Doctor Who items in Bonhams Auction

Tuesday, 30 November 2010 - Reported by Chuck Foster
Three items from the classic series of Doctor Who have been listed for Bonham's Entertainment Memorabilia Sale, taking place in Knightsbridge on Wednesday 15th December from midday.
Lot 101: a black jacket worn by Jon Pertwee, with braid to lapels and cuffs, single button to front, labelled Austin Reed, the right sleeve inscribed inside by Jon Pertwee in silver pen, To Dewey My very own! Worn for ''The Doc'' back in '69!!, also with some other very indistinct writing, believed by Pertwee when signing the jacket at a convention in February 1991.

Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000, EUR 3,500 - 4,700
 
Lot 102: a script from Resurrection Of The Daleks, 1984,contained within a folder labelled 'Warehouse, Space Ship (Dalek) Composite', with detailed notes in an unknown hand, and stage directions, the scenes of the script separated by BBC Internal Mail envelopes.

Estimate: £200 - 300, EUR 240 - 350
 
Lot 103: a Sea Devil Costume from Warriors of the Deep, 1984, made of foam latex, fibreglass and vinyl, including, a tunic with applied scale effect and chest piece and shoulder piece, a pair of matching trousers (as suit), together with head cowl of latex, fibreglass helmet and foam latex feet.

Estimate: £800 - 1,200, EUR 940 - 1,400
 
The showroom is open for sale viewings beforehand, daily from Sunday 12th December.





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TARDIS fetches over £10,000

Wednesday, 23 June 2010 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who: TARDISThe TARDIS used by ninth Doctor Christopher Eccleston sold for £10,800, when auctioned at Bonham's earlier today.

The prop was one of several Doctor Who related items up for sale at the London auction house.

A console built for the Doctor Who exhibition at Longleat sold for £900 while a Cyberman helmet from the second Doctor stories Moonbase and The Tomb Of The Cybermen went for £7,800.

Two Daleks fetched £4,800 each and a model of K-9 was sold for £1,200.




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TARDIS up for auction

Friday, 18 June 2010 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who: TARDISThe TARDIS used by ninth Doctor Christopher Eccleston is on of many Doctor Who releated items to be auctioned at Bonhams on June 23rd.

The prop was created in 2005 and has an estimate of £8,000 to £12,000. A smaller model measuring 5ft tall, created for an exhibition has an estimate of £300 to £400.

Also up for grabs are some of the oldest props from the series ever to appear at auction, including one of the earliest surviving Daleks and a Cyberman helmet from the second Doctor stories, The Moonbase and The Tomb Of The Cybermen, which is set to sell for £3,000 to £4,000.

A number of props made specially for exhibitions are also available.

Lot No: 142W
Doctor Who: Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor,
A complete Tardis prop, circa 2005,
of painted rasped wood panel and glass construction, the base having painted parquet effect floor, panels fastening using bracket and bolt, having a pair of hinged doors, on with Yale® lock, with windows to doors and signage to front, top section of Tardis with removable 'Police Box' signs, interior of Tardis roof with a number of miniature lights, and further interior lighting, the roof with removable lamp to top, height approximately 10ft

Estimate: £8,000 - 12,000
Lot No: 126
Part believed to be from Dr. Who And The Daleks, 1964 and The Chase, 1965
A Dalek, with back section removed to reveal interior,
of wood, plastic and metal, the skirt section heavily overpainted in grey, with blue hemispheres, with quilted fabric to removed rear section edges, the shoulder, neck and dome sections created for exhibition purposes, plunger missing, slats of plastic with impressed foam between, height approximately 64 inches.

Thought to have been acquired by the BBC from the film company Aura after completion of 'Dr. Who And The Daleks', the Dalek was then used during the 1965 William Hartnell era story 'The Chase'. Subsequently, the piece was altered for exhibition purposes, including the removal of the back section.

Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000
Lot No: 127
Doctor Who: The original cover artwork for 'The Dalek Book', 1964,
watercolour and gouache on paper, unsigned, mounted, framed and glazed, together with an original copy of the annual, artwork 31.5 x 42.5cm (12½ x 16¾in)

Estimate: £500 - 700
Lot No: 128
Part believed to be from The Evil of the Daleks, 1967
A Dalek (heavily altered for Exhibition purposes),
of wood, plastic and metal construction, distressed overall, with black body and blue hemispheres overpainted grey (all now flaking), with narrow single panel set of hemispheres to rear skirt, the neck and dome sections created for exhibition purposes (plunger and eye missing), slats of metal, much of dome section missing, height approximately 61 inches

Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000

t is believed that the skirt and shoulder sections of this Dalek were used on 'Evil of the Daleks' in 1967.

The rear of the skirt section reveals a single panel of hemispheres, however Daleks skirt sections ordinarily feature two rows of hemispheres. The single panel section were used during this particular episode, it has been suggested, so that the Daleks could travel through doors whilst on set.
Lot No: 129
Moonbase and The Tomb of the Cybermen, 1967
A Cyberman helmet,
of silver painted fibreglass, having removable panel to back with hook and catch fastening, tape applied round eyes and mouth, eight drilled holes in circular shape to either side of helmet and two drill holes to neck, eyes internally covered with wire mesh, clear plastic poles to either side of head covered in silver paint (now flaking), some cracking and loss to fibreglass, interior with one foam ear protector and elasticated loop to top, height 16 inches (40.5cm)

Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000
Lot No: 130
The Seeds of Doom, January - March 1976
A Krynoid pod,
of moulded and painted resin, together with a copy of 'The Doctor Who Monster Book', signed by all of the cast and many members of the crew from the episode including Tom Baker inscribed 'Who is this Tom Baker?', Elisabeth Sladen, John Challis, Tony Beckley, Keith Gilbert, Mark Jones, Douglas Camfield and Philip Hinchcliffe a copy of the VHS of the episode and the 'Doctor Who And The Seeds of Doom' paperback by Philip Hinchcliffe, height 4 inches, width 4½ inches

Estimate: £350 - 400
Lot No: 131
Resurrection Of The Daleks, February 1984
A Dalek Guard costume, worn by Rula Lenska as 'Styles',
comprising; fibreglass helmet and chest and backplates, heavy cotton boiler suit with black and yellow vinyl patches, neck inscribed in ballpoint Rula Lenska 88=34'', black rubber gloves and moulded weapon

Estimate: £800 - 1,200
Lot No: 132
Dr. Who: a Cyberman costume,
the heavy cotton boiler suit with stud fasteners, sprayed with silver paint and with applied tubing and net panels, label to inside neck faintly inscribed Ken Baker (sic), with certificate

Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000
Lot No: 133
Doctor Who - The Ultimate Adventure (Stage Play), 1989
A Zog costume,
the headpiece, hands and feet of moulded foam latex, with plastic eyes, the body heavily applied with faux fur fabric, on mannequin and base, height 62 inches




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Wilkie Dalek for Sale

Wednesday, 9 June 2010 - Reported by Marcus
Wilkie DalekThe original narrow-based Dalek from The Evil of the Daleks is being sold at Bonhams in London on the 23rd of June.

It was created to go through ordinary doors on set and was nicknamed the Wilkie Dalek after Bernard Wilkie, co founder of the BBC Visual Effects Department rescued it from a skip at Ealing Studios in the 1970’s. It is up for sale with a number of other Doctor Who exhibition items following the closure of the Doctor Who Museum in Blackpool last year.





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Doctor Who Costumes to be auctioned

Thursday, 22 April 2010 - Reported by Anthony Weight

A knight's cape from the 1965 William Hartnell story The Crusade is one of a number of Doctor Who-related items going under the hammer next month.

Cameo Fine Art Auctioneers in Midgham, Berkshire, is holding a sale of costumes originating from TV, film, and theatrical costumier Angels on Sunday 23rd May.

