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| Author: | beamjockey [ Mon Jul 05, 2010 12:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Destination Moon Space Suits & Publicity |
I've learned that a Destination Moon space suit was auctioned last year: As part of promotions for the movie, such suits were shipped to local theaters and used in publicity stunts. This one included air tanks, metal helmet, and belt-mounted control panel. I have not investigated how much it sold for. It might be fun to start collecting a list of films and TV episodes in which the DM suits appeared; they were recycled endlessly for decades. Might even still be in use somewhere. In other news, a nice Flickr picture has turned up showing three sisters posing before the giant rocket advertising the movie at the RKO Palace in New York: |
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| Author: | PeterScott [ Mon Jul 05, 2010 1:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Destination Moon Space Suits & Publicity |
I miss the era of giant custom marquees for big movies. |
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| Author: | BillMullins [ Mon Jul 05, 2010 7:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Destination Moon Space Suits & Publicity |
The auction house, "Profiles in History", has a website with the catalog (more or less the same as the Liveauctioneers link that Bill posted), and the Prices Realized for the auction. It went for $8,000 (not clear if this included buyer's premiums or not). The same auction included Ferris Bueller's leather jacket ($35k), a Hunter/Killer tank model from the first Terminator movie ($55k), a Frankenstein (1931) one-sheet poster ($180k), Bela Lugosi's Dracula ring from Forry Ackerman's collection ($40k), an original "creature from the black lagoon" costume mask from Revenge of the Creature (1955) ($70K), and Rick Deckard's gun from Blade Runner ($225k). |
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| Author: | beamjockey [ Mon Jul 05, 2010 8:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Destination Moon Space Suits & Publicity |
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