with a unique and hostile alien
landscape, the film became an instant classic and
holds up in its intensity to this day, nearly 30 years
later.
The terrifying Alien Costume, designed and created by
acclaimed Swiss surrealist artist H.R. Giger, will go
on the auction block on April 5 at renowned auction
house Profiles In History. One of the most important
Science Fiction artifacts ever to be sold, the suit is
estimated at $ 100,000-120,000.
While only 15 years ago, the art-collecting world paid
little attention to movie props and costumes, the
Hollywood memorabilia market has in recent years
skyrocketed. More and more private investors,
speculators and baby-boomers, many of whom are now in
the high earning bracket, are competing with museums
and other institutions for ownership of a
3-dimensional piece of Hollywood history. A subsequent
upsurge in Auction prices for important Hollywood
artifacts has in recent years become very evident, and
owning a piece of history now has its price: A
Starship Enterprise Miniature model recently sold for
$ 500,000+, the Cowardly Lion costume from The Wizard
of Oz for $ 750,000+ and Audrey Hepburns dress from
Breakfast at Tiffanys - estimated at $ 135,000 -
sold for $ 800,000.
Gigers Alien, for almost 3 decades now, has
influenced and inspired numerous filmmakers, designers
and Special FX artists and not only represents a
classic and Academy Award-winning movie costume, but
an investment-quality original piece of Fine Art,
designed, sculpted and painted by the worlds leading
airbrush artist, whose intricate, bio-mechanical
designs are famous the world over. A very important
artifact to the Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
Genre, as well as a rare opportunity to obtain an
original H.R. Giger Art piece, the Alien suit is
expected to fetch several times its estimate. Detailed
information on the costume, along with the films prop
harpoon gun, used to expel the creature into space in
the films finale, is available at www.gigeralien.com.
The final hammer price for the Alien is anyones
guess. What we do know is: On April 5, 2007, at
Profiles in History, EVERYONE can hear you scream!
CONTACT
SALES / AUCTION INFORMATION
Brian Chanes
Profiles in History
26901 Agoura Road, Suite 150
Calabasas Hills, CA 91301
U.S.A.
Phone: (310) 859-7701
Fax: (310) 859-3842
WWW: www.profilesinhistory.com
Such a deal!!!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
H.R. GIGER ALIEN CREATURE SUIT UP FOR AUCTION.
In Space, no one can hear you scream! In 1979, that
was the harrowing message and tag-line announcing
Ridley Scotts ground-breaking Science Fiction
thriller Alien, an original and disturbing vision in
modern cinema and a far cry from the glamorous looking
Sci-Fi Motion Pictures, audiences had been presented
with until that point. Featuring an Alien creature
unlike anything ever to be introduced to the silver
screen, combined with a unique and hostile alien
landscape, the film became an instant classic and
holds up in its intensity to this day, nearly 30 years
later.
The terrifying Alien Costume, designed and created by
acclaimed Swiss surrealist artist H.R. Giger, will go
on the auction block on April 5 at renowned auction
house Profiles In History. One of the most important
Science Fiction artifacts ever to be sold, the suit is
estimated at $ 100,000-120,000.
While only 15 years ago, the art-collecting world paid
little attention to movie props and costumes, the
Hollywood memorabilia market has in recent years
skyrocketed. More and more private investors,
speculators and baby-boomers, many of whom are now in
the high earning bracket, are competing with museums
and other institutions for ownership of a
3-dimensional piece of Hollywood history. A subsequent
upsurge in Auction prices for important Hollywood
artifacts has in recent years become very evident, and
owning a piece of history now has its price: A
Starship Enterprise Miniature model recently sold for
$ 500,000+, the Cowardly Lion costume from The Wizard
of Oz for $ 750,000+ and Audrey Hepburns dress from
Breakfast at Tiffanys - estimated at $ 135,000 -
sold for $ 800,000.
Gigers Alien, for almost 3 decades now, has
influenced and inspired numerous filmmakers, designers
and Special FX artists and not only represents a
classic and Academy Award-winning movie costume, but
an investment-quality original piece of Fine Art,
designed, sculpted and painted by the worlds leading
airbrush artist, whose intricate, bio-mechanical
designs are famous the world over. A very important
artifact to the Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
Genre, as well as a rare opportunity to obtain an
original H.R. Giger Art piece, the Alien suit is
expected to fetch several times its estimate. Detailed
information on the costume, along with the films prop
harpoon gun, used to expel the creature into space in
the films finale, is available at www.gigeralien.com.
The final hammer price for the Alien is anyones
guess. What we do know is: On April 5, 2007, at
Profiles in History, EVERYONE can hear you scream!
CONTACT
SALES / AUCTION INFORMATION
Brian Chanes
Profiles in History
26901 Agoura Road, Suite 150
Calabasas Hills, CA 91301
U.S.A.
Phone: (310) 859-7701
Fax: (310) 859-3842
WWW: www.profilesinhistory.com
Such a deal!!!
