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I'm on some weird costume-industry-related mailing lists and notification services, and because i've worked in sourcing and designing/assisting sometimes those are topical sale notices, either shops selling off old stock or defunct rental houses liquidating and looking for buyers of lots. I received one today that sounds as if the scale of the liquidation is substantial, and also as if they are splitting the stock into lots and individual pieces, so i'm posting it to boost the signal for those interested in expanding a costume inventory, or seeking specific kinds of character pieces.

By a stroke of fun coincidence (and by way of illustration that the costume industry is quite interconnected), one of their big-ticket draws in this auction is a crop of costumes from the film Mirror Mirror, which several of our recent program graduates worked on at NYC production houses such as Carelli's and Eric Winterling's.

I'll warn you that the Premiere Props website is so ad-heavy and poorly laid-out, it's a bit like hiking through waist-high Jello to find useful info on this. The Hollywood Live Auctions site is easier to look at, but basically contains the same info as this notice i'm quoting below.

After 48 years in business, the Costume Bazaar of Milford, CT, has decided to join forces with Premiere Props and Hollywood Live Auctions of Los Angeles, CA, and close its brick and mortar location.

Premiere Props, the world's largest entertainment memorabilia store and auction house is combining its own costumes and resources with us and another huge costume shop in the Boston area and will auction off over 85,000 rental costumes....thousands of hand-made costumes used for hundreds of shows, including but not limited to: The Music Man, My Fair Lady, Into the Woods, Beauty and the Beast, Gone With the Wind, Brigadoon, Camelot, Bye Bye Birdie, Once Upon A Mattress, The King and I, Oliver, Fiddler on the Roof, South Pacific, Gypsy, Hello Dollly, Romeo and Juliet, The Crucible, Mame, The Wizard of Oz, Man of La Mancha, Cabaret, Chicago, Evita, 1776, Anything Goes and many, many more.

This is an opportunity of a lifetime to enlarge and enhance your current rental stock with high quality theatrical costumes....also available will be over 300 mascots, thousands of period costumes, Mardi Gras costumes, holiday costumes, weapons, props, hats and accessories.

As an additional bonus, also being auctioned off are some great star-studded memorabilia directly from Hollywood – including Mirror Mirror costumes and props starring Julia Roberts, screenworn armor from Immortals, Michael Jackson’s HIStory Tour-era white fedora, Michael Jackson’s worn & signed custom military jacket, and original hand-painted Michael Jackson costume sketch, Jack Nicholson’s screenworn jacket and vest from Ironweed and much more!

Save the dates:
  • March 9th -- Live Preview Party at the Costume Bazaar, 1565 Boston Post Road, Milford, CT, 06460 from 5 to 8 pm.
  • March 10 & 11: LIVE AUCTION -- ONLINE @ http://www.HollywoodLiveAuctions.com/ or LIVE at the Costume Bazaar.


You can come in person to the Costume Bazaar at 1565 Boston Post Road in Milford CT or WATCH & BID LIVE ONLINE at http://www.HollywoodLiveAuctions.com/

There will be a Hollywood Preview Party at the Costume Bazaar Friday, March 9th from 5pm-8pm...all are welcome! Then the live auction will be held Saturday and Sunday, March 10 & 11, commencing at 10am til the bidding stops!!

For more info or to pre-register, you can call 1-888-761-PROP(7767) or go to http://www.premiereprops.com/ or write us at .

THERE ARE ALREADY THOUSANDS OF COSTUMES CATALOGUED IN "LOTS" FOR YOUR VIEWING ON THE WEBSITE!

Hope to see you there!


If you bid, good luck, and if you win, drop a comment and share what you scored!

Date: 2012-02-17 05:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] trystbat.livejournal.com
I wish they had a catalog (either a PDF or just on the site) showing the more notable pieces, rather like the big auction of the Debbie Reynold's collection last year. All I can find on either site is a few pages of pix of generic costume lots for auction.

When the Debbie Reynold's collection went up for sale, the catalog was a free download, & wow, is that a fabulous resource for movie costume fans. I'd love to see more like it!

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