Tuesday 18 November 2014

Bonhams auction - 10th December 2014

Can’t believe 2014 is nearly over - so to confirm its immenant demise Bonhams are holding their usual December Entertainment Memorabilia sale.

Must say I’m a little puzzled by this item in the catalogue.

If the photograph is to be gone by, it sold in last year’s December 2013 Bonhams sale for an eye-watering £6,250. Curious to see it’s back up for sale for a mere £2,000 to £3,000.


As usual I have separated the items by Doctor era, and you can see the rest of the items here:
Here are just the lots relating to the Second Doctor era

Lot 141
Doctor Who/Patrick Troughton - The Web Of Fear: An original prop Yeti homing device, BBC 1968, the hollow figure of stained mixed media resin, mounted on a base, accompanied by a black and white still [printed later] from the film, height - 4¾ inches (11.5cm).


FOOTNOTES
Provenance: From the Esate of Bob Slatford, BBC Visual Effects Department between 1986-1974, working alongside Jack Kine and Bernard Wilkie.


Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £8,750


Lot 142
Doctor Who - The Seeds Of Death: A bespoke shirt made for Frazer Hines as the character Jamie McCrimmon, BBC, 1969, the black shirt with three quarter length sleeves with ties to cuffs and neck, made by costume designer Bobbi Bartlett, accompanied by a document from Frazer Hines concerning the provenance.

FOOTNOTES
The character Jamie McCrimmon normally wore a khaki shirt along with a kilt during his senes in Doctor Who. However this shirt was made for Frazer Hines to add some variety to his character's wardrobe and is the only one that was produced. It has remained in Hines' collection ever since.

Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Sold for £1,375

Tuesday 10 June 2014

Bonhams auction - 25th June 2014

It’s that time of the year again and another Bonhams Entertainment Memorabilia auction is looming.

There are a number of Doctor Who, Torchwood and Sarah Jane Adventures items on offer.

Most of the Doctor Who items are left over the from the previous sale in December last year, now with considerably reduced estimates and reserves.

As usual I have separated the items by Doctor era, and you can see the rest of the items here:

Here are just the lots relating to the Second Doctor era

Lot 95
DOCTOR WHO / PATRICK TROUGHTON: 'DOCTOR WHO AND THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMEN', A COMPLETE SET OF SIX REHEARSAL SCRIPTS, 1967. From the collection of episode writer Henry Lincoln, each bound mimeographed script, signed to cover in black ink 'Henry Lincoln', with recording and transmission details to front, 8 x 13 inches (20x33cm).

FOOTNOTES
Written by Henry Lincoln and Mervyn Haisman 'The Abominable Snowmen' is the first storyline in the Doctor Who series to feature the character the 'Yeti'. First broadcast in September - November 1967 five of the six episodes in the series are currently considered lost.

Estimate £1,000 - 2,000
Unsold (again)

Lot 96
DOCTOR WHO / PATRICK TROUGHTON: 'DOCTOR WHO AND THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMEN', A COMPLETE SET OF SIX DRAFT SCRIPTS, 1967. From the collection of episode writer Henry Lincoln, each with detailed hand annotated corrections, the scripts in mimeographed typed script, all being signed in black ink by the author to cover,
8 x 13 inches (20x33cm).

FOOTNOTES
This set of scripts were Henry Lincoln's working copies for the episode and include a number of his amendments and corrections to the text.

Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Unsold (again)


Lot 97
DOCTOR WHO / PATRICK TROUGHTON: 'DOCTOR WHO AND THE WEB OF FEAR', A SET OF FIVE REHEARSAL SCRIPTS, 1968. From the collection of episode writer Henry Lincoln, mimeographed typed script, including Episodes 1 - 5, each signed in black ink by the author, each bearing sequential project number 2317/9232 - 2317/9236, 8 x 13 inches (20x33cm).

FOOTNOTES
This lot includes the script for episode three of the series, which is currently missing.

Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Unsold (again)

Lot 98
DOCTOR WHO / PATRICK TROUGHTON: AN ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN POSTCARD ADDRESSED TO HENRY SOSKIN (HENRY LINCOLN) FROM PATRICK TROUGHTON REGARDING HIS AUTHORSHIP,
circa 1968, this lot relates to 'The Abominable Snowman', in blue ink 'Dear Henry, Sooper (sic) Script specially (sic) No.6. Very Happy. Thank You. Do Some More Please. Please. Pat. T.'

Estimate £300 - 500
Sold for £137

Lot 99
DOCTOR WHO / PATRICK TROUGHTON: 'DOCTOR WHO AND THE DOMINATORS', THREE REHEARSAL SCRIPTS, 1968, from the collection of episode writer Henry Lincoln, mimeographed typed script pages, Episodes 1, 2 and 5, with some pencil annotations, 8 x 13 inches (20x33cm).

FOOTNOTES
Henry Lincoln (born Henry Soskin) is an English author, famed for his co-authorship of the book 'The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail'.
'The Dominators' was broadcast as five episodes during August - September 1968. Henry Lincoln and Mervyn Haisman requested their writing credit for this series of episodes to be removed, due to their dissatisfaction with the eventual production, the reduction in the number of episodes (from five to six), the ending being written without consultation and the licensing agreement for the 'Quarks' characters.
The episode is therefore credited as 'Norman Ashby'.'The Dominators' was the final series of episodes written for Doctor Who by the pair.

Estimate £500 - 700
Unsold (again)