The cape has an estimate of £400-£500. Other items from Doctor Who include a pair of brown leather shoes worn by Tom Baker throughout the series - these have an estimate of £200-£300 - and a waistcoat worn by Peter Davison in the 1984 story Planet of Fire (est £800-£1,200).





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Art for Hearts

Wednesday, 7 April 2010 - Reported by Chuck Foster
Mike Tucker artworkA special auction is being organised to raise funds for research by Great Ormond Street Hospital into organ transplantation. Featuring artwork from illustrators of children works to sketches from Doctor Who designers and artists, the auction takes place during National Transplant Week, 5th-12th June 2010.

The research being carried out by the hospital is into how, in organ transplantation, these organs do not survive for as long as those that haven't been transplanted.

Works up for auction include the sketch made by model-maker Mike Tucker for the 1997 Doctor Who Night "TARDIS" background (pictured here), and other Doctor Who contributors such as Colin Howard, Lee Binding, Adrian Salmon and Peter McKinstry.

For more information on the auction, visit the Art For Hearts site.




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National Doodle Day 2010

Friday, 26 February 2010 - Reported by Chuck Foster
Friday 5th March sees the launch of National Doodle Day 2010, the seventh event organised by the charities Epilepsy Action and The Neurofibromatosis Association. A number of doodles from celebrities will be auctioned to help raise money to help those afflicted by those illnesses, and this year sees illustrations by Doctor Who companions Catherine Tate, Bernard Cribbins and Elisabeth Sladen, as well as other guests from the show like Michelle Ryan and Russell Tovey. It is also possible to vote for your favourite celebrity doodle.

In previous years, celebrities doodles have included those by Peter Davison, Colin Baker, and Louise Jameson; many of these can be purchased on t-shirts and other items in support of the charities from PhotoBox.

The auction starts on Ebay from 5th March, and a full list of the celebrity doodles are available on the National Doodle Day website.




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Bonhams Auction: The Aftermath

Wednesday, 24 February 2010 - Reported by Chuck Foster
After the last few days' media hype, the Bonhams Auction of Doctor Who prop and costumes finally took place today. As expected, of the 163 lots, the Daleks performed extremely well, with the MkI version from Remembrance of the Daleks fetching the best price of the auction at £20,400, with the Torchwood SUV second with a bid of £18,000. The other "Imperial" Dalek MkII reached £15,600. Of the Cybermen, one from The Five Doctors/Silver Nemesis fetched £9,600, with a destroyed one from The Five Doctors reaching £4,080.

Of the costumes, the Tenth Doctor costume from Voyage of the Damned fetched £5,040, whilst Astrid Peth's reached £3,120; Rose's costume from Rose achieved £1,020; the costume for the 'Next Doctor', Jackson Lake, reached £3,120.

Other items of interest include: a sarcophagus cover from Pyramids of Mars fetching £4,800; a Chancellery Guard uniform from The Deadly Assassin (as mentioned on The One Show) for £2,280; and the Malus from The Awakening at £3,000. The oldest prop from the series, the brontosaurus model from Invasion of the Dinosaurs, went for £1,320.

The cheapest item was a speaker from The Runaway Bride, which fetched £42.


You can view all of the props and their final bids below. The catalogue is currently available to see on the Bonhams website.

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John Baker synthesiser for sale

Wednesday, 24 February 2010 - Reported by Chuck Foster
John Baker worked for the BBC Radiophonic Workshop between 1963 and 1974, during the time when many special sounds for Doctor Who were made by the department. The auction site Ebay currently an EMS VCS3 synthesiser listed which was owned by the composer, and it has been reported as being used for Doctor Who, and possibly even used for the re-arrangement of the Doctor Who theme tune in the early 1970s (though this has not been confirmed).

The item has, unsurprisingly, attracted interest, with the bid at the time of writing at £3877. Running until 4th March, you can view the item on the auction website.

You can read more about John Baker at the Trunk Records website.




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